# Scout (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/scout/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,221 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,092 / 5,129 (71% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 351, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 185 | 1,286 |
| 2012 | 142 | 1,551 |
| 2013 | 169 | 1,380 |
| 2014 | 209 | 1,178 |
| 2015 | 235 | 1,105 |
| 2016 | 234 | 1,099 |
| 2017 | 256 | 1,015 |
| 2018 | 274 | 965 |
| 2019 | 246 | 1,044 |
| 2020 | 309 | 872 |
| 2021 | 333 | 831 |
| 2022 | 425 | 691 |
| 2023 | 336 | 822 |
| 2024 | 287 | 925 |
| 2025 | 254 | 997 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 52 | 2,433 |
| 2012 | 69 | 2,030 |
| 2013 | 67 | 2,040 |
| 2014 | 56 | 2,340 |
| 2015 | 67 | 2,104 |
| 2016 | 83 | 1,825 |
| 2017 | 76 | 1,913 |
| 2018 | 82 | 1,852 |
| 2019 | 81 | 1,866 |
| 2020 | 83 | 1,813 |
| 2021 | 119 | 1,500 |
| 2022 | 195 | 1,101 |
| 2023 | 142 | 1,339 |
| 2024 | 122 | 1,486 |
| 2025 | 131 | 1,400 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,956 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,961 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,472 |
| 2017 | 23 | 1,411 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,703 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,556 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,692 |
| 2022 | 18 | 1,621 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,469 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,672 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Scout

- Scout Taylor-Compton, American actress and singer

## 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.