How rare is the name Scotty?

12,750 people in the United States have the first name Scotty, about 1 in 23,689. It ranks #2,106 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SCOTTY

#2,106

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,750
About
1 in 23,689
This common or more
78.5%
Who bears it

Of the 12,750 people named Scotty, 83.2% reported their origin as White, 7.8% as Black and 3.3% as two or more races. 98.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Scotty peaked in 1971, when 1,133 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
1971
Births that year
1,133
In 2025*
159 ▼86%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 19,389 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Scotty by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #676. The largest share of babies named Scotty, 48.1%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#7,66925
1920s#5,282102
1930s#2,456300
1940s#1,664725
1950s#1,2801,691
1960s#8164,525
1970s#6766,133
1980s#1,1263,051
1990s#2,3001,265
2000s#4,675612
2010s#6,227434
2020s#3,881526
Greatest Generation 1901–270.5%
Silent Generation 1928–453.6%
Baby boom 1946–6419.7%
Generation X 1965–8048.1%
Millennials 1981–9618.7%
Generation Z 1997–125.1%
2013 and later4.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Scotty is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Scotty has been most common in Arkansas (4.7×), Kentucky (4.4×), and Tennessee (4.2×), and least common in New York (0.07×).

15,273 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Scotty

#2,104 Zara · 12,764#2,105 Janell · 12,755#2,107 Brynlee · 12,747#2,108 Brandie · 12,730

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Scotty, most common first.

#59 Scott · 655,952#16,819 Scotti · 665

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