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.

Scott

#43 most common boys' name of all time · #71 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#43
Rank overall
#71 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
777,605
Since 2016
5,353
Peak year
1971 #10
Best rank
#10 1971
Girls Boys peak 31,034/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Scott is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 561 561 #534
2024 — 518 518 #565
2023 — 474 474 #598
2022 — 487 487 #588
2021 — 457 457 #609
2020 — 498 498 #563
2019 — 544 544 #524
2018 — 549 549 #517
2017 — 607 607 #482
2016 — 658 658 #464
2015 — 668 668 #454
2014 — 727 727 #422
2013 — 685 685 #428
2012 — 778 778 #382
2011 — 804 804 #370
2010 — 873 873 #351
2009 — 920 920 #342
2008 — 1,034 1,034 #321
2007 — 1,252 1,252 #274
2006 — 1,365 1,365 #253
2005 — 1,474 1,474 #233
2004 — 1,640 1,640 #214
2003 — 1,771 1,771 #206
2002 — 2,028 2,028 #185
2001 6 2,296 2,302 #167
2000 — 2,458 2,458 #158
1999 10 2,720 2,730 #140
1998 — 3,062 3,062 #123
1997 8 3,344 3,352 #113
1996 8 3,672 3,680 #108
1995 5 4,082 4,087 #92
1994 5 4,915 4,920 #80
1993 24 5,577 5,601 #69
1992 11 6,447 6,458 #61
1991 19 7,114 7,133 #57
1990 24 8,086 8,110 #53
1989 33 8,850 8,883 #51
1988 59 9,351 9,410 #47
1987 72 10,194 10,266 #43
1986 56 9,965 10,021 #44
1985 63 10,145 10,208 #44
1984 70 10,574 10,644 #39
1983 58 10,846 10,904 #38
1982 64 12,200 12,264 #34
1981 60 12,719 12,779 #34
1980 65 13,300 13,365 #33
1979 92 14,440 14,532 #29
1978 66 13,539 13,605 #30
1977 59 14,203 14,262 #27
1976 63 15,717 15,780 #24
1975 91 17,307 17,398 #17
1974 82 18,030 18,112 #18
1973 79 18,980 19,059 #18
1972 95 22,838 22,933 #11
1971 133 30,901 31,034 #10
1970 124 28,565 28,689 #12
1969 121 28,653 28,774 #12
1968 98 26,022 26,120 #14
1967 73 25,535 25,608 #16
1966 73 26,036 26,109 #16
1965 81 25,437 25,518 #15
1964 67 28,506 28,573 #14
1963 80 30,396 30,476 #12
1962 72 30,703 30,775 #11
1961 44 23,934 23,978 #19
1960 33 21,606 21,639 #23
1959 39 19,765 19,804 #24
1958 32 19,175 19,207 #25
1957 32 15,750 15,782 #32
1956 21 13,214 13,235 #34
1955 12 10,782 10,794 #38
1954 20 9,457 9,477 #40
1953 19 7,489 7,508 #46
1952 18 6,538 6,556 #54
1951 15 5,381 5,396 #68
1950 8 4,268 4,276 #82
1949 9 3,055 3,064 #99
1948 7 2,299 2,306 #122
1947 5 2,029 2,034 #139
1946 5 1,522 1,527 #155
1945 — 848 848 #182
1944 — 610 610 #226
1943 5 540 545 #262
1942 — 518 518 #259
1941 — 402 402 #289
1940 — 338 338 #304
1939 — 276 276 #335
1938 — 259 259 #347
1937 — 218 218 #371
1936 — 218 218 #368
1935 — 209 209 #376
1934 — 171 171 #429
1933 — 168 168 #422
1932 — 173 173 #425
1931 — 139 139 #484
1930 — 145 145 #495
1929 5 164 169 #459
1928 — 188 188 #435
1927 — 176 176 #462
1926 — 185 185 #446
1925 — 184 184 #442
1924 — 206 206 #424
1923 — 210 210 #414
1922 — 199 199 #426
1921 — 204 204 #424
1920 — 192 192 #436
1919 — 189 189 #428
1918 — 161 161 #466
1917 — 170 170 #437
1916 — 147 147 #472
1915 — 157 157 #432
1914 5 138 143 #404
1913 5 116 121 #397
1912 — 96 96 #391
1911 — 61 61 #353
1910 — 49 49 #365
1909 — 39 39 #389
1908 — 41 41 #355
1907 — 40 40 #342
1906 — 38 38 #336
1905 — 28 28 #406
1904 — 35 35 #340
1903 — 24 24 #402
1902 — 36 36 #326
1901 — 28 28 #348
1900 — 39 39 #351
1899 — 25 25 #363
1898 — 30 30 #352
1897 — 44 44 #268
1896 — 31 31 #339
1895 — 43 43 #269
1894 — 47 47 #254
1893 — 36 36 #287
1892 — 49 49 #253
1891 — 35 35 #273
1890 — 40 40 #272
1889 — 46 46 #241
1888 — 44 44 #269
1887 — 38 38 #261
1886 — 42 42 #262
1885 — 52 52 #227
1884 — 56 56 #222
1883 — 47 47 #229
1882 — 48 48 #242
1881 — 51 51 #217
1880 — 60 60 #206