Scooter — boys' name
20 babies named Scooter in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Scooter was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Scooter in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Scooter
The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Scooter between 1959 and 2018, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Scooter currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Scooter performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Scooter shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Scooter in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 20 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Scooter at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Scooter popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1959
- Peak year (1959)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
20 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 5 births in a single year.
Scooter by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 5 births that decade — 25% of Scooter's all-time total
Scooter decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Scooter's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1959–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.