Scout
- #995 for girls in 2025, 254 births
- #1,393 for boys in 2025, 131 births
- Given to girls 71.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2022 · 425 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,129since 1992
Scout over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #995 | 254 | #1,393 | 131 |
| 2024 | #924 | 287 | #1,481 | 122 |
| 2023 | #822 | 336 | #1,337 | 142 |
| 2022 | #689 | 425 | #1,099 | 195 |
| 2021 | #829 | 333 | #1,496 | 119 |
| 2020 | #871 | 309 | #1,798 | 83 |
| 2019 | #1,042 | 246 | #1,849 | 81 |
| 2018 | #964 | 274 | #1,838 | 82 |
| 2017 | #1,014 | 256 | #1,897 | 76 |
| 2016 | #1,098 | 234 | #1,811 | 83 |
| 2015 | #1,104 | 235 | #2,086 | 67 |
| 2014 | #1,173 | 209 | #2,317 | 56 |
| 2013 | #1,378 | 169 | #2,021 | 67 |
| 2012 | #1,549 | 142 | #2,016 | 69 |
| 2011 | #1,280 | 185 | #2,403 | 52 |
| 2010 | #1,513 | 148 | #2,187 | 60 |
| 2009 | #1,979 | 105 | #2,320 | 56 |
| 2008 | #1,990 | 105 | #2,265 | 58 |
| 2007 | #1,908 | 108 | #2,684 | 45 |
| 2006 | #1,978 | 101 | #3,024 | 36 |
| 2005 | #2,180 | 84 | #2,701 | 40 |
| 2004 | #2,117 | 85 | #2,531 | 43 |
| 2003 | #2,368 | 70 | #2,428 | 43 |
| 2002 | #2,447 | 65 | #2,249 | 46 |
| 2001 | #3,091 | 45 | #2,386 | 41 |
| 2000 | #3,169 | 43 | #3,075 | 28 |
| 1999 | #2,935 | 45 | #2,795 | 30 |
| 1998 | #2,691 | 50 | #2,926 | 27 |
| 1997 | #2,977 | 40 | #2,981 | 25 |
| 1996 | #3,093 | 38 | #2,590 | 29 |
| 1995 | #2,735 | 44 | #3,100 | 22 |
| 1994 | #3,536 | 31 | #3,469 | 19 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #5,660 | 9 |
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First appearance
1992
The first year at least five girls were named Scout! It came in at #7,067, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1992–1993, when fewer than 17 girls a year got the name.
Where Scout is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- North Dakota#141 · 1 in 386
- Utah#287 · 1 in 1,138
- Washington#541 · 1 in 2,405
- Iowa#565 · 1 in 2,354
- Kansas#578 · 1 in 2,362
Best ever in a state: #85 in Vermont, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #141 | 7 | 1 in 386 |
| Utah | #287 | 15 | 1 in 1,138 |
| Washington | #541 | 12 | 1 in 2,405 |
| Iowa | #565 | 5 | 1 in 2,354 |
| Kansas | #578 | 5 | 1 in 2,362 |
| Colorado | #584 | 9 | 1 in 2,592 |
| Oklahoma | #619 | 6 | 1 in 2,463 |
| Tennessee | #707 | 10 | 1 in 3,207 |
| Minnesota | #731 | 6 | 1 in 3,580 |
| Wisconsin | #791 | 5 | 1 in 4,052 |
| Indiana | #815 | 7 | 1 in 3,987 |
| North Carolina | #834 | 11 | 1 in 4,226 |
| Pennsylvania | #871 | 10 | 1 in 4,669 |
| Massachusetts | #873 | 5 | 1 in 4,806 |
| Michigan | #965 | 7 | 1 in 5,104 |
| California | #997 | 27 | 1 in 5,990 |
| Ohio | #1,035 | 8 | 1 in 5,909 |
| Georgia | #1,213 | 7 | 1 in 6,458 |
| Florida | #1,325 | 10 | 1 in 8,676 |
| Texas | #1,352 | 18 | 1 in 8,919 |
| Illinois | #1,405 | 5 | 1 in 8,866 |
| New York | #1,654 | 7 | 1 in 11,190 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Scout
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 124 spots since 2020 (#871 → #995)
- 109 spots since 2015 (#1,104 → #995)
- Biggest jump: 171 spots in 2020
- Biggest drop: 133 spots in 2023
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1992
- Peaked 2022 at #689 (425 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2020–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,859
- Highest: 1 in 3,859 girls born in 2022 were named Scout (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,328 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 40.9% of all girls named Scout (2,098) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 276 | #2,691 (1998) | #3,838 |
| 2000s | 811 | #1,908 (2007) | #2,323 |
| 2010s | 2,098 | #964 (2018) | #1,212 |
| 2020s | 1,944 | #689 (2022) | #855 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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See where Scout ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: