Scotty

Where Scotty comes from

From Scott + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Scotty
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,825 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1931
    Scotty Moore born
    American guitarist
  3. 1971
    Peak, #210
    1,118 babies named Scotty — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1976
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #361.
  5. 1993
    Scotty McCreery born
    American country music singer
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Scott.
Namesakes
  • Scotty Moore · American guitarist, 1931–2016
  • Scotty McCreery · American country music singer, born 1993
  • Scotty Bowman · Canadian ice hockey coach, born 1933
  • Scotty Nguyen · American poker player, born 1962
  • Scotty Pippen Jr. · American basketball player, born 2000

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.