Scott

Last seen for girls in 2001 at #13,521 · #534 for boys in 2025, 561 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1971 · 30,901 births
Debut · boys
60 births
In top 100 · boys
47 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
774,997
since 1880

Scott over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #10, 1971boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#534561
2024—#565518
2023—#598474
2022—#588487
2021—#609457
2020—#562498
2019—#524544
2018—#517549
2017—#482607
2016—#464658
2015—#454668
2014—#422727
2013—#428685
2012—#382778
2011—#370804
2010—#351873
2009—#342920
2008—#3211,034
2007—#2741,252
2006—#2531,365
2005—#2331,474
2004—#2141,640
2003—#2061,771
2002—#1852,028
2001#13,5216#1672,296
2000—#1582,458
1999#8,80510#1402,720
1998—#1233,062
1997#9,8028#1133,344
1996#9,5818#1083,672
1995#13,3865#924,082
1994#13,4305#804,915
1993#4,25724#695,577
1992#7,51211#616,447
1991#5,00419#577,114
1990#4,12024#538,086
1989#3,16533#518,850
1988#2,01159#479,351
1987#1,67872#4310,194
1986#1,95256#449,965
1985#1,78463#4410,145
1984#1,59370#3910,574
1983#1,81758#3810,846
1982#1,73564#3412,200
1981#1,83060#3412,719
1980#1,72065#3313,300
1979#1,33892#2914,440
1978#1,61466#3013,539
1977#1,73659#2714,203
1976#1,58563#2415,717
1975#1,24791#1717,307
1974#1,30082#1818,030
1973#1,29379#1818,980
1972#1,14695#1122,838
1971#957133#1030,901
1970#1,008124#1228,565
1969#975121#1228,653
1968#1,06698#1426,022
1967#1,25573#1625,535
1966#1,26273#1626,036
1965#1,19481#1525,437
1964#1,37267#1428,506
1963#1,22680#1230,396
1962#1,30472#1130,703
1961#1,72044#1923,934
1960#1,98233#2321,606
1959#1,76539#2419,765
1958#1,93932#2519,175
1957#1,92832#3215,750
1956#2,45321#3413,214
1955#3,37712#3810,782
1954#2,45020#409,457
1953#2,43119#467,489
1952#2,50218#546,538
1951#2,69415#685,381
1950#3,9628#824,268
1949#3,6129#993,055
1948#4,2057#1222,299
1947#5,2955#1392,029
1946#4,9605#1551,522
1945—#182848
1944—#226610
1943#4,6915#262540
1942—#259518
1941—#289402
1940—#303338
1939—#335276
1938—#347259
1937—#371218
1936—#368218
1935—#376209
1934—#429171
1933—#422168
1932—#425173
1931—#484139
1930—#494145
1929#4,5705#459164
1928—#435188
1927—#462176
1926—#446185
1925—#442184
1924—#424206
1923—#413210
1922—#426199
1921—#424204
1920—#436192
1919—#428189
1918—#466161
1917—#436170
1916—#472147
1915—#432157
1914#3,6185#404138
1913#3,1875#396116
1912—#39196
1911—#35361
1910—#36549
1909—#38839
1908—#35541
1907—#34140
1906—#33538
1905—#40428
1904—#34035
1903—#40124
1902—#32636
1901—#34728
1900—#35039
1899—#36225
1898—#35030
1897—#26344
1896—#33831
1895—#26943
1894—#25347
1893—#28736
1892—#25349
1891—#27335
1890—#27240
1889—#24146
1888—#26944
1887—#26138
1886—#26242
1885—#22752
1884—#22156
1883—#22947
1882—#24248
1881—#21551
1880—#20060
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Scott was already there! It came in at #200, and was given to 60 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1905, when fewer than 37 boys a year got the name.

Where Scott is popular in 1964

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #13 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 58 boysAKMaine: #7 for boys · 286 births · 1 in 34 boysMEVermont: #11 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 44 boysVTNew Hampshire: #7 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 32 boysNHWashington: #7 for boys · 605 births · 1 in 44 boysWAIdaho: #9 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 51 boysIDMontana: #7 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 42 boysMTNorth Dakota: #6 for boys · 185 births · 1 in 33 boysNDMinnesota: #6 for boys · 1,088 births · 1 in 34 boysMNIllinois: #12 for boys · 1,771 births · 1 in 60 boysILWisconsin: #7 for boys · 1,249 births · 1 in 34 boysWIMichigan: #7 for boys · 1,780 births · 1 in 47 boysMINew York: #18 for boys · 2,353 births · 1 in 73 boysNYMassachusetts: #12 for boys · 1,114 births · 1 in 48 boysMARhode Island: #15 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 57 boysRIOregon: #9 for boys · 302 births · 1 in 51 boysORNevada: #11 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 61 boysNVWyoming: #8 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 49 boysWYSouth Dakota: #5 for boys · 217 births · 1 in 31 boysSDIowa: #5 for boys · 800 births · 1 in 34 boysIAIndiana: #10 for boys · 1,001 births · 1 in 51 boysINOhio: #12 for boys · 1,852 births · 1 in 55 boysOHPennsylvania: #13 for boys · 1,865 births · 1 in 57 boysPANew Jersey: #15 for boys · 947 births · 1 in 65 boysNJConnecticut: #13 for boys · 492 births · 1 in 53 boysCTCalifornia: #11 for boys · 2,581 births · 1 in 71 boysCAUtah: #7 for boys · 272 births · 1 in 40 boysUTColorado: #8 for boys · 383 births · 1 in 53 boysCONebraska: #7 for boys · 388 births · 1 in 37 boysNEMissouri: #14 for boys · 642 births · 1 in 67 boysMOKentucky: #36 for boys · 233 births · 1 in 141 boysKYWest Virginia: #24 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 102 boysWVVirginia: #30 for boys · 319 births · 1 in 134 boysVAMaryland: #21 for boys · 385 births · 1 in 86 boysMDDelaware: #22 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 79 boysDEArizona: #12 for boys · 191 births · 1 in 85 boysAZNew Mexico: #41 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 167 boysNMKansas: #11 for boys · 325 births · 1 in 60 boysKSArkansas: #33 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 143 boysARTennessee: #38 for boys · 257 births · 1 in 149 boysTNNorth Carolina: #36 for boys · 314 births · 1 in 157 boysNCSouth Carolina: #40 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 183 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #34 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 136 boysDCOklahoma: #16 for boys · 258 births · 1 in 84 boysOKLouisiana: #28 for boys · 292 births · 1 in 136 boysLAMississippi: #56 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 233 boysMSAlabama: #42 for boys · 197 births · 1 in 178 boysALGeorgia: #31 for boys · 340 births · 1 in 140 boysGAHawaii: #11 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 71 boysHITexas: #23 for boys · 816 births · 1 in 138 boysTXFlorida: #14 for boys · 651 births · 1 in 81 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Dakota#5 · 1 in 31
  2. Iowa#5 · 1 in 34
  3. North Dakota#6 · 1 in 33
  4. Minnesota#6 · 1 in 34
  5. New Hampshire#7 · 1 in 32

Best ever in a state: #2 in Maine, 1970.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#58001 in 34
South Dakota#52171 in 31
Minnesota#61,0881 in 34
North Dakota#61851 in 33
Maine#72861 in 34
Michigan#71,7801 in 47
Montana#71541 in 42
Nebraska#73881 in 37
New Hampshire#71841 in 32
Utah#72721 in 40
Washington#76051 in 44
Wisconsin#71,2491 in 34
Colorado#83831 in 53
Wyoming#8581 in 49
Idaho#91151 in 51
Oregon#93021 in 51
Indiana#101,0011 in 51
California#112,5811 in 71
Hawaii#111001 in 71
Kansas#113251 in 60
Nevada#11631 in 61
Vermont#11841 in 44
Arizona#121911 in 85
Illinois#121,7711 in 60
Massachusetts#121,1141 in 48
Ohio#121,8521 in 55
Alaska#13541 in 58
Connecticut#134921 in 53
Pennsylvania#131,8651 in 57
Florida#146511 in 81
Missouri#146421 in 67
New Jersey#159471 in 65
Rhode Island#151531 in 57
Oklahoma#162581 in 84
New York#182,3531 in 73
Maryland#213851 in 86
Delaware#22631 in 79
Texas#238161 in 138
West Virginia#241671 in 102
Louisiana#282921 in 136
Virginia#303191 in 134
Georgia#313401 in 140
Arkansas#331331 in 143
District of Columbia#341041 in 136
Kentucky#362331 in 141
North Carolina#363141 in 157
Tennessee#382571 in 149
South Carolina#401451 in 183
New Mexico#41701 in 167
Alabama#421971 in 178
Mississippi#561081 in 233

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 Scott
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 31 spots since 2024 (#565 → #534)
  • 28 spots since 2020 (#562 → #534)
  • 80 spots since 2015 (#454 → #534)
  • Biggest jump: 75 spots in 1897 (#338 → #263)
  • Biggest drop: 87 spots in 1898 (#263 → #350)
Rise & fade · boys
91 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1971 at #10 (30,901 births)
  • Births halved by 1977, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: 1 yr · 1971
  • Top 100: 47 yrs · run 1949–1995
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 57
  • Highest: 1 in 57 boys born in 1971 were named Scott (1.7%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,045 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 34.4% of all boys named Scott (266,828) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s484#200 (1880)#237
1890s380#253 (1892)#292
1900s348#326 (1902)#359
1910s1,284#353 (1911)#414
1920s1,908#413 (1923)#437
1930s1,976#335 (1939)#405
1940s12,161#99 (1949)#204
1950s111,819#24 (1959)#44
1960s266,828#11 (1962)#15
1970s194,520#10 (1971)#20
1980s108,144#33 (1980)#41
1990s49,019#53 (1990)#90
2000s16,238#158 (2000)#235
2010s6,893#351 (2010)#439
2020s2,995#534 (2025)#576

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.

Scott in 1964

girls
#1,372
67 births · 1 in 28,281 girls
boys
#14
28,506 births · 1 in 70 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #1,372Scott67

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #14Scott28,506
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 28,281 of them was named Scott, which outranked 82.4% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Scott
  1. #1,361Tama68
  2. #1,361Tawanda68
  3. #1,361Treasa68
  4. #1,372Scott67
  5. #1,372Awilda67
  6. #1,372Barrie67
  7. #1,372Casey67
  8. #1,383Arnita66
  9. #1,383Delilah66
  10. #1,383Denene66

Tied with 10 names at #1,372; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,987Anjanette#5,891 → #904
  2. ↑ 2,403Deneen#2,619 → #216
  3. ↑ 2,162Denine#3,066 → #904
  4. ↑ 1,303Daneen#2,211 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,137Kecia#1,754 → #617
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Leisha#993 → #1,334
  2. ↓ 320Cary#973 → #1,293
  3. ↓ 317Lisha#929 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 281Cecile#973 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 276Alexis#790 → #1,066

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 70 of them was named Scott, which outranked 99.7% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Scott
  1. #11Joseph30,576
  2. #12Steven29,707
  3. #13Kevin29,357
  4. #14Scott28,506
  5. #15Timothy28,090
  6. #16Paul26,874
  7. #17Charles25,908
Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
  2. ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
  3. ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
  4. ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
  5. ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Fallers
  1. ↓ 286Farrell#886 → #1,172
  2. ↓ 283Tal#813 → #1,096
  3. ↓ 278Laura#921 → #1,199
  4. ↓ 272Pamela#947 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 270Huey#891 → #1,161

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1964 →