Scottie

Where Scottie comes from

From Scott + -ie.
— Wiktionary's entry for Scottie
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,496 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1971
    Peak, #307
    634 babies named Scottie — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1976
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #472.
  4. 1981
    Scottie Thompson born
    American actress
  5. 1996
    Scottie Scheffler born
    American professional golfer
  6. 2014
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name, diminutive of Scott.
Namesakes
  • Scottie Scheffler · American professional golfer, born 1996
  • Scottie Thompson · American actress, born 1981
  • Scottie Wilbekin · Turkish-American basketball player, born 1993
  • Scottie Upshall · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1983
  • Scottie Reynolds · American basketball player, born 1987

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.