Meaning not yet researched.
Scotty: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 131 in 2025. Its best rank was #210 in 1971.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #210 in 1971; #1,399 in 2025. About 82% of babies named Scotty in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,399 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1971, at #210.
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Scotty: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 131 boys in 2025. Peak: #210 in 1971 · most boys in one year: 1,118 (1971).
In 2025, 131 US boys were named Scotty, making it the 1,399th most common boys’ name of the year, up 375 places from #1,774 in 2024. That is 38 more than the 93 boys named Scotty in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #210, reached in 1971. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,118. For comparison, it was #2,952 in 2015 and #630 in 1950.
In 2025, 28 US girls were named Scotty, making it the 4,862nd most common girls’ name of the year, up 147 places from #5,009 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 27 girls named Scotty in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #3,466, reached in 1940. The most girls given the name in a single year was 28, in 2025. For comparison, it was #14,267 in 2015 and #5,976 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Scotty in 110 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1915 with 5 babies. In all, 19,389 US babies have been given the name, 1.9% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1970s, with 6,133 babies named Scotty.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 570 US boys were named Scotty; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 131. In 2025 that was about 1 in 13,039 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Scotty ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #551 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Scott (777,605 babies since 1880) and Scottie (17,974 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Scotti, Scotia and Scottia are summarised on this page.
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.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Scotti (831), Scotia (35), Scottia (5), Scottee (5).
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.
No nicknames listed for Scotty in the open dataset we use.
Scotty is listed as a nickname for Prescott, Scott.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 43 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 8 | #551 | — |
| Washington | 9 | #725 | — |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #793 | — |
| Tennessee | 7 | #911 | — |
| Texas | 18 | #1,210 | #2,080 |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,242 | — |
| Georgia | 6 | #1,331 | — |
| Florida | 8 | #1,453 | #1,909 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,862 | 131 | #1,399 |
| 2024 | 27 | #5,009 | 93 | #1,774 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,420 | 71 | #2,093 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,968 | 48 | #2,746 |
| 2021 | 16 | #7,212 | 42 | #2,964 |
| 2020 | 7 | #13,251 | 36 | #3,194 |
| 2019 | 8 | #12,265 | 39 | #3,094 |
| 2018 | 5 | #17,726 | 33 | #3,431 |
| 2017 | 9 | #11,477 | 38 | #3,112 |
| 2016 | 6 | #15,927 | 39 | #3,050 |
| 2015 | 7 | #14,267 | 40 | #2,952 |
| 2014 | — | — | 34 | #3,290 |
| 2013 | — | — | 35 | #3,176 |
| 2012 | — | — | 52 | #2,444 |
| 2011 | — | — | 50 | #2,499 |
| 2010 | — | — | 39 | #3,002 |
| 2009 | — | — | 59 | #2,247 |
| 2008 | — | — | 62 | #2,179 |
| 2007 | — | — | 55 | #2,362 |
| 2006 | — | — | 58 | #2,219 |
| 2005 | — | — | 54 | #2,232 |
| 2004 | — | — | 57 | #2,097 |
| 2003 | — | — | 61 | #1,929 |
| 2002 | — | — | 65 | #1,787 |
| 2001 | — | — | 65 | #1,759 |
| 2000 | — | — | 76 | #1,572 |
| 1999 | — | — | 77 | #1,487 |
| 1998 | — | — | 86 | #1,368 |
| 1997 | — | — | 67 | #1,548 |
| 1996 | — | — | 92 | #1,225 |
| 1995 | — | — | 117 | #1,033 |
| 1994 | — | — | 123 | #1,004 |
| 1993 | — | — | 171 | #809 |
| 1992 | — | — | 184 | #769 |
| 1991 | — | — | 151 | #849 |
| 1990 | — | — | 197 | #728 |
| 1989 | — | — | 183 | #733 |
| 1988 | — | — | 212 | #651 |
| 1987 | — | — | 227 | #603 |
| 1986 | — | — | 260 | #552 |
| 1985 | — | — | 284 | #518 |
| 1984 | — | — | 275 | #516 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,988 | 312 | #477 |
| 1982 | — | — | 415 | #408 |
| 1981 | 5 | #11,772 | 419 | #397 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,881 | 446 | #384 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,930 | 515 | #348 |
| 1978 | — | — | 386 | #394 |
| 1977 | — | — | 416 | #384 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,543 | 447 | #362 |
| 1975 | 12 | #5,097 | 563 | #318 |
| 1974 | — | — | 605 | #304 |
| 1973 | 7 | #7,271 | 694 | #270 |
| 1972 | 6 | #8,035 | 757 | #260 |
| 1971 | 15 | #4,087 | 1,118 | #210 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,915 | 574 | #330 |
| 1969 | 6 | #7,284 | 607 | #308 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,545 | 585 | #313 |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,630 | 572 | #308 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,700 | 525 | #329 |
| 1965 | — | — | 433 | #371 |
| 1964 | — | — | 419 | #389 |
| 1963 | — | — | 371 | #418 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,752 | 382 | #411 |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,369 | 306 | #463 |
| 1960 | 5 | #7,133 | 282 | #473 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,474 | 229 | #519 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,830 | 237 | #502 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,868 | 180 | #577 |
| 1956 | 10 | #4,117 | 176 | #575 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,750 | 165 | #575 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,642 | 142 | #620 |
| 1953 | — | — | 140 | #615 |
| 1952 | — | — | 120 | #642 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,315 | 122 | #643 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,976 | 120 | #630 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,930 | 90 | #728 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,905 | 77 | #780 |
| 1947 | — | — | 88 | #736 |
| 1946 | 7 | #4,345 | 83 | #721 |
| 1945 | 5 | #5,141 | 60 | #807 |
| 1944 | — | — | 56 | #851 |
| 1943 | — | — | 50 | #949 |
| 1942 | — | — | 48 | #967 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,979 | 80 | #690 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,466 | 58 | #828 |
| 1939 | — | — | 45 | #941 |
| 1938 | — | — | 43 | #976 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,827 | 37 | #1,071 |
| 1936 | — | — | 38 | #1,047 |
| 1935 | — | — | 33 | #1,162 |
| 1934 | — | — | 24 | #1,421 |
| 1933 | — | — | 25 | #1,355 |
| 1932 | — | — | 20 | #1,641 |
| 1931 | — | — | 17 | #1,833 |
| 1930 | — | — | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1929 | — | — | 10 | #2,738 |
| 1928 | — | — | 14 | #2,252 |
| 1927 | — | — | 9 | #3,112 |
| 1926 | — | — | 9 | #3,101 |
| 1925 | — | — | 10 | #2,904 |
| 1924 | — | — | 8 | #3,460 |
| 1923 | — | — | 13 | #2,425 |
| 1922 | — | — | 13 | #2,464 |
| 1921 | — | — | 8 | #3,461 |
| 1920 | — | — | 8 | #3,451 |
| 1919 | — | — | 6 | #4,100 |
| 1918 | — | — | 7 | #3,659 |
| 1916 | — | — | 7 | #3,457 |
| 1915 | — | — | 5 | #4,305 |
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).