Scottlyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SKOT-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #1,652 for girls
Scottlyn is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “a Scot + lake”. In 2025 it ranked 1,652nd for girls in the US (125 babies).
What does Scottlyn mean?
Modern: blend of Scott and Lynn
“a Scot + lake”
Is Scottlyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Scottlyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 125 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Scottlyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,652nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 125 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 144% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 125 girls in the US were named Scottlyn, making it the 1,652nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,498th. It first appears in the records in 1999.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most girls named Scottlyn of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Scottlyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 426 girls in the US were given Scottlyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #674, up from #1,652 for this spelling alone.
Scottlyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125 | #1,652 |
| 2024 | 100 | #1,966 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,517 |
| 2022 | 69 | #2,554 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2020 | 43 | #3,498 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,676 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,303 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 36 | #4,068 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
Nicknames for Scottlyn
- Scottie 16 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Scottlyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sevyn, Lakelynn, Oaklynn, Braelynn, Brynlee, Londyn, Gracelynn, Rynlee, Lennon, Wrenley, Raelynn, Elowyn
Other spellings of Scottlyn
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Mya, Ailani, Kayson
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, “Scottlyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/scottlyn, updated 20 October 2026.