Scottland — boys' name
13 babies named Scottland in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
62% of everyone ever named Scottland was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Scottland in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Scottland
The Social Security Administration has registered 13 babies named Scottland between 2009 and 2014, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Scottland currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Scottland is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 7 additional births since 2024.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Scottland performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 8 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Scottland shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Scottland 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 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.
Scottland at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Scottland popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2009
- Peak year (2009)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
13 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 8 births in a single year.
Scottland popularity over time — girls
7 total births recorded since 2024 (Scottland as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Scottland accounts for 35% of total recorded use across both genders.
Scottland by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 8 births that decade — 62% of Scottland's all-time total
Scottland decade highlights
- Peak decade 8 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Scottland's strongest decade
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% 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, 2009–2014 (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.