Scot
Last seen for girls in 1969 at #6,617 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1970 · 633 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,721since 1940
Scot over time
Rank among boys' names. Scot has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,921 | 8 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,816 | 8 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | — | #6,307 | 13 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,026 | 11 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,559 | 10 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,767 | 8 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,047 | 18 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,334 | 17 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,767 | 15 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,243 | 23 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,865 | 18 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,034 | 16 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,129 | 21 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,838 | 22 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,670 | 23 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,512 | 24 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,075 | 28 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,063 | 46 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,157 | 42 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,933 | 47 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,047 | 42 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,841 | 47 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,643 | 55 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,444 | 65 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,237 | 83 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,282 | 76 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,188 | 84 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,082 | 94 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,032 | 91 | |
| 1987 | — | #880 | 113 | |
| 1986 | — | #833 | 118 | |
| 1985 | — | #897 | 102 | |
| 1984 | — | #780 | 123 | |
| 1983 | — | #838 | 108 | |
| 1982 | — | #723 | 143 | |
| 1981 | — | #677 | 163 | |
| 1980 | — | #747 | 138 | |
| 1979 | — | #630 | 185 | |
| 1978 | — | #615 | 183 | |
| 1977 | — | #597 | 201 | |
| 1976 | — | #524 | 236 | |
| 1975 | — | #432 | 331 | |
| 1974 | — | #440 | 324 | |
| 1973 | — | #423 | 344 | |
| 1972 | — | #375 | 437 | |
| 1971 | — | #324 | 576 | |
| 1970 | — | #310 | 633 | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #316 | 588 |
| 1968 | — | #322 | 555 | |
| 1967 | — | #332 | 510 | |
| 1966 | — | #337 | 500 | |
| 1965 | — | #333 | 515 | |
| 1964 | — | #329 | 569 | |
| 1963 | — | #342 | 506 | |
| 1962 | — | #337 | 537 | |
| 1961 | — | #369 | 463 | |
| 1960 | — | #348 | 501 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #338 | 524 |
| 1958 | — | #325 | 562 | |
| 1957 | — | #356 | 457 | |
| 1956 | — | #379 | 391 | |
| 1955 | — | #451 | 270 | |
| 1954 | — | #496 | 214 | |
| 1953 | — | #649 | 121 | |
| 1952 | — | #703 | 99 | |
| 1951 | — | #824 | 73 | |
| 1950 | — | #899 | 58 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,097 | 41 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,280 | 32 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,519 | 24 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,030 | 13 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,309 | 10 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
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| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Scot! It came in at #2,871, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1941–1942, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Scot is popular in 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Idaho#126 · 1 in 611
- New Hampshire#136 · 1 in 968
- Iowa#148 · 1 in 1,052
- Nebraska#167 · 1 in 1,332
- South Dakota#171 · 1 in 1,015
Best ever in a state: #106 in New Hampshire, 1972.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #126 | 10 | 1 in 611 |
| New Hampshire | #136 | 6 | 1 in 968 |
| Iowa | #148 | 22 | 1 in 1,052 |
| Nebraska | #167 | 9 | 1 in 1,332 |
| South Dakota | #171 | 5 | 1 in 1,015 |
| Maine | #173 | 6 | 1 in 1,323 |
| Utah | #173 | 12 | 1 in 1,028 |
| Minnesota | #186 | 17 | 1 in 1,923 |
| Massachusetts | #192 | 20 | 1 in 2,332 |
| Hawaii | #199 | 7 | 1 in 948 |
| Ohio | #203 | 55 | 1 in 1,763 |
| Kansas | #207 | 11 | 1 in 1,512 |
| Washington | #213 | 18 | 1 in 1,565 |
| Pennsylvania | #217 | 40 | 1 in 2,349 |
| West Virginia | #218 | 7 | 1 in 2,002 |
| Indiana | #238 | 22 | 1 in 2,170 |
| Michigan | #243 | 34 | 1 in 2,393 |
| Wisconsin | #252 | 13 | 1 in 2,828 |
| Colorado | #255 | 10 | 1 in 1,977 |
| Oregon | #256 | 8 | 1 in 2,074 |
| Oklahoma | #260 | 9 | 1 in 2,247 |
| Illinois | #270 | 40 | 1 in 2,419 |
| Maryland | #276 | 9 | 1 in 3,123 |
| New Jersey | #283 | 18 | 1 in 3,076 |
| Connecticut | #284 | 7 | 1 in 3,306 |
| Missouri | #319 | 12 | 1 in 3,300 |
| New York | #334 | 43 | 1 in 3,596 |
| South Carolina | #340 | 7 | 1 in 3,334 |
| Florida | #369 | 15 | 1 in 3,583 |
| California | #373 | 50 | 1 in 3,567 |
| Arizona | #394 | 5 | 1 in 3,393 |
| Virginia | #431 | 6 | 1 in 6,372 |
| Tennessee | #450 | 5 | 1 in 7,063 |
| Georgia | #451 | 8 | 1 in 5,638 |
| Texas | #466 | 25 | 1 in 4,581 |
| North Carolina | #503 | 6 | 1 in 7,600 |
| Louisiana | #521 | 6 | 1 in 5,641 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Scot
- 1,654 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #10,695)
- 3,204 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 198 spots in 1950 (#1,097 → #899)
- Biggest drop: 152 spots in 1988 (#880 → #1,032)
- Debuted 1940
- Peaked 1970 at #310 (633 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1950–1987
- Highest: 1 in 2,936 boys born in 1970 were named Scot (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 38.2% of all boys named Scot (5,244) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 151 | #1,097 (1949) | #2,157 |
| 1950s | 2,769 | #325 (1958) | #542 |
| 1960s | 5,244 | #316 (1969) | #337 |
| 1970s | 3,450 | #310 (1970) | #467 |
| 1980s | 1,193 | #677 (1981) | #849 |
| 1990s | 587 | #1,188 (1990) | #1,684 |
| 2000s | 207 | #3,075 (2000) | #4,347 |
| 2010s | 94 | #5,047 (2010) | #8,622 |
| 2020s | 26 | #8,921 (2023) | #10,447 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Scot in 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 2,936 of them was named Scot, which outranked 94.3% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.