Scot

Last seen for girls in 1969 at #6,617 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1970 · 633 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
13,721
since 1940

Scot over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Scot has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #310, 1970boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,6956
2024#12,3495
2023#8,9218
2022#9,8237
2021
2020
2019#10,8036
2018#12,1565
2017#12,2465
2016#8,8168
2015#7,49110
2014#6,30713
2013#7,02611
2012#7,55910
2011#8,7678
2010#5,04718
2009#5,33417
2008#5,76715
2007#4,24323
2006#4,86518
2005#5,03416
2004#4,12921
2003#3,83822
2002#3,67023
2001#3,51224
2000#3,07528
1999#2,06346
1998#2,15742
1997#1,93347
1996#2,04742
1995#1,84147
1994#1,64355
1993#1,44465
1992#1,23783
1991#1,28276
1990#1,18884
1989#1,08294
1988#1,03291
1987#880113
1986#833118
1985#897102
1984#780123
1983#838108
1982#723143
1981#677163
1980#747138
1979#630185
1978#615183
1977#597201
1976#524236
1975#432331
1974#440324
1973#423344
1972#375437
1971#324576
1970#310633
1969#6,6176#316588
1968#322555
1967#332510
1966#337500
1965#333515
1964#329569
1963#342506
1962#337537
1961#369463
1960#348501
1959#6,2455#338524
1958#325562
1957#356457
1956#379391
1955#451270
1954#496214
1953#649121
1952#70399
1951#82473
1950#89958
1949#1,09741
1948#1,28032
1947#1,51924
1946#2,03013
1945#2,24210
1944#2,30910
1943#2,5639
1942
1941#3,5055
1940#2,8717
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First appearance
1940

The first year at least five boys were named Scot! It came in at #2,871, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1941–1942, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Scot is popular in 1975

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedAKMaine: #144 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,093 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedNHWashington: #294 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,578 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #346 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,377 boysMNIllinois: #374 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 3,726 boysILWisconsin: #323 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,410 boysWIMichigan: #247 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 2,379 boysMINew York: #445 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 5,119 boysNYMassachusetts: #243 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,006 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedSDIowa: #202 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,963 boysIAIndiana: #295 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,266 boysINOhio: #229 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 2,188 boysOHPennsylvania: #292 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 3,586 boysPANew Jersey: #413 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,588 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #461 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 5,069 boysCAUtah: #263 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,064 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedNEMissouri: #327 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,654 boysMOKentucky: #383 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,200 boysKYWest Virginia: #248 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,605 boysWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedHITexas: #724 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 9,734 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Scot, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Maine#144 · 1 in 1,093
  2. Iowa#202 · 1 in 1,963
  3. Ohio#229 · 1 in 2,188
  4. Massachusetts#243 · 1 in 3,006
  5. Michigan#247 · 1 in 2,379

Best ever in a state: #106 in New Hampshire, 1972.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#14461 in 1,093
Iowa#202101 in 1,963
Ohio#229351 in 2,188
Massachusetts#243111 in 3,006
Michigan#247261 in 2,379
West Virginia#24851 in 2,605
Utah#26371 in 2,064
Pennsylvania#292201 in 3,586
Washington#29491 in 2,578
Indiana#295121 in 3,266
Wisconsin#32371 in 4,410
Missouri#32791 in 3,654
Minnesota#34651 in 5,377
Illinois#374211 in 3,726
Kentucky#38351 in 5,200
New Jersey#41391 in 4,588
New York#445221 in 5,119
California#461301 in 5,069
Texas#724111 in 9,734
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Scot
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 1,654 spots since 2024 (#12,349#10,695)
  • 3,204 spots since 2015 (#7,491#10,695)
  • Biggest jump: 198 spots in 1950 (#1,097#899)
  • Biggest drop: 152 spots in 1988 (#880#1,032)
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1940
  • Peaked 1970 at #310 (633 births)
  • Births halved by 1976, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1950–1987
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,936
  • Highest: 1 in 2,936 boys born in 1970 were named Scot (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 38.2% of all boys named Scot (5,244) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s151#1,097 (1949)#2,157
1950s2,769#325 (1958)#542
1960s5,244#316 (1969)#337
1970s3,450#310 (1970)#467
1980s1,193#677 (1981)#849
1990s587#1,188 (1990)#1,684
2000s207#3,075 (2000)#4,347
2010s94#5,047 (2010)#8,622
2020s26#8,921 (2023)#10,447

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Scot in 1975

boys
#432
331 births · 1 in 4,717 boys

Top boys' names in 1975

  1. #1Michael68,418
  2. #2Jason52,159
  3. #3Christopher46,575
  4. #4James39,569
  5. #5David39,156
  6. #6Robert35,306
  7. #7John35,079
  8. #8Brian30,578
  9. #9Matthew28,527
  10. #10William25,561
  11. #432Scot331
More about 1975

boys

1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 4,717 of them was named Scot, which outranked 93.2% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Scot
  1. #429Jake334
  2. #429Rocky334
  3. #429Sherman334
  4. #432Scot331
  5. #432Alonzo331
  6. #432Guadalupe331
  7. #435Otis330
  8. #436Tim327
  9. #437Benny325

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 722Benjiman#1,692#970
  2. 702Marques#1,520#818
  3. 645Glendon#1,409#764
  4. 502Benji#1,124#622
  5. 471Regan#1,409#938
Fallers
  1. 905Toma#882#1,787
  2. 830Vashon#923#1,753
  3. 352Bruno#993#1,345
  4. 327Hollis#953#1,280
  5. 303Domenico#977#1,280

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1975