# Scotty (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/scotty/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Scottie |
| US babies named this | 19,389 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 19,030 / 359 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Scott + -y.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 6 | 9,930 |
| 1980 | 7 | 8,881 |
| 1981 | 5 | 11,772 |
| 1983 | 6 | 9,988 |
| 2015 | 7 | 14,267 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15,927 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11,477 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,726 |
| 2019 | 8 | 12,265 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13,251 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7,212 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7,968 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,420 |
| 2024 | 27 | 5,009 |
| 2025 | 28 | 4,862 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | 2,499 |
| 2012 | 52 | 2,444 |
| 2013 | 35 | 3,176 |
| 2014 | 34 | 3,290 |
| 2015 | 40 | 2,952 |
| 2016 | 39 | 3,050 |
| 2017 | 38 | 3,112 |
| 2018 | 33 | 3,431 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,094 |
| 2020 | 36 | 3,194 |
| 2021 | 42 | 2,964 |
| 2022 | 48 | 2,746 |
| 2023 | 71 | 2,093 |
| 2024 | 93 | 1,774 |
| 2025 | 131 | 1,399 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |

## People named Scotty

- Scotty Moore, American guitarist (1931–2016)
- Scotty McCreery, American country music singer
- Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey coach
- Scotty Nguyen, American poker player
- Scotty Pippen Jr., American basketball player (born 2000)
- Scotty Beckett, actor (1929-1968)
- Scotty Leavenworth, American actor
- Scotty Hopson, American basketball player (born 1989)
- Scottie Pippen, American basketball player (born 1965)

## 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.