Name Trends

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How popular is “Scott” in the USA?

Number of people named “Scott” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Scott” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Scott” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Scott” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Scott” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Scott” by birth year

This chart shows how “Scott” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 60 0.00029779 60 -100%
1881 51 0.000264677 51 -100%
1882 48 0.000216672 48 -100%
1883 47 0.000216644 47 -100%
1884 56 0.000230016 56 -100%
1885 52 0.000215898 52 -100%
1886 42 0.000164502 42 -100%
1887 38 0.000153602 38 -100%
1888 44 0.000146924 44 -100%
1889 46 0.000159199 46 -100%
1890 40 0.000132714 40 -100%
1891 35 0.00012209 35 -100%
1892 49 0.000146543 49 -100%
1893 36 0.000110693 36 -100%
1894 47 0.00013877 47 -100%
1895 43 0.0001225 43 -100%
1896 31 0.000086717 31 -100%
1897 44 0.000126817 44 -100%
1898 30 0.000078646 30 -100%
1899 25 0.000073695 25 -100%
1900 39 0.000086617 39 -100%
1901 28 0.000080969 28 -100%
1902 36 0.000093087 36 -100%
1903 24 0.000062959 24 -100%
1904 35 0.000086744 35 -100%
1905 28 0.00006605 28 -100%
1906 38 0.000088692 38 -100%
1907 40 0.000085949 40 -100%
1908 41 0.000083905 41 -100%
1909 39 0.000076287 39 -100%
1910 49 0.000082951 49 -100%
1911 61 0.00009468 61 -100%
1912 96 0.00009716 96 -100%
1913 121 0.00010641 5 116 -92%
1914 143 0.000100964 5 138 -93%
1915 157 0.000085679 157 -100%
1916 147 0.000075992 147 -100%
1917 170 0.000084714 170 -100%
1918 161 0.000074156 161 -100%
1919 189 0.000089563 189 -100%
1920 192 0.000084857 192 -100%
1921 204 0.000087385 204 -100%
1922 199 0.000086932 199 -100%
1923 210 0.000091206 210 -100%
1924 206 0.000086496 206 -100%
1925 184 0.000078858 184 -100%
1926 185 0.000080578 185 -100%
1927 176 0.000075883 176 -100%
1928 188 0.000083151 188 -100%
1929 169 0.000077093 5 164 -94%
1930 145 0.000065219 145 -100%
1931 139 0.000066052 139 -100%
1932 173 0.00008194 173 -100%
1933 168 0.000084023 168 -100%
1934 171 0.000082338 171 -100%
1935 209 0.000100005 209 -100%
1936 218 0.00010493 218 -100%
1937 218 0.000102315 218 -100%
1938 259 0.000117058 259 -100%
1939 276 0.000125259 276 -100%
1940 338 0.000146785 338 -100%
1941 402 0.000164996 402 -100%
1942 519 0.000189983 519 -100%
1943 545 0.000193087 5 540 -98%
1944 610 0.000226759 610 -100%
1945 848 0.000319649 848 -100%
1946 1527 0.000477888 5 1522 -99%
1947 2034 0.000564636 5 2029 -100%
1948 2306 0.000667918 7 2299 -99%
1949 3064 0.000879253 9 3055 -99%
1950 4276 0.001220543 8 4268 -100%
1951 5396 0.001464816 15 5381 -99%
1952 6556 0.001726169 18 6538 -99%
1953 7508 0.001948286 19 7489 -99%
1954 9477 0.002380732 20 9457 -100%
1955 10794 0.002688365 12 10782 -100%
1956 13235 0.003210012 21 13214 -100%
1957 15781 0.003755465 32 15749 -100%
1958 19210 0.004646939 32 19178 -100%
1959 19804 0.004762876 39 19765 -100%
1960 21626 0.005206298 33 21593 -100%
1961 23985 0.00579026 44 23941 -100%
1962 30771 0.00762532 72 30699 -100%
1963 30481 0.007700723 80 30401 -99%
1964 28571 0.007349255 67 28504 -100%
1965 25517 0.007038301 81 25436 -99%
1966 26109 0.007511965 73 26036 -99%
1967 25607 0.007542791 73 25534 -99%
1968 26122 0.007732033 98 26024 -99%
1969 28776 0.008280094 121 28655 -99%
1970 28696 0.007956713 124 28572 -99%
1971 31035 0.009041897 133 30902 -99%
1972 22935 0.007297182 95 22840 -99%
1973 19060 0.006317771 79 18981 -99%
1974 18113 0.005958226 82 18031 -99%
1975 17401 0.005763077 91 17310 -99%
1976 15782 0.0052012 63 15719 -99%
1977 14266 0.004491115 59 14207 -99%
1978 13606 0.00428688 66 13540 -99%
1979 14533 0.0043682 92 14441 -99%
1980 13363 0.003879511 65 13298 -99%
1981 12781 0.003694598 60 12721 -99%
1982 12263 0.003495762 64 12199 -99%
1983 10905 0.003148695 58 10847 -99%
1984 10645 0.003051232 70 10575 -99%
1985 10209 0.002860377 63 10146 -99%
1986 10022 0.002817481 56 9966 -99%
1987 10265 0.002846949 72 10193 -99%
1988 9413 0.002547467 59 9354 -99%
1989 8883 0.002310605 33 8850 -99%
1990 8110 0.002051877 24 8086 -99%
1991 7132 0.001830941 19 7113 -99%
1992 6459 0.001681474 11 6448 -100%
1993 5601 0.001485566 24 5577 -99%
1994 4919 0.001323147 5 4914 -100%
1995 4088 0.001116283 5 4083 -100%
1996 3680 0.001008995 8 3672 -100%
1997 3352 0.000924499 8 3344 -100%
1998 3062 0.000832471 3062 -100%
1999 2730 0.000739063 10 2720 -99%
2000 2457 0.000650017 2457 -100%
2001 2302 0.000614951 6 2296 -99%
2002 2028 0.000542494 2028 -100%
2003 1771 0.000465768 1771 -100%
2004 1640 0.000429216 1640 -100%
2005 1474 0.00038337 1474 -100%
2006 1365 0.000345029 1365 -100%
2007 1252 0.000313181 1252 -100%
2008 1034 0.00026306 1034 -100%
2009 920 0.000240827 920 -100%
2010 872 0.000235947 872 -100%
2011 804 0.000219805 804 -100%
2012 778 0.000212721 778 -100%
2013 685 0.000187894 685 -100%
2014 727 0.000196148 727 -100%
2015 667 0.000180226 667 -100%
2016 658 0.000179355 658 -100%
2017 606 0.000169454 606 -100%
2018 548 0.000155863 548 -100%
2019 544 0.00015673 544 -100%
2020 495 0.000148178 495 -100%
2021 457 0.00013489 457 -100%
2022 486 0.000143654 486 -100%
2023 473 0.000142849 473 -100%
2024 517 0.000155325 517 -100%

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