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Scott

Boys' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~666,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#534 among boys
Births in 2025
561 777,605 since 1880
Typical age
55 years, median

Scott popularity over time

Scott rank by birth year, 1880–2025Scott ranked #200 in 1880 and #534 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #10, in 1971.#10#100#534best #10 in 197118901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1971: 31,034 births recorded as Scott. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. Across the record, 47 years put Scott in the top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #534 with 561 births. It climbed 31 places against the previous year.

Babies named Scott per yearPeaks at 31,034 births in 1971.31,034 in 1971018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Scott?

Roughly 666,100 Scotts are alive in the US right now. That is out of 777,605 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Scott?

Median age among living Scotts: 55. The 1960s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Scott a late 20th-century name.

Your Scott

Ages of living people named ScottHalf of living Scotts are older than 55 and half younger.median 55020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Scott is most common

Utah uses the name 2.9× as often as the country as a whole. Idaho, Oregon and Michigan follow.

Where Scott is used more than average5 states use the name Scott more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: 1.8× the national rateIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: 1.6× the national rateMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: 1.6× the national rateORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: 1.6× the national rateOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: 2.9× the national rateUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Scott is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Utah 163 2.9×
Idaho 41 1.8×
Oregon 75 1.6×
Michigan 201 1.6×
Ohio 255 1.6×

Scott in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Scott ranked #845 in 2025 on 38 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Scott comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from surnames.

Notable people named Scott

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Scott Morrison Prime Minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022 1968 94
Scott Joplin American composer, musician, pianist (1867/68-1917) 1867–1917 63
Scott McTominay Scottish association football player 1996 53
Scott Parker English association football manager and former player 1980 49
Scott Carpenter American test pilot, astronaut and aquanaut 1925–2013 48
Scott Adkins English actor and martial artist 1976 47
Scott Dixon New Zealand race car driver 1980 46
Scott Glenn American actor 1941 44
Photo credits (6)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 848 in 1945 to 1,527 in 1946 — 1.8 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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