Scott
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Scott is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “a Scot, a Gael”. In 2025 it ranked 644th for boys in the UK (64 babies) and 534th for boys in the US (561 babies).
What does Scott mean?
Scottish: surname meaning a Scot
“a Scot, a Gael”
A surname for a Scot; the Latin Scoti first meant Gaelic raiders from Ireland, who later settled in what became Scotland.
- Say it
- SKOT
More on Wiktionary.
Is Scott a girl's or a boy's name?
Scott is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 64 boys in the UK and 561 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Scott in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #644among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 64about 1 in 4,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 64 boys in the UK were named Scott, making it the 644th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 536th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 2,292 boys.
Half of all the boys named Scott in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2005. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 845th in England and Wales, 178th in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1974 (#31), 1984 (#38), 1994 (#37) and 2004 (#87).
Scott in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #644 |
| 2024 | 58 | #693 |
| 2023 | 79 | #553 |
| 2022 | 69 | #601 |
| 2021 | 73 | #590 |
| 2020 | 79 | #536 |
| 2019 | 98 | #465 |
| 2018 | 122 | #399 |
| 2017 | 141 | #374 |
| 2016 | 182 | #312 |
| 2015 | 178 | #306 |
| 2014 | 225 | #261 |
| 2013 | 208 | #269 |
| 2012 | 288 | #216 |
| 2011 | 328 | #191 |
| 2010 | 378 | #166 |
| 2009 | 444 | #146 |
| 2008 | 536 | #121 |
| 2007 | 587 | #115 |
| 2006 | 738 | #101 |
| 2005 | 923 | #82 |
| 2004 | 1,070 | #70 |
| 2003 | 1,061 | #69 |
| 2002 | 1,122 | #64 |
| 2001 | 1,290 | #57 |
| 2000 | 1,393 | #55 |
| 1999 | 1,699 | #46 |
| 1998 | 1,819 | #46 |
| 1997 | 2,090 | #41 |
| 1996 | 2,292 | #37 |
How popular is Scott in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #534among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 561about 1 in 3,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 561 boys in the US were named Scott, making it the 534th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 562nd. Its busiest year was 1971, with 30,901 boys.
2025 had more boys named Scott than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Scott in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 567 boys in the US were given Scott or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #528, up from #534 for this spelling alone.
- Scott 561
- Scot 6
Scott in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 561 | #534 |
| 2024 | 518 | #565 |
| 2023 | 474 | #598 |
| 2022 | 487 | #588 |
| 2021 | 457 | #609 |
| 2020 | 498 | #562 |
| 2019 | 544 | #524 |
| 2018 | 549 | #517 |
| 2017 | 607 | #482 |
| 2016 | 658 | #464 |
| 2015 | 668 | #454 |
| 2014 | 727 | #422 |
| 2013 | 685 | #428 |
| 2012 | 778 | #382 |
| 2011 | 804 | #370 |
| 2010 | 873 | #351 |
| 2009 | 920 | #342 |
| 2008 | 1,034 | #321 |
| 2007 | 1,252 | #274 |
| 2006 | 1,365 | #253 |
| 2005 | 1,474 | #233 |
| 2004 | 1,640 | #214 |
| 2003 | 1,771 | #206 |
| 2002 | 2,028 | #185 |
| 2001 | 2,296 | #167 |
| 2000 | 2,458 | #158 |
| 1999 | 2,720 | #140 |
| 1998 | 3,062 | #123 |
| 1997 | 3,344 | #113 |
| 1996 | 3,672 | #108 |
| 1995 | 4,082 | #92 |
| 1994 | 4,915 | #80 |
| 1993 | 5,577 | #69 |
| 1992 | 6,447 | #61 |
| 1991 | 7,114 | #57 |
| 1990 | 8,086 | #53 |
| 1989 | 8,850 | #51 |
| 1988 | 9,351 | #47 |
| 1987 | 10,194 | #43 |
| 1986 | 9,965 | #44 |
| 1985 | 10,145 | #44 |
| 1984 | 10,574 | #39 |
| 1983 | 10,846 | #38 |
| 1982 | 12,200 | #34 |
| 1981 | 12,719 | #34 |
| 1980 | 13,300 | #33 |
| 1979 | 14,440 | #29 |
| 1978 | 13,539 | #30 |
| 1977 | 14,203 | #27 |
| 1976 | 15,717 | #24 |
| 1975 | 17,307 | #17 |
| 1974 | 18,030 | #18 |
| 1973 | 18,980 | #18 |
| 1972 | 22,838 | #11 |
| 1971 | 30,901 | #10 |
| 1970 | 28,565 | #12 |
| 1969 | 28,653 | #12 |
| 1968 | 26,022 | #14 |
| 1967 | 25,535 | #16 |
| 1966 | 26,036 | #16 |
| 1965 | 25,437 | #15 |
| 1964 | 28,506 | #14 |
| 1963 | 30,396 | #12 |
| 1962 | 30,703 | #11 |
| 1961 | 23,934 | #19 |
| 1960 | 21,606 | #23 |
| 1959 | 19,765 | #24 |
| 1958 | 19,175 | #25 |
| 1957 | 15,750 | #32 |
| 1956 | 13,214 | #34 |
| 1955 | 10,782 | #38 |
| 1954 | 9,457 | #40 |
| 1953 | 7,489 | #46 |
| 1952 | 6,538 | #54 |
| 1951 | 5,381 | #68 |
| 1950 | 4,268 | #82 |
| 1949 | 3,055 | #99 |
| 1948 | 2,299 | #122 |
| 1947 | 2,029 | #139 |
| 1946 | 1,522 | #155 |
| 1945 | 848 | #182 |
| 1944 | 610 | #226 |
| 1943 | 540 | #262 |
| 1942 | 518 | #259 |
| 1941 | 402 | #289 |
| 1940 | 338 | #303 |
| 1939 | 276 | #335 |
| 1938 | 259 | #347 |
| 1937 | 218 | #371 |
| 1936 | 218 | #368 |
| 1935 | 209 | #376 |
| 1934 | 171 | #429 |
| 1933 | 168 | #422 |
| 1932 | 173 | #425 |
| 1931 | 139 | #484 |
| 1930 | 145 | #494 |
| 1929 | 164 | #459 |
| 1928 | 188 | #435 |
| 1927 | 176 | #462 |
| 1926 | 185 | #446 |
| 1925 | 184 | #442 |
| 1924 | 206 | #424 |
| 1923 | 210 | #413 |
| 1922 | 199 | #426 |
| 1921 | 204 | #424 |
| 1920 | 192 | #436 |
| 1919 | 189 | #428 |
| 1918 | 161 | #466 |
| 1917 | 170 | #436 |
| 1916 | 147 | #472 |
| 1915 | 157 | #432 |
| 1914 | 138 | #404 |
| 1913 | 116 | #396 |
| 1912 | 96 | #391 |
| 1911 | 61 | #353 |
| 1910 | 49 | #365 |
| 1909 | 39 | #388 |
| 1908 | 41 | #355 |
| 1907 | 40 | #341 |
| 1906 | 38 | #335 |
| 1905 | 28 | #404 |
| 1904 | 35 | #340 |
| 1903 | 24 | #401 |
| 1902 | 36 | #326 |
| 1901 | 28 | #347 |
| 1900 | 39 | #350 |
| 1899 | 25 | #362 |
| 1898 | 30 | #350 |
| 1897 | 44 | #263 |
| 1896 | 31 | #338 |
| 1895 | 43 | #269 |
| 1894 | 47 | #253 |
| 1893 | 36 | #287 |
| 1892 | 49 | #253 |
| 1891 | 35 | #273 |
| 1890 | 40 | #272 |
| 1889 | 46 | #241 |
| 1888 | 44 | #269 |
| 1887 | 38 | #261 |
| 1886 | 42 | #262 |
| 1885 | 52 | #227 |
| 1884 | 56 | #221 |
| 1883 | 47 | #229 |
| 1882 | 48 | #242 |
| 1881 | 51 | #215 |
| 1880 | 60 | #200 |
Nicknames for Scott
- Scotty 131 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Scott
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