Name meaning & stats
Watson
Watson means “Son of Walter”. 4,912 US babies since 1940, peak 2021.
What it means
“Son of Walter”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2021
4,912 US babies were named Watson between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Watson (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 2021)