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 | 0.000216645 | 47 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 56 | 0.000230016 | 56 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 52 | 0.000215898 | 52 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 42 | 0.000164501 | 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 | 0.000122091 | 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 | 0.000080579 | 185 | -100% | |
| 1927 | 176 | 0.000075883 | 176 | -100% | |
| 1928 | 188 | 0.000083152 | 188 | -100% | |
| 1929 | 169 | 0.000077093 | 5 | 164 | -94% |
| 1930 | 145 | 0.000065219 | 145 | -100% | |
| 1931 | 139 | 0.000066053 | 139 | -100% | |
| 1932 | 173 | 0.000081941 | 173 | -100% | |
| 1933 | 168 | 0.000084024 | 168 | -100% | |
| 1934 | 171 | 0.000082338 | 171 | -100% | |
| 1935 | 209 | 0.000100006 | 209 | -100% | |
| 1936 | 218 | 0.000104931 | 218 | -100% | |
| 1937 | 218 | 0.000102317 | 218 | -100% | |
| 1938 | 259 | 0.000117058 | 259 | -100% | |
| 1939 | 276 | 0.00012526 | 276 | -100% | |
| 1940 | 338 | 0.000146788 | 338 | -100% | |
| 1941 | 402 | 0.000164999 | 402 | -100% | |
| 1942 | 519 | 0.000189988 | 519 | -100% | |
| 1943 | 545 | 0.000193087 | 5 | 540 | -98% |
| 1944 | 610 | 0.000226761 | 610 | -100% | |
| 1945 | 848 | 0.000319654 | 848 | -100% | |
| 1946 | 1527 | 0.000477893 | 5 | 1522 | -99% |
| 1947 | 2034 | 0.000564646 | 5 | 2029 | -100% |
| 1948 | 2306 | 0.000667921 | 7 | 2299 | -99% |
| 1949 | 3063 | 0.000878975 | 9 | 3054 | -99% |
| 1950 | 4276 | 0.00122054 | 8 | 4268 | -100% |
| 1951 | 5396 | 0.001464823 | 15 | 5381 | -99% |
| 1952 | 6556 | 0.001726169 | 18 | 6538 | -99% |
| 1953 | 7509 | 0.001948562 | 19 | 7490 | -99% |
| 1954 | 9475 | 0.002380244 | 20 | 9455 | -100% |
| 1955 | 10793 | 0.002688148 | 12 | 10781 | -100% |
| 1956 | 13236 | 0.003210254 | 21 | 13215 | -100% |
| 1957 | 15783 | 0.003756013 | 32 | 15751 | -100% |
| 1958 | 19209 | 0.004646309 | 32 | 19177 | -100% |
| 1959 | 19797 | 0.004762648 | 39 | 19758 | -100% |
| 1960 | 21626 | 0.005206165 | 33 | 21593 | -100% |
| 1961 | 23975 | 0.005788332 | 44 | 23931 | -100% |
| 1962 | 30774 | 0.007627104 | 72 | 30702 | -100% |
| 1963 | 30481 | 0.007700466 | 80 | 30401 | -99% |
| 1964 | 28572 | 0.00734959 | 67 | 28505 | -100% |
| 1965 | 25522 | 0.007039618 | 81 | 25441 | -99% |
| 1966 | 26109 | 0.007512147 | 73 | 26036 | -99% |
| 1967 | 25604 | 0.007541939 | 73 | 25531 | -99% |
| 1968 | 26125 | 0.007733035 | 98 | 26027 | -99% |
| 1969 | 28778 | 0.008280607 | 121 | 28657 | -99% |
| 1970 | 28699 | 0.007957572 | 124 | 28575 | -99% |
| 1971 | 31040 | 0.009043541 | 133 | 30907 | -99% |
| 1972 | 22936 | 0.007297445 | 95 | 22841 | -99% |
| 1973 | 19056 | 0.006316518 | 79 | 18977 | -99% |
| 1974 | 18115 | 0.005958882 | 82 | 18033 | -99% |
| 1975 | 17401 | 0.005763117 | 91 | 17310 | -99% |
| 1976 | 15783 | 0.005201509 | 63 | 15720 | -99% |
| 1977 | 14266 | 0.004491231 | 59 | 14207 | -99% |
| 1978 | 13602 | 0.004285687 | 66 | 13536 | -99% |
| 1979 | 14536 | 0.004369153 | 92 | 14444 | -99% |
| 1980 | 13363 | 0.003879529 | 65 | 13298 | -99% |
| 1981 | 12783 | 0.00369522 | 60 | 12723 | -99% |
| 1982 | 12265 | 0.003496353 | 64 | 12201 | -99% |
| 1983 | 10906 | 0.003149041 | 58 | 10848 | -99% |
| 1984 | 10645 | 0.003051318 | 70 | 10575 | -99% |
| 1985 | 10209 | 0.002860485 | 63 | 10146 | -99% |
| 1986 | 10022 | 0.002817586 | 56 | 9966 | -99% |
| 1987 | 10264 | 0.00284677 | 72 | 10192 | -99% |
| 1988 | 9413 | 0.002547592 | 59 | 9354 | -99% |
| 1989 | 8882 | 0.002310414 | 33 | 8849 | -99% |
| 1990 | 8110 | 0.002051997 | 24 | 8086 | -99% |
| 1991 | 7132 | 0.001831024 | 19 | 7113 | -99% |
| 1992 | 6458 | 0.001681298 | 11 | 6447 | -100% |
| 1993 | 5601 | 0.001485623 | 24 | 5577 | -99% |
| 1994 | 4919 | 0.001323208 | 5 | 4914 | -100% |
| 1995 | 4088 | 0.001116324 | 5 | 4083 | -100% |
| 1996 | 3679 | 0.001008762 | 8 | 3671 | -100% |
| 1997 | 3352 | 0.000924528 | 8 | 3344 | -100% |
| 1998 | 3062 | 0.000832498 | 3062 | -100% | |
| 1999 | 2730 | 0.000739087 | 10 | 2720 | -99% |
| 2000 | 2457 | 0.000650036 | 2457 | -100% | |
| 2001 | 2302 | 0.000614971 | 6 | 2296 | -99% |
| 2002 | 2028 | 0.000542517 | 2028 | -100% | |
| 2003 | 1771 | 0.000465805 | 1771 | -100% | |
| 2004 | 1640 | 0.000429248 | 1640 | -100% | |
| 2005 | 1474 | 0.0003834 | 1474 | -100% | |
| 2006 | 1365 | 0.000345063 | 1365 | -100% | |
| 2007 | 1252 | 0.000313215 | 1252 | -100% | |
| 2008 | 1034 | 0.000263098 | 1034 | -100% | |
| 2009 | 920 | 0.00024087 | 920 | -100% | |
| 2010 | 872 | 0.000235985 | 872 | -100% | |
| 2011 | 804 | 0.000219843 | 804 | -100% | |
| 2012 | 778 | 0.000212763 | 778 | -100% | |
| 2013 | 685 | 0.000187939 | 685 | -100% | |
| 2014 | 725 | 0.00019566 | 725 | -100% | |
| 2015 | 665 | 0.000179737 | 665 | -100% | |
| 2016 | 658 | 0.000179413 | 658 | -100% | |
| 2017 | 606 | 0.000169524 | 606 | -100% | |
| 2018 | 548 | 0.000155941 | 548 | -100% | |
| 2019 | 543 | 0.000156539 | 543 | -100% | |
| 2020 | 495 | 0.000148299 | 495 | -100% | |
| 2021 | 457 | 0.00013502 | 457 | -100% | |
| 2022 | 486 | 0.000143846 | 486 | -100% | |
| 2023 | 471 | 0.000142846 | 471 | -100% |