Unisex name · since 2000
Scotland
Scotland has 724 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,322 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,092 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 724
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Scotland currently ranks #2092 among unisex names in America, with 724 babies recorded since 2000.
Social Security Administration records show Scotland recorded 724 times among girls since 2000, holding rank #2092 nationally today, ahead of 88% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #9,322 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,092 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 724 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Scotland ranks #9,322 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,092 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 724 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,322 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,092 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 724
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Scotland's 724 recorded births place it above 87.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Scotland compares
724 Top 38% higher than 62% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Scotland's all-time total is 93% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Scotland | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 724 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 90 | 21 | 19,840 |
Scotland's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Scotland's full recorded timeline at 2013, 87% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 13% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 90 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Scotland popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 90
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Scotland popularity over time - boys
272 total births recorded since 1975 (Scotland as boys' name)
Scotland by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (382 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Scotland's strongest decade.
382 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Scotland births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 73
2000s
73 births
- 2010s
2010s
269 births
- 2020s
2020s
382 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 382 births (53% of all-time use).
How Scotland compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Scotland's total volume
Scotland by state
Where Scotland concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 54 | 7.5% |
| #2 | Utah | | 49 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 33 | 4.6% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 12 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 10 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 9 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Idaho | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 6 | 0.8% |
54 of 724 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Scotland appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Scotland's data
- California records the most Scotlands (54 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Scotland: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2000–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Scotland draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.