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Watson

Named for Thomas J. Watson. Won Jeopardy, then went into consulting.

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Costs 2 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 146,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.

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ORIGIN

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MEANING

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POPULARITY

#864 for human boys, 2024

REGISTERED

0 agents

ON LICENCES

447 dogs in New York

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What we know

Named for Thomas J. Watson. Won Jeopardy, then went into consulting.

Popularity

Among human babies, Watson peaked in 2021 at 597th for boys. In 2024 it ranked 864th, given to 278 boys. Among agents, 0 registered.

Charting: Watson

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Watson
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Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2024.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.

It is also on 447 dog licences in New York City, ranked 277th among dogs there, and on 29 in Seattle.

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