Scotland
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- SKOT-land
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
Scotland is a name of English origin, meaning “land of the Scots”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the US (90 babies).
What does Scotland mean?
English: the name of the country
“land of the Scots”
From Latin Scoti, the Romans' name for Gaelic-speaking raiders from Ireland who later settled northern Britain.
Is Scotland a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Scotland has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 90 girls and 12 boys in the US.
How popular is Scotland in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,076th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 90 about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 101% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 90 girls in the US were named Scotland, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,606th. It first appears in the records in 2000. 12 boys were also named Scotland in 2025 (6,799th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Scotland of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Scotland in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 98 girls in the US were given Scotland or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,714, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
- Scotland 90
- Scottland 8
In 2025, 88% of the babies named Scotland in the US were girls.
Scotland in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 88 | #2,150 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,936 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,958 |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,606 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,788 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,777 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,101 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
Nicknames for Scotland
- Scottie 16 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Scotland
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sevyn, Saylor, Marigold, Palmer, Briar, Holland, Collins, Oakley, Sawyer, Harlow, Londyn, Miller
Names related to Scotland
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Scotland: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/scotland, updated 20 October 2026.