Scout

girls’ name · 71%boys’ name · 29%At its peak · modern nameCompare

Scout is ranked 927th among girls in 2024 (285 births). Its best rank was 695th, in 2022.

Rank in 2024: #927down 105 from 2023
Births in 2024: 2850.02% of girls
Peak year: 2022423 births
Best rank: #695in 2022
Since 1992: 6,831people given the name

Babies named Scout, by year of birthgirlsboys

The story in the numbers

4,871 girls have been named Scout in the United States since 1992, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 423 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 43%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Scout is used for both sexes: 29% of its bearers are boys (1,960), most of them born around 2022.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Scout
1990s	276
2000s	811
2010s	2,098
2020s	1,686

In 2022, its biggest year

Scout was the 695th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2022 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Scout

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.