Baby name

Scott

Boy

Origin of the name

Scott was first an English surname meaning “the Scot,” someone from Scotland.

Short-lived name

The high point came in 1971, with 30,901 births and the No. 10 spot that year. Since then, the name has fallen 98%, to about 499 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 534. 34% of all babies named Scott since 1880 were born in the 1960s.

774,997births since 1880

1970sgeneration

No. 10rank at its peak, in 1971

Where babies named Scott are born

1971

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The darker the blue, the more common Scott is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Scott is most common in New Hampshire (2 times), Maine (2) and Wisconsin (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Scotty 19,030
Scot 13,721
Scout 2,092

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