Scotty
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- SKAH-tee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,393 for boys
Unisex
Scotty is a name of English origin, meaning “a Scot; Gaelic speaker”. In 2025 it ranked 1,393rd for boys in the US (131 babies).
What does Scotty mean?
English: pet form of Scott
“a Scot; Gaelic speaker”
A pet form of Scott, a surname that originally meant a Gaelic speaker from Scotland or Ireland.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Scotty a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Scotty has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls and 131 boys in the US.
How popular is Scotty in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,393among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 131about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 173% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 131 boys in the US were named Scotty, making it the 1,393rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. Its busiest year was 1971, with 1,118 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915. 28 girls were also named Scotty in 2025 (4,757th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had more boys named Scotty than any year since 1993.
Half of all the boys named Scotty in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 18% of the babies named Scotty in the US were girls.
Scotty in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 131 | #1,393 |
| 2024 | 93 | #1,767 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,077 |
| 2022 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,917 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,135 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,050 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,070 |
| 2016 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2015 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,232 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 52 | #2,414 |
| 2011 | 50 | #2,477 |
| 2010 | 39 | #2,957 |
| 2009 | 59 | #2,230 |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,160 |
| 2007 | 55 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,204 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,202 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,071 |
| 2003 | 61 | #1,903 |
| 2002 | 65 | #1,769 |
| 2001 | 65 | #1,739 |
| 2000 | 76 | #1,560 |
| 1999 | 77 | #1,474 |
| 1998 | 86 | #1,356 |
| 1997 | 67 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 92 | #1,215 |
| 1995 | 117 | #1,025 |
| 1994 | 123 | #998 |
| 1993 | 171 | #806 |
| 1992 | 184 | #767 |
| 1991 | 151 | #841 |
| 1990 | 197 | #723 |
| 1989 | 183 | #726 |
| 1988 | 212 | #651 |
| 1987 | 227 | #602 |
| 1986 | 260 | #550 |
| 1985 | 284 | #517 |
| 1984 | 275 | #515 |
| 1983 | 312 | #476 |
| 1982 | 415 | #408 |
| 1981 | 419 | #397 |
| 1980 | 446 | #382 |
| 1979 | 515 | #348 |
| 1978 | 386 | #394 |
| 1977 | 416 | #384 |
| 1976 | 447 | #361 |
| 1975 | 563 | #318 |
| 1974 | 605 | #304 |
| 1973 | 694 | #270 |
| 1972 | 757 | #260 |
| 1971 | 1,118 | #210 |
| 1970 | 574 | #330 |
| 1969 | 607 | #307 |
| 1968 | 585 | #312 |
| 1967 | 572 | #308 |
| 1966 | 525 | #328 |
| 1965 | 433 | #371 |
| 1964 | 419 | #387 |
| 1963 | 371 | #418 |
| 1962 | 382 | #411 |
| 1961 | 306 | #462 |
| 1960 | 282 | #473 |
| 1959 | 229 | #518 |
| 1958 | 237 | #501 |
| 1957 | 180 | #576 |
| 1956 | 176 | #572 |
| 1955 | 165 | #574 |
| 1954 | 142 | #618 |
| 1953 | 140 | #612 |
| 1952 | 120 | #639 |
| 1951 | 122 | #640 |
| 1950 | 120 | #625 |
| 1949 | 90 | #721 |
| 1948 | 77 | #773 |
| 1947 | 88 | #731 |
| 1946 | 83 | #716 |
| 1945 | 60 | #798 |
| 1944 | 56 | #841 |
| 1943 | 50 | #943 |
| 1942 | 48 | #958 |
| 1941 | 80 | #683 |
| 1940 | 58 | #818 |
| 1939 | 45 | #931 |
| 1938 | 43 | #963 |
| 1937 | 37 | #1,056 |
| 1936 | 38 | #1,028 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,148 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,386 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,330 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,584 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Names like Scotty
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Scotty: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/scotty, updated 20 October 2026.