Scott
Last seen for girls in 2001 at #13,521 · #534 for boys in 2025, 561 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1971 · 30,901 births
- Debut · boys
- 60 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 47 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 774,997since 1880
Scott over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #534 | 561 | |
| 2024 | — | #565 | 518 | |
| 2023 | — | #598 | 474 | |
| 2022 | — | #588 | 487 | |
| 2021 | — | #609 | 457 | |
| 2020 | — | #562 | 498 | |
| 2019 | — | #524 | 544 | |
| 2018 | — | #517 | 549 | |
| 2017 | — | #482 | 607 | |
| 2016 | — | #464 | 658 | |
| 2015 | — | #454 | 668 | |
| 2014 | — | #422 | 727 | |
| 2013 | — | #428 | 685 | |
| 2012 | — | #382 | 778 | |
| 2011 | — | #370 | 804 | |
| 2010 | — | #351 | 873 | |
| 2009 | — | #342 | 920 | |
| 2008 | — | #321 | 1,034 | |
| 2007 | — | #274 | 1,252 | |
| 2006 | — | #253 | 1,365 | |
| 2005 | — | #233 | 1,474 | |
| 2004 | — | #214 | 1,640 | |
| 2003 | — | #206 | 1,771 | |
| 2002 | — | #185 | 2,028 | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #167 | 2,296 |
| 2000 | — | #158 | 2,458 | |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #140 | 2,720 |
| 1998 | — | #123 | 3,062 | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #113 | 3,344 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #108 | 3,672 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #92 | 4,082 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #80 | 4,915 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | #69 | 5,577 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #61 | 6,447 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | #57 | 7,114 |
| 1990 | #4,120 | 24 | #53 | 8,086 |
| 1989 | #3,165 | 33 | #51 | 8,850 |
| 1988 | #2,011 | 59 | #47 | 9,351 |
| 1987 | #1,678 | 72 | #43 | 10,194 |
| 1986 | #1,952 | 56 | #44 | 9,965 |
| 1985 | #1,784 | 63 | #44 | 10,145 |
| 1984 | #1,593 | 70 | #39 | 10,574 |
| 1983 | #1,817 | 58 | #38 | 10,846 |
| 1982 | #1,735 | 64 | #34 | 12,200 |
| 1981 | #1,830 | 60 | #34 | 12,719 |
| 1980 | #1,720 | 65 | #33 | 13,300 |
| 1979 | #1,338 | 92 | #29 | 14,440 |
| 1978 | #1,614 | 66 | #30 | 13,539 |
| 1977 | #1,736 | 59 | #27 | 14,203 |
| 1976 | #1,585 | 63 | #24 | 15,717 |
| 1975 | #1,247 | 91 | #17 | 17,307 |
| 1974 | #1,300 | 82 | #18 | 18,030 |
| 1973 | #1,293 | 79 | #18 | 18,980 |
| 1972 | #1,146 | 95 | #11 | 22,838 |
| 1971 | #957 | 133 | #10 | 30,901 |
| 1970 | #1,008 | 124 | #12 | 28,565 |
| 1969 | #975 | 121 | #12 | 28,653 |
| 1968 | #1,066 | 98 | #14 | 26,022 |
| 1967 | #1,255 | 73 | #16 | 25,535 |
| 1966 | #1,262 | 73 | #16 | 26,036 |
| 1965 | #1,194 | 81 | #15 | 25,437 |
| 1964 | #1,372 | 67 | #14 | 28,506 |
| 1963 | #1,226 | 80 | #12 | 30,396 |
| 1962 | #1,304 | 72 | #11 | 30,703 |
| 1961 | #1,720 | 44 | #19 | 23,934 |
| 1960 | #1,982 | 33 | #23 | 21,606 |
| 1959 | #1,765 | 39 | #24 | 19,765 |
| 1958 | #1,939 | 32 | #25 | 19,175 |
| 1957 | #1,928 | 32 | #32 | 15,750 |
| 1956 | #2,453 | 21 | #34 | 13,214 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #38 | 10,782 |
| 1954 | #2,450 | 20 | #40 | 9,457 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | #46 | 7,489 |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 | #54 | 6,538 |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | #68 | 5,381 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #82 | 4,268 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #99 | 3,055 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | #122 | 2,299 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #139 | 2,029 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #155 | 1,522 |
| 1945 | — | #182 | 848 | |
| 1944 | — | #226 | 610 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #262 | 540 |
| 1942 | — | #259 | 518 | |
| 1941 | — | #289 | 402 | |
| 1940 | — | #303 | 338 | |
| 1939 | — | #335 | 276 | |
| 1938 | — | #347 | 259 | |
| 1937 | — | #371 | 218 | |
| 1936 | — | #368 | 218 | |
| 1935 | — | #376 | 209 | |
| 1934 | — | #429 | 171 | |
| 1933 | — | #422 | 168 | |
| 1932 | — | #425 | 173 | |
| 1931 | — | #484 | 139 | |
| 1930 | — | #494 | 145 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #459 | 164 |
| 1928 | — | #435 | 188 | |
| 1927 | — | #462 | 176 | |
| 1926 | — | #446 | 185 | |
| 1925 | — | #442 | 184 | |
| 1924 | — | #424 | 206 | |
| 1923 | — | #413 | 210 | |
| 1922 | — | #426 | 199 | |
| 1921 | — | #424 | 204 | |
| 1920 | — | #436 | 192 | |
| 1919 | — | #428 | 189 | |
| 1918 | — | #466 | 161 | |
| 1917 | — | #436 | 170 | |
| 1916 | — | #472 | 147 | |
| 1915 | — | #432 | 157 | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #404 | 138 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #396 | 116 |
| 1912 | — | #391 | 96 | |
| 1911 | — | #353 | 61 | |
| 1910 | — | #365 | 49 | |
| 1909 | — | #388 | 39 | |
| 1908 | — | #355 | 41 | |
| 1907 | — | #341 | 40 | |
| 1906 | — | #335 | 38 | |
| 1905 | — | #404 | 28 | |
| 1904 | — | #340 | 35 | |
| 1903 | — | #401 | 24 | |
| 1902 | — | #326 | 36 | |
| 1901 | — | #347 | 28 | |
| 1900 | — | #350 | 39 | |
| 1899 | — | #362 | 25 | |
| 1898 | — | #350 | 30 | |
| 1897 | — | #263 | 44 | |
| 1896 | — | #338 | 31 | |
| 1895 | — | #269 | 43 | |
| 1894 | — | #253 | 47 | |
| 1893 | — | #287 | 36 | |
| 1892 | — | #253 | 49 | |
| 1891 | — | #273 | 35 | |
| 1890 | — | #272 | 40 | |
| 1889 | — | #241 | 46 | |
| 1888 | — | #269 | 44 | |
| 1887 | — | #261 | 38 | |
| 1886 | — | #262 | 42 | |
| 1885 | — | #227 | 52 | |
| 1884 | — | #221 | 56 | |
| 1883 | — | #229 | 47 | |
| 1882 | — | #242 | 48 | |
| 1881 | — | #215 | 51 | |
| 1880 | — | #200 | 60 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Scott was already there! It came in at #200, and was given to 60 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1905, when fewer than 37 boys a year got the name.
See more about Scott
- 31 spots since 2024 (#565 → #534)
- 28 spots since 2020 (#562 → #534)
- 80 spots since 2015 (#454 → #534)
- Biggest jump: 75 spots in 1897 (#338 → #263)
- Biggest drop: 87 spots in 1898 (#263 → #350)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1971 at #10 (30,901 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: 1 yr · 1971
- Top 100: 47 yrs · run 1949–1995
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 57 boys born in 1971 were named Scott (1.7%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,045 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 34.4% of all boys named Scott (266,828) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 484 | #200 (1880) | #237 |
| 1890s | 380 | #253 (1892) | #292 |
| 1900s | 348 | #326 (1902) | #359 |
| 1910s | 1,284 | #353 (1911) | #414 |
| 1920s | 1,908 | #413 (1923) | #437 |
| 1930s | 1,976 | #335 (1939) | #405 |
| 1940s | 12,161 | #99 (1949) | #204 |
| 1950s | 111,819 | #24 (1959) | #44 |
| 1960s | 266,828 | #11 (1962) | #15 |
| 1970s | 194,520 | #10 (1971) | #20 |
| 1980s | 108,144 | #33 (1980) | #41 |
| 1990s | 49,019 | #53 (1990) | #90 |
| 2000s | 16,238 | #158 (2000) | #235 |
| 2010s | 6,893 | #351 (2010) | #439 |
| 2020s | 2,995 | #534 (2025) | #576 |
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.
Scott in 1951
Top girls' names in 1951
Top boys' names in 1951
More about 1951
girls
1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 120,057 of them was named Scott, which outranked 56.6% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,577Willis16
- #2,577Yvonna16
- #2,577Zondra16
- #2,694Scott15
- #2,694Alan15
- #2,694Alexia15
- #2,694Annalee15
- #2,810Adina14
- #2,810Alyse14
- #2,810Ammie14
Tied with 115 names at #2,694; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 350 of them was named Scott, which outranked 98.4% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.