# Scot (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/scot/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “people from ireland”, “irishmen” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈskɑt/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,732 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 13,721 / 11 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 92, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Scot, from Old English Sċottas (“people from Ireland, Irishmen”), from Late Latin Scōttī (see Scōtī for more). See Scoti.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 5 | 7,042 |
| 1969 | 6 | 7,282 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 17 | 5,510 |
| 2010 | 18 | 5,209 |
| 2011 | 8 | 9,455 |
| 2012 | 10 | 8,038 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,467 |
| 2014 | 13 | 6,568 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,942 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,526 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,912 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,767 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,901 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,664 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,601 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13,903 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,771 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 1,765 |
| 1997 | 10 | 1,257 |
| 1998 | 11 | 1,188 |
| 1999 | 9 | 1,383 |
| 2000 | 9 | 1,425 |
| 2001 | 7 | 1,746 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2004 | 11 | 1,498 |
| 2005 | 5 | 2,754 |
| 2008 | 7 | 2,507 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |

## People named Scot

- Scot Pollard, American basketball player and reality television contestant
- Scot Bennett, English association football player (born 1990)
- Isaac Hayden, English association football player (born 1995)
- Jeff Tweedy, American musician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.