# Scott (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/scott/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /skɒt/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | Scottie, Scotty |
| Variant spellings | Scot, Scottie, Scotty |
| US babies named this | 777,605 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 774,997 / 2,608 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 12,625, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 63 | 1,801 |
| 1986 | 56 | 1,973 |
| 1987 | 72 | 1,695 |
| 1988 | 59 | 2,027 |
| 1989 | 33 | 3,238 |
| 1990 | 24 | 4,203 |
| 1991 | 19 | 5,144 |
| 1992 | 11 | 7,944 |
| 1993 | 24 | 4,354 |
| 1994 | 5 | 15,280 |
| 1995 | 5 | 15,291 |
| 1996 | 8 | 10,354 |
| 1997 | 8 | 10,620 |
| 1999 | 10 | 9,352 |
| 2001 | 6 | 14,991 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 804 | 371 |
| 2012 | 778 | 382 |
| 2013 | 685 | 428 |
| 2014 | 727 | 423 |
| 2015 | 668 | 454 |
| 2016 | 658 | 464 |
| 2017 | 607 | 483 |
| 2018 | 549 | 519 |
| 2019 | 544 | 524 |
| 2020 | 498 | 564 |
| 2021 | 457 | 609 |
| 2022 | 487 | 588 |
| 2023 | 474 | 599 |
| 2024 | 518 | 567 |
| 2025 | 561 | 534 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 198 | 241 |
| 2012 | 172 | 271 |
| 2013 | 128 | 327 |
| 2014 | 119 | 354 |
| 2015 | 107 | 397 |
| 2016 | 110 | 397 |
| 2017 | 79 | 501 |
| 2018 | 67 | 557 |
| 2019 | 65 | 575 |
| 2020 | 41 | 766 |
| 2021 | 49 | 704 |
| 2022 | 39 | 810 |
| 2023 | 50 | 691 |
| 2024 | 29 | 1,025 |
| 2025 | 38 | 845 |

## People named Scott

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer (1896–1940)
- Charles Scott Sherrington, English footballer, neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize recipient (1857–1952)
- Scott Joplin, American composer, musician, pianist (1867/68-1917)
- Orson Scott Card, American science fiction novelist (born 1951)
- Scott Parker, English association football manager and former player
- Scott Carpenter, American test pilot, astronaut and aquanaut (1925–2013)
- Scott Adkins, English actor and martial artist (born 1976)
- Scott Glenn, American actor
- Scott Adams, American cartoonist and author (1957–2026)
- MacKenzie Scott, American philanthropist and novelist
- Scott Carson, English association football player
- Scott Eastwood, American actor (born 1986)

## 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.