Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Scot

#988 most common boys' name of all time · #2,324 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1940–2025

Rank among boys
#988
Rank overall
#2,324 of 105,966
First appeared
1940
Years on the list
83 of 146
All-time
13,732
Since 2016
50
Peak year
1970 #311
Best rank
#311 1970
Girls Boys peak 633/yr
19401960198020002020

Scot first appears in 1940. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 6 6 #10,863
2024 — 5 5 #12,582
2023 — 8 8 #9,046
2022 — 7 7 #9,976
2019 — 6 6 #10,987
2018 — 5 5 #12,405
2017 — 5 5 #12,504
2016 — 8 8 #8,944
2015 — 10 10 #7,606
2014 — 13 13 #6,368
2013 — 11 11 #7,115
2012 — 10 10 #7,668
2011 — 8 8 #8,918
2010 — 18 18 #5,090
2009 — 17 17 #5,381
2008 — 15 15 #5,831
2007 — 23 23 #4,278
2006 — 18 18 #4,914
2005 — 16 16 #5,095
2004 — 21 21 #4,165
2003 — 22 22 #3,869
2002 — 23 23 #3,700
2001 — 24 24 #3,542
2000 — 28 28 #3,093
1999 — 46 46 #2,077
1998 — 42 42 #2,179
1997 — 47 47 #1,951
1996 — 42 42 #2,057
1995 — 47 47 #1,851
1994 — 55 55 #1,652
1993 — 65 65 #1,453
1992 — 83 83 #1,240
1991 — 76 76 #1,289
1990 — 84 84 #1,193
1989 — 94 94 #1,091
1988 — 91 91 #1,039
1987 — 113 113 #882
1986 — 118 118 #834
1985 — 102 102 #898
1984 — 123 123 #782
1983 — 108 108 #841
1982 — 143 143 #726
1981 — 163 163 #677
1980 — 138 138 #748
1979 — 185 185 #632
1978 — 183 183 #616
1977 — 201 201 #598
1976 — 236 236 #525
1975 — 331 331 #434
1974 — 324 324 #440
1973 — 344 344 #423
1972 — 437 437 #375
1971 — 576 576 #324
1970 — 633 633 #311
1969 6 588 594 #316
1968 — 555 555 #323
1967 — 510 510 #333
1966 — 500 500 #337
1965 — 515 515 #333
1964 — 569 569 #329
1963 — 506 506 #342
1962 — 537 537 #337
1961 — 463 463 #370
1960 — 501 501 #348
1959 5 524 529 #338
1958 — 562 562 #325
1957 — 457 457 #356
1956 — 391 391 #379
1955 — 270 270 #452
1954 — 214 214 #498
1953 — 121 121 #652
1952 — 99 99 #708
1951 — 73 73 #829
1950 — 58 58 #903
1949 — 41 41 #1,109
1948 — 32 32 #1,295
1947 — 24 24 #1,553
1946 — 13 13 #2,139
1945 — 10 10 #2,391
1944 — 10 10 #2,465
1943 — 9 9 #2,729
1941 — 5 5 #3,981
1940 — 7 7 #3,128