Scott
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning a Scot or Scottish person.
Babies a year
602
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#534
up from #565
UK popularity
#845
38 babies
How Scott has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #456 |
| 2016 | #464 |
| 2017 | #484 |
| 2018 | #519 |
| 2019 | #526 |
| 2020 | #565 |
| 2021 | #607 |
| 2022 | #588 |
| 2023 | #599 |
| 2024 | #565 |
| 2025 | #534 |
Scott by the numbers
In 2025, 38 babies in England and Wales were named Scott. In the US, 602 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 30,918 babies in 1971, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1970, about 1 in 67 American boys born that year was called Scott.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Scott. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Names about as common as Scott
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