Scott — #565 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Scott

The Social Security Administration has registered 774,451 babies named Scott between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Scott currently holds the #565 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 30,902 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Scott performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 266,823 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Scott shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 75,375 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Scott in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Scott 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 774,451 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.