Scotty
Scotty is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 93 births. Its best rank was 210th, in 1971.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 930.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19711,118 births
- Best rank
- #210in 1971
- Since 1915
- 18,899people given the name
The story in the numbers
18,899 boys have been named Scotty in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 1,118 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1972, and the 1970s alone account for 32%. It has spent 56 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Scotty | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 25 | |
| 1920s | 102 | |
| 1930s | 295 | |
| 1940s | 690 | |
| 1950s | 1,631 | |
| 1960s | 4,482 | |
| 1970s | 6,075 | |
| 1980s | 3,033 | |
| 1990s | 1,265 | |
| 2000s | 612 | |
| 2010s | 399 | |
| 2020s | 290 |
In 1971, its biggest year
Scotty was the 210th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1971 were Michael, James, David, John and Robert. See all of 1971.
Names that rose and fell with Scotty
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Scottiepeak 1971
- Tyronnepeak 1970
- Brianpeak 1972
- Bryonpeak 1970
- Reginalpeak 1970
- Lamontpeak 1972
- Robbpeak 1970
- Jeffereypeak 1969
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.