Meaning not yet researched.
Scott: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 561 in 2025. Its best rank was #10 in 1971.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #10 in 1971; #534 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Scott in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#534 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1971, at #10.
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Scott: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 561 boys in 2025. Peak: #10 in 1971 · most boys in one year: 30,901 (1971).
In 2025, 561 US boys were named Scott, making it the 534th most common boys’ name of the year, up 33 places from #567 in 2024. That is 43 more than the 518 boys named Scott in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #10, reached in 1971. That year also had the most boys given the name: 30,901. For comparison, it was #454 in 2015 and #82 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Scott in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 60 babies with the name. In all, 777,605 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 267,570 babies named Scott.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,353 US boys were named Scott; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 658. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,045 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Scott ranked highest in Rhode Island in 2025, at #230 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Scotty (19,389 babies since 1880), Scottie (17,974 babies since 1880), Scot (13,732 babies since 1880) and Scout (7,221 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Scotte are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Sceeter, Scottie, Scotty and Squat.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Scotte (22).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 17 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 5 | #230 | — |
| West Virginia | 6 | #325 | — |
| Massachusetts | 17 | #331 | #300 |
| Ohio | 33 | #347 | #421 |
| Utah | 14 | #349 | #332 |
| Connecticut | 9 | #358 | #355 |
| North Carolina | 32 | #361 | #358 |
| Oregon | 10 | #395 | — |
| Wisconsin | 13 | #408 | #592 |
| Pennsylvania | 25 | #424 | #314 |
| Virginia | 19 | #431 | #409 |
| Idaho | 6 | #431 | #237 |
| Missouri | 15 | #437 | #420 |
| Oklahoma | 10 | #455 | #799 |
| Michigan | 18 | #482 | #388 |
| Illinois | 20 | #510 | #449 |
| Kansas | 7 | #511 | #310 |
| South Carolina | 9 | #545 | #439 |
| Florida | 32 | #553 | #545 |
| Maryland | 9 | #560 | #311 |
| Washington | 13 | #566 | #427 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #603 | — |
| Colorado | 9 | #616 | #474 |
| Georgia | 17 | #619 | #537 |
| Arizona | 11 | #623 | #343 |
| Texas | 49 | #629 | #641 |
| Louisiana | 7 | #655 | #327 |
| Alabama | 7 | #672 | — |
| California | 41 | #678 | #441 |
| New York | 22 | #686 | #591 |
| New Jersey | 10 | #694 | #293 |
| Kentucky | 6 | #694 | #677 |
| Tennessee | 10 | #714 | #903 |
| Indiana | 8 | #763 | #659 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 561 | #534 |
| 2024 | — | — | 518 | #567 |
| 2023 | — | — | 474 | #599 |
| 2022 | — | — | 487 | #588 |
| 2021 | — | — | 457 | #609 |
| 2020 | — | — | 498 | #564 |
| 2019 | — | — | 544 | #524 |
| 2018 | — | — | 549 | #519 |
| 2017 | — | — | 607 | #483 |
| 2016 | — | — | 658 | #464 |
| 2015 | — | — | 668 | #454 |
| 2014 | — | — | 727 | #423 |
| 2013 | — | — | 685 | #428 |
| 2012 | — | — | 778 | #382 |
| 2011 | — | — | 804 | #371 |
| 2010 | — | — | 873 | #351 |
| 2009 | — | — | 920 | #343 |
| 2008 | — | — | 1,034 | #321 |
| 2007 | — | — | 1,252 | #274 |
| 2006 | — | — | 1,365 | #253 |
| 2005 | — | — | 1,474 | #233 |
| 2004 | — | — | 1,640 | #214 |
| 2003 | — | — | 1,771 | #206 |
| 2002 | — | — | 2,028 | #185 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,991 | 2,296 | #167 |
| 2000 | — | — | 2,458 | #158 |
| 1999 | 10 | #9,352 | 2,720 | #140 |
| 1998 | — | — | 3,062 | #123 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,620 | 3,344 | #113 |
| 1996 | 8 | #10,354 | 3,672 | #108 |
| 1995 | 5 | #15,291 | 4,082 | #92 |
| 1994 | 5 | #15,280 | 4,915 | #80 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,354 | 5,577 | #69 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,944 | 6,447 | #61 |
| 1991 | 19 | #5,144 | 7,114 | #57 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,203 | 8,086 | #53 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,238 | 8,850 | #51 |
| 1988 | 59 | #2,027 | 9,351 | #47 |
| 1987 | 72 | #1,695 | 10,194 | #43 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,973 | 9,965 | #44 |
| 1985 | 63 | #1,801 | 10,145 | #44 |
| 1984 | 70 | #1,600 | 10,574 | #39 |
| 1983 | 58 | #1,835 | 10,846 | #38 |
| 1982 | 64 | #1,752 | 12,200 | #34 |
| 1981 | 60 | #1,842 | 12,719 | #34 |
| 1980 | 65 | #1,732 | 13,300 | #33 |
| 1979 | 92 | #1,348 | 14,440 | #29 |
| 1978 | 66 | #1,629 | 13,539 | #30 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,753 | 14,203 | #27 |
| 1976 | 63 | #1,599 | 15,717 | #24 |
| 1975 | 91 | #1,248 | 17,307 | #17 |
| 1974 | 82 | #1,310 | 18,030 | #18 |
| 1973 | 79 | #1,300 | 18,980 | #18 |
| 1972 | 95 | #1,152 | 22,838 | #11 |
| 1971 | 133 | #965 | 30,901 | #10 |
| 1970 | 124 | #1,010 | 28,565 | #12 |
| 1969 | 121 | #983 | 28,653 | #12 |
| 1968 | 98 | #1,072 | 26,022 | #14 |
| 1967 | 73 | #1,267 | 25,535 | #16 |
| 1966 | 73 | #1,271 | 26,036 | #16 |
| 1965 | 81 | #1,198 | 25,437 | #15 |
| 1964 | 67 | #1,381 | 28,506 | #14 |
| 1963 | 80 | #1,232 | 30,396 | #12 |
| 1962 | 72 | #1,312 | 30,703 | #11 |
| 1961 | 44 | #1,740 | 23,934 | #19 |
| 1960 | 33 | #2,006 | 21,606 | #23 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,787 | 19,765 | #24 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,978 | 19,175 | #25 |
| 1957 | 32 | #1,951 | 15,750 | #32 |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,518 | 13,214 | #34 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,541 | 10,782 | #38 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,505 | 9,457 | #40 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,503 | 7,489 | #46 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,568 | 6,538 | #54 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,793 | 5,381 | #68 |
| 1950 | 8 | #4,254 | 4,268 | #82 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,843 | 3,055 | #99 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,575 | 2,299 | #122 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,993 | 2,029 | #139 |
| 1946 | 5 | #5,582 | 1,522 | #155 |
| 1945 | — | — | 848 | #182 |
| 1944 | — | — | 610 | #226 |
| 1943 | 5 | #5,265 | 540 | #262 |
| 1942 | — | — | 518 | #259 |
| 1941 | — | — | 402 | #289 |
| 1940 | — | — | 338 | #304 |
| 1939 | — | — | 276 | #336 |
| 1938 | — | — | 259 | #347 |
| 1937 | — | — | 218 | #373 |
| 1936 | — | — | 218 | #369 |
| 1935 | — | — | 209 | #378 |
| 1934 | — | — | 171 | #429 |
| 1933 | — | — | 168 | #424 |
| 1932 | — | — | 173 | #425 |
| 1931 | — | — | 139 | #485 |
| 1930 | — | — | 145 | #496 |
| 1929 | 5 | #5,184 | 164 | #460 |
| 1928 | — | — | 188 | #436 |
| 1927 | — | — | 176 | #463 |
| 1926 | — | — | 185 | #448 |
| 1925 | — | — | 184 | #443 |
| 1924 | — | — | 206 | #426 |
| 1923 | — | — | 210 | #414 |
| 1922 | — | — | 199 | #427 |
| 1921 | — | — | 204 | #425 |
| 1920 | — | — | 192 | #436 |
| 1919 | — | — | 189 | #428 |
| 1918 | — | — | 161 | #468 |
| 1917 | — | — | 170 | #437 |
| 1916 | — | — | 147 | #474 |
| 1915 | — | — | 157 | #434 |
| 1914 | 5 | #4,109 | 138 | #406 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,630 | 116 | #399 |
| 1912 | — | — | 96 | #392 |
| 1911 | — | — | 61 | #354 |
| 1910 | — | — | 49 | #369 |
| 1909 | — | — | 39 | #396 |
| 1908 | — | — | 41 | #359 |
| 1907 | — | — | 40 | #349 |
| 1906 | — | — | 38 | #341 |
| 1905 | — | — | 28 | #408 |
| 1904 | — | — | 35 | #343 |
| 1903 | — | — | 24 | #408 |
| 1902 | — | — | 36 | #330 |
| 1901 | — | — | 28 | #351 |
| 1900 | — | — | 39 | #353 |
| 1899 | — | — | 25 | #374 |
| 1898 | — | — | 30 | #359 |
| 1897 | — | — | 44 | #269 |
| 1896 | — | — | 31 | #351 |
| 1895 | — | — | 43 | #270 |
| 1894 | — | — | 47 | #255 |
| 1893 | — | — | 36 | #290 |
| 1892 | — | — | 49 | #256 |
| 1891 | — | — | 35 | #276 |
| 1890 | — | — | 40 | #274 |
| 1889 | — | — | 46 | #241 |
| 1888 | — | — | 44 | #272 |
| 1887 | — | — | 38 | #267 |
| 1886 | — | — | 42 | #263 |
| 1885 | — | — | 52 | #229 |
| 1884 | — | — | 56 | #226 |
| 1883 | — | — | 47 | #231 |
| 1882 | — | — | 48 | #244 |
| 1881 | — | — | 51 | #217 |
| 1880 | — | — | 60 | #206 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).