Scotty
#4,758 for girls in 2025, 28 births · #1,393 for boys in 2025, 131 births
Given to boys 98.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1971 · 1,118 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 19,030since 1915
Scotty over time
Rank among boys' names. Scotty has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | #4,758 | 28 | #1,393 | 131 |
| 2024 | #4,893 | 27 | #1,767 | 93 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | #2,078 | 71 |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | #2,717 | 48 |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 | #2,918 | 42 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #3,136 | 36 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #3,052 | 39 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #3,373 | 33 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #3,071 | 38 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #2,993 | 39 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #2,919 | 40 |
| 2014 | — | #3,234 | 34 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,122 | 35 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,415 | 52 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,478 | 50 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,958 | 39 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,231 | 59 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,161 | 62 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,337 | 55 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,205 | 58 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,206 | 54 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,075 | 57 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,906 | 61 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,772 | 65 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,743 | 65 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,564 | 76 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,477 | 77 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,359 | 86 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,535 | 67 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,217 | 92 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,028 | 117 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,002 | 123 | |
| 1993 | — | #808 | 171 | |
| 1992 | — | #769 | 184 | |
| 1991 | — | #845 | 151 | |
| 1990 | — | #726 | 197 | |
| 1989 | — | #729 | 183 | |
| 1988 | — | #651 | 212 | |
| 1987 | — | #602 | 227 | |
| 1986 | — | #550 | 260 | |
| 1985 | — | #517 | 284 | |
| 1984 | — | #515 | 275 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #476 | 312 |
| 1982 | — | #408 | 415 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #397 | 419 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #382 | 446 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #348 | 515 |
| 1978 | — | #394 | 386 | |
| 1977 | — | #384 | 416 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #361 | 447 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #318 | 563 |
| 1974 | — | #304 | 605 | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #270 | 694 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #260 | 757 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | #210 | 1,118 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #330 | 574 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #307 | 607 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #312 | 585 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #308 | 572 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #328 | 525 |
| 1965 | — | #371 | 433 | |
| 1964 | — | #387 | 419 | |
| 1963 | — | #418 | 371 | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #411 | 382 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #462 | 306 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #473 | 282 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #518 | 229 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #502 | 237 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #577 | 180 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #573 | 176 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | #575 | 165 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #619 | 142 |
| 1953 | — | #613 | 140 | |
| 1952 | — | #640 | 120 | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #641 | 122 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #626 | 120 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #722 | 90 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #774 | 77 |
| 1947 | — | #732 | 88 | |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #716 | 83 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #798 | 60 |
| 1944 | — | #841 | 56 | |
| 1943 | — | #943 | 50 | |
| 1942 | — | #958 | 48 | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #683 | 80 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #818 | 58 |
| 1939 | — | #931 | 45 | |
| 1938 | — | #963 | 43 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #1,056 | 37 |
| 1936 | — | #1,028 | 38 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,148 | 33 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,386 | 24 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,330 | 25 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,584 | 20 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,770 | 17 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,162 | 14 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,755 | 10 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,260 | 8 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,331 | 13 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,214 | 8 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Scotty! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Scotty
- 374 spots since 2024 (#1,767 → #1,393)
- 1,743 spots since 2020 (#3,136 → #1,393)
- 1,526 spots since 2015 (#2,919 → #1,393)
- Biggest jump: 135 spots in 1941 (#818 → #683)
- Biggest drop: 275 spots in 1942 (#683 → #958)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1971 at #210 (1,118 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1938–1993
- Highest: 1 in 1,582 boys born in 1971 were named Scotty (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,039 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 31.9% of all boys named Scotty (6,075) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 25 | #3,177 (1916) | #3,527 |
| 1920s | 102 | #2,162 (1928) | #2,768 |
| 1930s | 295 | #931 (1939) | #1,337 |
| 1940s | 690 | #683 (1941) | #799 |
| 1950s | 1,631 | #502 (1958) | #588 |
| 1960s | 4,482 | #307 (1969) | #378 |
| 1970s | 6,075 | #210 (1971) | #318 |
| 1980s | 3,033 | #382 (1980) | #523 |
| 1990s | 1,265 | #726 (1990) | #1,077 |
| 2000s | 612 | #1,564 (2000) | #2,020 |
| 2010s | 399 | #2,415 (2012) | #2,962 |
| 2020s | 421 | #1,393 (2025) | #2,335 |
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.
Scotty in 1937
Top girls' names in 1937
Top boys' names in 1937
More about 1937
girls
1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 212,807 of them was named Scotty, which outranked 13.7% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 675 names at #4,255; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 28,829 of them was named Scotty, which outranked 73.7% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,031Rueben38
- #1,031Sherwin38
- #1,031Trinidad38
- #1,056Scotty37
- #1,056Addison37
- #1,056Benson37
- #1,056Cleon37
- #1,074Aldo36
- #1,074Brendan36
- #1,074Claire36
Tied with 17 names at #1,056; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.