first name
SCOUT
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,622 people named Scout, 82.8% reported their origin as White, 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.4% as two or more races. 71.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Scout peaked in 2022, when 620 babies got the name.
At least 7,221 babies have been given the name since 1992. 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.
Scout by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,253. The largest share of babies named Scout, 67.5%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Scout is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Scout has been most common in Utah (7.7×), Idaho (4.3×), and Washington (2.9×), and least common in New York (0.3×).
4,154 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.
Exactly as common as Scout
2 other first names also have 4,622 people.
Either side of Scout
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Scout, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Scout ranks #102,571 of 156,621, with 187 people. See Scout as a last name
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