Scott
Scott was given to 561 boys in 2025, #534 among boys’ names; 777,605 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 649,000 Americans named Scott and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (84% of everyone recorded); the median is 55 years old and half are between 45 and 63.
Scott is the #35 most common first name among living American men and boys, by this estimate.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Scott by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Scott mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Scott is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
/skɒt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Scott?
#534 among boys’ names, 2025
Scott fell from #454 in 2015 to #534 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.35 to 0.33 per 1,000.
31,034 babies in 1971, the peak
Scott peaked in 1971, when 31,034 babies were given it (30,901 boys, #10 among boys’ names). The 561 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 561 | #534 | 0.33 |
| 2024 | 518 | #567 | 0.30 |
| 2023 | 474 | #599 | 0.28 |
| 2022 | 487 | #588 | 0.28 |
| 2021 | 457 | #609 | 0.26 |
| 2020 | 498 | #564 | 0.29 |
| 2019 | 544 | #524 | 0.30 |
| 2018 | 549 | #519 | 0.30 |
| 2017 | 607 | #483 | 0.33 |
| 2016 | 658 | #464 | 0.35 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 668 | #454 | 0.35 |
| 2014 | 727 | #423 | 0.38 |
| 2013 | 685 | #428 | 0.36 |
| 2012 | 778 | #382 | 0.41 |
| 2011 | 804 | #371 | 0.42 |
| 2010 | 873 | #351 | 0.46 |
| 2009 | 920 | #343 | 0.46 |
| 2008 | 1,034 | #321 | 0.51 |
| 2007 | 1,252 | #274 | 0.60 |
| 2006 | 1,365 | #253 | 0.66 |
| 2005 | 1,474 | #233 | 0.74 |
| 2004 | 1,640 | #214 | 0.83 |
| 2003 | 1,771 | #206 | 0.90 |
| 2002 | 2,028 | #185 | 1.0 |
| 2001 | 2,296 | #167 | 1.2 |
| 2000 | 2,458 | #158 | 1.3 |
| 1999 | 2,720 | #140 | 1.4 |
| 1998 | 3,062 | #123 | 1.6 |
| 1997 | 3,344 | #113 | 1.8 |
| 1996 | 3,672 | #108 | 1.9 |
| 1995 | 4,082 | #92 | 2.1 |
| 1994 | 4,915 | #80 | 2.5 |
| 1993 | 5,577 | #69 | 2.8 |
| 1992 | 6,447 | #61 | 3.2 |
| 1991 | 7,114 | #57 | 3.5 |
| 1990 | 8,086 | #53 | 3.9 |
| 1989 | 8,850 | #51 | 4.4 |
| 1988 | 9,351 | #47 | 4.9 |
| 1987 | 10,194 | #43 | 5.5 |
| 1986 | 9,965 | #44 | 5.4 |
| 1985 | 10,145 | #44 | 5.5 |
| 1984 | 10,574 | #39 | 5.9 |
| 1983 | 10,846 | #38 | 6.1 |
| 1982 | 12,200 | #34 | 6.7 |
| 1981 | 12,719 | #34 | 7.1 |
| 1980 | 13,300 | #33 | 7.5 |
| 1979 | 14,440 | #29 | 8.4 |
| 1978 | 13,539 | #30 | 8.2 |
| 1977 | 14,203 | #27 | 8.6 |
| 1976 | 15,717 | #24 | 10.0 |
| 1975 | 17,307 | #17 | 11.1 |
| 1974 | 18,030 | #18 | 11.5 |
| 1973 | 18,980 | #18 | 12.2 |
| 1972 | 22,838 | #11 | 14.1 |
| 1971 | 30,901 | #10 | 17.5 |
| 1970 | 28,565 | #12 | 15.4 |
| 1969 | 28,653 | #12 | 16.0 |
| 1968 | 26,022 | #14 | 15.0 |
| 1967 | 25,535 | #16 | 14.6 |
| 1966 | 26,036 | #16 | 14.6 |
| 1965 | 25,437 | #15 | 13.7 |
| 1964 | 28,506 | #14 | 14.3 |
| 1963 | 30,396 | #12 | 15.0 |
| 1962 | 30,703 | #11 | 14.8 |
| 1961 | 23,934 | #19 | 11.3 |
| 1960 | 21,606 | #23 | 10.1 |
| 1959 | 19,765 | #24 | 9.3 |
| 1958 | 19,175 | #25 | 9.0 |
| 1957 | 15,750 | #32 | 7.3 |
| 1956 | 13,214 | #34 | 6.2 |
| 1955 | 10,782 | #38 | 5.2 |
| 1954 | 9,457 | #40 | 4.6 |
| 1953 | 7,489 | #46 | 3.8 |
| 1952 | 6,538 | #54 | 3.4 |
| 1951 | 5,381 | #68 | 2.9 |
| 1950 | 4,268 | #82 | 2.4 |
| 1949 | 3,055 | #99 | 1.7 |
| 1948 | 2,299 | #122 | 1.3 |
| 1947 | 2,029 | #139 | 1.1 |
| 1946 | 1,522 | #155 | 0.94 |
| 1945 | 848 | #182 | 0.63 |
| 1944 | 610 | #226 | 0.45 |
| 1943 | 540 | #262 | 0.38 |
| 1942 | 518 | #259 | 0.38 |
| 1941 | 402 | #289 | 0.33 |
| 1940 | 338 | #304 | 0.29 |
| 1939 | 276 | #336 | 0.25 |
| 1938 | 259 | #347 | 0.23 |
| 1937 | 218 | #373 | 0.20 |
| 1936 | 218 | #369 | 0.21 |
| 1935 | 209 | #378 | 0.20 |
| 1934 | 171 | #429 | 0.17 |
| 1933 | 168 | #424 | 0.17 |
| 1932 | 173 | #425 | 0.17 |
| 1931 | 139 | #485 | 0.13 |
| 1930 | 145 | #496 | 0.13 |
| 1929 | 164 | #460 | 0.15 |
| 1928 | 188 | #436 | 0.17 |
| 1927 | 176 | #463 | 0.16 |
| 1926 | 185 | #448 | 0.17 |
| 1925 | 184 | #443 | 0.16 |
| 1924 | 206 | #426 | 0.18 |
| 1923 | 210 | #414 | 0.19 |
| 1922 | 199 | #427 | 0.18 |
| 1921 | 204 | #425 | 0.19 |
| 1920 | 192 | #436 | 0.18 |
| 1919 | 189 | #428 | 0.19 |
| 1918 | 161 | #468 | 0.16 |
| 1917 | 170 | #437 | 0.18 |
| 1916 | 147 | #474 | 0.17 |
| 1915 | 157 | #434 | 0.19 |
| 1914 | 138 | #406 | 0.21 |
| 1913 | 116 | #399 | 0.23 |
| 1912 | 96 | #392 | 0.22 |
| 1911 | 61 | #354 | 0.27 |
| 1910 | 49 | #369 | 0.25 |
| 1909 | 39 | #396 | 0.24 |
| 1908 | 41 | #359 | 0.27 |
| 1907 | 40 | #349 | 0.27 |
| 1906 | 38 | #341 | 0.29 |
| 1905 | 28 | #408 | 0.21 |
| 1904 | 35 | #343 | 0.27 |
| 1903 | 24 | #408 | 0.20 |
| 1902 | 36 | #330 | 0.29 |
| 1901 | 28 | #351 | 0.26 |
| 1900 | 39 | #353 | 0.26 |
| 1899 | 25 | #374 | 0.24 |
| 1898 | 30 | #359 | 0.24 |
| 1897 | 44 | #269 | 0.39 |
| 1896 | 31 | #351 | 0.26 |
| 1895 | 43 | #270 | 0.37 |
| 1894 | 47 | #255 | 0.41 |
| 1893 | 36 | #290 | 0.32 |
| 1892 | 49 | #256 | 0.40 |
| 1891 | 35 | #276 | 0.35 |
| 1890 | 40 | #274 | 0.36 |
| 1889 | 46 | #241 | 0.42 |
| 1888 | 44 | #272 | 0.36 |
| 1887 | 38 | #267 | 0.37 |
| 1886 | 42 | #263 | 0.38 |
| 1885 | 52 | #229 | 0.48 |
| 1884 | 56 | #226 | 0.49 |
| 1883 | 47 | #231 | 0.45 |
| 1882 | 48 | #244 | 0.42 |
| 1881 | 51 | #217 | 0.51 |
| 1880 | 60 | #206 | 0.54 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Scott a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Scott has been given almost only to boys: 2,608 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Scott: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Scott, and how old are they?
649,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 84% of the 777,605 Americans ever recorded as Scott. The median Scott alive today is 55 years old; half are between 45 and 63.
The 2020 Census counted 655,952 people named Scott (685 women and girls, 655,267 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 680,221 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,520 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 187,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 298,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 128,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 27,300 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 7,380 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Scott born?
The states with the most babies named Scott are California, New York and Ohio, with 24% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 75,653 | #678 | 0.9× |
| New York | 60,524 | #686 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 48,822 | #347 | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 48,291 | #510 | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 48,021 | #424 | 1.2× |
| Michigan | 47,634 | #482 | 1.4× |
| Wisconsin | 30,346 | #408 | 1.8× |
| Massachusetts | 27,896 | #331 | 1.3× |
| Minnesota | 27,680 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Texas | 26,566 | #629 | 0.5× |
Where Scott is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Scott is most over-represented in Wisconsin: since 1910 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Scott with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 828,700 babies since 1880, Scott is the most given (94% of them). In 2025 it was given to 561 of their 3,216 babies (17%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Scott
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Scott and names like it
- Compare Scott and ScottyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sScott peaked in 1971.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Scott since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Scott: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1971The year the most babies were named Scott.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Scott alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with SMost given first.