Scot — #12519 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Scot

The Social Security Administration has registered 13,715 babies named Scot between 1940 and 2024, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Scot currently holds the #12519 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 633 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Scot performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 5,244 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Scot shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,339 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Scot in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Scot 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 13,715 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.