Scottie

#126 for girls in 2025, 2,228 births · #906 for boys in 2025, 262 births
Given to boys 62.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1971 · 634 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
11,157
since 1913

Scottie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201982peak #307, 1971girlsat peakboys
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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#1262,228#906262
2024#2021,519#1,189173
2023#616485#2,18865
2022#923293#2,83045
2021#1,129218#3,74029
2020#1,327166#4,54021
2019#1,833111#4,11425
2018#2,41974#3,44632
2017#3,01454#4,74620
2016#3,10053#3,88327
2015#3,53344#5,05818
2014#6,20720#5,06618
2013#7,03117#3,75327
2012#9,71111#4,25123
2011#14,8246#3,79227
2010#14,9596#4,09924
2009#9,37912#3,27434
2008#13,8327#3,16536
2007#17,6365#3,44431
2006#15,1526#3,02436
2005#3,02234
2004#11,6248#3,07432
2003#10,4259#2,47042
2002#13,5956#2,22447
2001#12,0567#2,48939
2000#7,58013#1,84857
1999#10,3458#1,99548
1998#7,53212#1,54669
1997#6,48314#1,36681
1996#6,72313#1,17798
1995#5,95815#1,28683
1994#6,67213#1,041114
1993#5,67316#1,14497
1992#6,65213#1,004117
1991#5,94915#1,038108
1990#5,28617#1,000111
1989#4,12123#1,04598
1988#5,89513#1,03291
1987#3,62424#921105
1986#4,53917#848114
1985#4,86015#772132
1984#4,47816#756131
1983#6,21210#758130
1982#3,64722#611198
1981#5,25413#619190
1980#4,74315#570229
1979#5,42712#535251
1978#5,56311#553227
1977#6,8928#537240
1976#472278
1975#2,88125#411352
1974#3,21221#398377
1973#3,78716#375420
1972#3,27619#376435
1971#2,42731#307634
1970#2,77925#400405
1969#3,10219#397399
1968#3,61014#392393
1967#2,37626#399366
1966#3,14816#383395
1965#3,14916#496237
1964#2,41226#511235
1963#2,86419#605168
1962#2,11331#589176
1961#2,41125#663139
1960#2,82019#704123
1959#2,98016#761100
1958#2,07329#76794
1957#2,12127#78990
1956#2,82617#94662
1955#2,83916#92165
1954#2,51919#87670
1953#2,51618#1,03349
1952#1,93427#1,04448
1951#2,18221#89262
1950#2,53516#1,13939
1949#2,21220#1,32230
1948#2,25519#1,12740
1947#2,44817#1,00051
1946#2,22818#1,23632
1945#1,99318#1,07836
1944#2,28715#1,28227
1943#1,99419#1,18733
1942#1,70624#1,29829
1941#1,61024#1,53220
1940#1,68222#1,20831
1939#1,94717#1,39023
1938#2,34013#1,39723
1937#1,91417#1,21230
1936#2,26313#1,29626
1935#2,73110#1,58419
1934#1,91317#2,5639
1933#2,68810#2,5429
1932#1,95717#1,58420
1931#3,2268#2,47110
1930#3,0559#2,17813
1929#3,1379#2,7669
1928#2,62312#2,04815
1927#3,05310#1,87118
1926#2,56913#3,3857
1925#3,11610#2,9369
1924#2,97311#2,82210
1923#3,12510#2,9509
1922#3,15210#1,95217
1921#2,94111#3,5177
1920#3,09710#2,9679
1919#2,81311#3,7366
1918#3,2449#3,3687
1917#2,69311#2,7329
1916#2,65811#3,8975
1915#2,52611
1914#2,00912#2,9156
1913#1,67013#2,4966
1912#2,3607
1911
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1909#1,6078
1908
1907#1,8216
1906#1,7276
1905#1,6966
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Scottie! It came in at #2,496, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1915–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Scottie
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 283 spots since 2024 (#1,189#906)
  • 3,634 spots since 2020 (#4,540#906)
  • 4,152 spots since 2015 (#5,058#906)
  • Biggest jump: 283 spots in 2025 (#1,189#906)
  • Biggest drop: 152 spots in 1952 (#892#1,044)
Rise & fade · boys
58 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1971 at #307 (634 births)
  • Births halved by 1976, 5 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 1954–1987
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,789
  • Highest: 1 in 2,789 boys born in 1971 were named Scottie (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,519 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 32.4% of all boys named Scottie (3,619) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2014
  • Mostly boys until 2013, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s39#2,496 (1913)#3,191
1920s110#1,871 (1927)#2,721
1930s182#1,212 (1937)#1,822
1940s329#1,000 (1947)#1,227
1950s679#761 (1959)#917
1960s2,631#383 (1966)#514
1970s3,619#307 (1971)#436
1980s1,418#570 (1980)#793
1990s926#1,000 (1990)#1,260
2000s388#1,848 (2000)#2,803
2010s241#3,446 (2018)#4,221
2020s595#906 (2025)#2,566

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.

Scottie in 1982

girls
#3,647
22 births · 1 in 76,969 girls
boys
#611
198 births · 1 in 9,164 boys

Top girls' names in 1982

  1. #1Jennifer57,120
  2. #2Jessica45,453
  3. #3Amanda34,214
  4. #4Sarah28,483
  5. #5Melissa25,864
  6. #6Nicole21,706
  7. #7Stephanie20,861
  8. #8Elizabeth20,506
  9. #9Crystal19,099
  10. #10Amy18,799
  11. #3,647Scottie22

Top boys' names in 1982

  1. #1Michael68,216
  2. #2Christopher59,223
  3. #3Matthew46,045
  4. #4Jason40,628
  5. #5David40,453
  6. #6James38,874
  7. #7Joshua38,004
  8. #8John34,698
  9. #9Robert34,409
  10. #10Daniel32,652
  11. #611Scottie198
More about 1982

girls

1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 76,969 of them was named Scottie, which outranked 70.4% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Scottie
  1. #3,530Tyiesha23
  2. #3,530Vania23
  3. #3,530Venice23
  4. #3,647Scottie22
  5. #3,647Aarti22
  6. #3,647Aleigha22
  7. #3,647Aline22
  8. #3,780Abagail21
  9. #3,780Aishah21
  10. #3,780Alise21

Tied with 132 names at #3,647; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. 1,715Kaleena#2,375#660
  2. 1,197Kala#1,958#761
  3. 1,094Chelsie#2,028#934
  4. 1,081Tenika#2,028#947
  5. 1,044Falon#1,958#914
Fallers
  1. 538Evita#779#1,317
  2. 517Martine#791#1,308
  3. 473Dusty#720#1,193
  4. 470Regan#991#1,461
  5. 401Windy#998#1,399

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

boys

1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 9,164 of them was named Scottie, which outranked 91.7% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Scottie
  1. #605Waylon200
  2. #609Bennie199
  3. #609Morris199
  4. #611Scottie198
  5. #611Agustin198
  6. #611Issac198
  7. #611Riley198
  8. #616Brant197
  9. #616Jeromy197
  10. #616Matt197

Tied with 4 names at #611; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. 1,958Colt#2,418#460
  2. 730Eliot#1,695#965
  3. 532Colton#1,334#802
  4. 478Kiel#1,101#623
  5. 416Eugenio#1,411#995
Fallers
  1. 309Marchello#841#1,150
  2. 237Carmen#851#1,088
  3. 234Claudio#976#1,210
  4. 224Irvin#826#1,050
  5. 222Jeramiah#971#1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1982