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 | 0.000264674 | 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 | 0.000146925 | 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 | 0.000073696 | 25 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 39 | 0.000086616 | 39 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 28 | 0.000080969 | 28 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 36 | 0.000093088 | 36 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 24 | 0.000062959 | 24 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 35 | 0.000086744 | 35 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 28 | 0.000066049 | 28 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 38 | 0.000088692 | 38 | -100% | |
| 1907 | 40 | 0.000085949 | 40 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 41 | 0.000083904 | 41 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 39 | 0.000076287 | 39 | -100% | |
| 1910 | 49 | 0.000082951 | 49 | -100% | |
| 1911 | 61 | 0.000094679 | 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 | 0.000084856 | 192 | -100% | |
| 1921 | 204 | 0.000087385 | 204 | -100% | |
| 1922 | 199 | 0.000086932 | 199 | -100% | |
| 1923 | 210 | 0.000091205 | 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 | 0.000083153 | 188 | -100% | |
| 1929 | 169 | 0.000077093 | 5 | 164 | -94% |
| 1930 | 145 | 0.000065219 | 145 | -100% | |
| 1931 | 139 | 0.000066054 | 139 | -100% | |
| 1932 | 173 | 0.000081941 | 173 | -100% | |
| 1933 | 168 | 0.000084025 | 168 | -100% | |
| 1934 | 171 | 0.00008234 | 171 | -100% | |
| 1935 | 209 | 0.000100009 | 209 | -100% | |
| 1936 | 218 | 0.000104933 | 218 | -100% | |
| 1937 | 218 | 0.000102317 | 218 | -100% | |
| 1938 | 259 | 0.000117059 | 259 | -100% | |
| 1939 | 276 | 0.000125261 | 276 | -100% | |
| 1940 | 339 | 0.000147225 | 339 | -100% | |
| 1941 | 402 | 0.000165002 | 402 | -100% | |
| 1942 | 519 | 0.00018999 | 519 | -100% | |
| 1943 | 545 | 0.000193091 | 5 | 540 | -98% |
| 1944 | 610 | 0.000226765 | 610 | -100% | |
| 1945 | 848 | 0.000319656 | 848 | -100% | |
| 1946 | 1527 | 0.000477897 | 5 | 1522 | -99% |
| 1947 | 2034 | 0.000564652 | 5 | 2029 | -100% |
| 1948 | 2306 | 0.000667926 | 7 | 2299 | -99% |
| 1949 | 3062 | 0.000878695 | 9 | 3053 | -99% |
| 1950 | 4277 | 0.001220813 | 8 | 4269 | -100% |
| 1951 | 5396 | 0.001464806 | 15 | 5381 | -99% |
| 1952 | 6557 | 0.00172642 | 18 | 6539 | -99% |
| 1953 | 7508 | 0.001948304 | 19 | 7489 | -99% |
| 1954 | 9475 | 0.002380229 | 20 | 9455 | -100% |
| 1955 | 10792 | 0.002687875 | 12 | 10780 | -100% |
| 1956 | 13238 | 0.003210703 | 21 | 13217 | -100% |
| 1957 | 15785 | 0.003756103 | 32 | 15753 | -100% |
| 1958 | 19191 | 0.00464362 | 32 | 19159 | -100% |
| 1959 | 19803 | 0.004764091 | 39 | 19764 | -100% |
| 1960 | 21627 | 0.005205942 | 33 | 21594 | -100% |
| 1961 | 23972 | 0.005789043 | 44 | 23928 | -100% |
| 1962 | 30775 | 0.007626923 | 72 | 30703 | -100% |
| 1963 | 30482 | 0.007700216 | 80 | 30402 | -99% |
| 1964 | 28572 | 0.007349384 | 67 | 28505 | -100% |
| 1965 | 25526 | 0.007040442 | 81 | 25445 | -99% |
| 1966 | 26109 | 0.007512017 | 73 | 26036 | -99% |
| 1967 | 25607 | 0.00754254 | 73 | 25534 | -99% |
| 1968 | 26129 | 0.007733775 | 98 | 26031 | -99% |
| 1969 | 28782 | 0.00828105 | 121 | 28661 | -99% |
| 1970 | 28705 | 0.007958515 | 124 | 28581 | -99% |
| 1971 | 31047 | 0.009045058 | 133 | 30914 | -99% |
| 1972 | 22945 | 0.007299609 | 95 | 22850 | -99% |
| 1973 | 19058 | 0.006316618 | 79 | 18979 | -99% |
| 1974 | 18117 | 0.005959135 | 82 | 18035 | -99% |
| 1975 | 17408 | 0.005764754 | 91 | 17317 | -99% |
| 1976 | 15784 | 0.005201286 | 63 | 15721 | -99% |
| 1977 | 14268 | 0.004491449 | 59 | 14209 | -99% |
| 1978 | 13610 | 0.004287707 | 66 | 13544 | -99% |
| 1979 | 14536 | 0.00436869 | 92 | 14444 | -99% |
| 1980 | 13368 | 0.003880588 | 65 | 13303 | -99% |
| 1981 | 12783 | 0.003694949 | 60 | 12723 | -99% |
| 1982 | 12267 | 0.003496685 | 64 | 12203 | -99% |
| 1983 | 10911 | 0.003150336 | 58 | 10853 | -99% |
| 1984 | 10651 | 0.003052968 | 70 | 10581 | -99% |
| 1985 | 10208 | 0.002860174 | 63 | 10145 | -99% |
| 1986 | 10023 | 0.002817863 | 56 | 9967 | -99% |
| 1987 | 10263 | 0.002846533 | 72 | 10191 | -99% |
| 1988 | 9413 | 0.002547663 | 59 | 9354 | -99% |
| 1989 | 8881 | 0.002310172 | 33 | 8848 | -99% |
| 1990 | 8111 | 0.002052323 | 24 | 8087 | -99% |
| 1991 | 7134 | 0.001831585 | 19 | 7115 | -99% |
| 1992 | 6458 | 0.001681349 | 11 | 6447 | -100% |
| 1993 | 5601 | 0.001485683 | 24 | 5577 | -99% |
| 1994 | 4918 | 0.001322983 | 5 | 4913 | -100% |
| 1995 | 4088 | 0.001116364 | 5 | 4083 | -100% |
| 1996 | 3679 | 0.001008797 | 8 | 3671 | -100% |
| 1997 | 3352 | 0.000924555 | 8 | 3344 | -100% |
| 1998 | 3062 | 0.000832522 | 3062 | -100% | |
| 1999 | 2729 | 0.000738842 | 10 | 2719 | -99% |
| 2000 | 2457 | 0.000650066 | 2457 | -100% | |
| 2001 | 2302 | 0.000614999 | 6 | 2296 | -99% |
| 2002 | 2028 | 0.000542566 | 2028 | -100% | |
| 2003 | 1771 | 0.000465837 | 1771 | -100% | |
| 2004 | 1640 | 0.000429279 | 1640 | -100% | |
| 2005 | 1474 | 0.000383438 | 1474 | -100% | |
| 2006 | 1365 | 0.000345105 | 1365 | -100% | |
| 2007 | 1250 | 0.000312762 | 1250 | -100% | |
| 2008 | 1034 | 0.000263143 | 1034 | -100% | |
| 2009 | 918 | 0.000240388 | 918 | -100% | |
| 2010 | 872 | 0.000236031 | 872 | -100% | |
| 2011 | 804 | 0.000219894 | 804 | -100% | |
| 2012 | 778 | 0.000212818 | 778 | -100% | |
| 2013 | 685 | 0.000187998 | 685 | -100% | |
| 2014 | 725 | 0.000195725 | 725 | -100% | |
| 2015 | 665 | 0.000179808 | 665 | -100% | |
| 2016 | 658 | 0.000179494 | 658 | -100% | |
| 2017 | 605 | 0.000169337 | 605 | -100% | |
| 2018 | 548 | 0.000156048 | 548 | -100% | |
| 2019 | 540 | 0.000155807 | 540 | -100% | |
| 2020 | 495 | 0.000148471 | 495 | -100% | |
| 2021 | 457 | 0.000135219 | 457 | -100% | |
| 2022 | 484 | 0.000143966 | 484 | -100% |