Scout

Where Scout comes from

Scout hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1989
    Scout Taylor-Compton born
    American actress and singer
  2. 1992
    First appearance
    #7,067 among girls, 12 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1993
    Scout Adkin born
    Scottish long-distance runner
  4. 2022
    Peak, #689
    425 babies named Scout — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Scout Taylor-Compton · American actress and singer, born 1989
  • Scout Adkin · Scottish long-distance runner, born 1993

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.