Scot
Scot is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 311th, in 1970.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1970633 births
- Best rank
- #311in 1970
- Since 1940
- 13,715people given the name
The story in the numbers
13,715 boys have been named Scot in the United States since 1940, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 633 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 633 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1960s alone account for 38%. It has spent 38 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1970, its biggest year
Scot was the 311th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1970 were Michael, James, David, John and Robert. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Scot
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kirtpeak 1962
- Jefferypeak 1962
- Scottpeak 1971
- Dondipeak 1961
- Jeffreypeak 1962
- Jefforypeak 1967
- Martypeak 1962
- Kirkpeak 1962
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.