Scot

Boy name

Scot has been given to 13,732 babies in the U.S. since 1940. It peaked in 1970.

Meaning & origin /ˈskɒt/

From Old English Sċottas (“people from Ireland, Irishmen”), from Late Latin Scōttī (see Scōtī for more). See Scoti.

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

13,732

Peak year

1970 (633 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1940

10-year trend

▼ -40%

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Scot.

13,298 babies since 1914

13,000 babies since 1880

14,737 babies since 1897

15,305 babies since 1912

12,145 babies since 1880

15,682 babies since 1880

11,706 babies since 1894

11,049 babies since 1922

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