Scott remains a common boys' name (#534 in 2025), down from a peak of #10 in 1971.
Scott is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #534 for boy births in the United States (and #1,084 across all names), given to 561 babies. Scott first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1971 (30,901 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 561 | 561 | — | #534 |
| 2024 | 518 | 518 | — | #567 |
| 2023 | 474 | 474 | — | #599 |
| 2022 | 487 | 487 | — | #588 |
| 2021 | 457 | 457 | — | #609 |
| 2020 | 498 | 498 | — | #564 |
| 2019 | 544 | 544 | — | #524 |
| 2018 | 549 | 549 | — | #519 |
| 2017 | 607 | 607 | — | #483 |
| 2016 | 658 | 658 | — | #464 |
| 2015 | 668 | 668 | — | #454 |
| 2014 | 727 | 727 | — | #423 |
| 2013 | 685 | 685 | — | #428 |
| 2012 | 778 | 778 | — | #382 |
| 2011 | 804 | 804 | — | #371 |
| 2010 | 873 | 873 | — | #351 |
| 2009 | 920 | 920 | — | #343 |
| 2008 | 1,034 | 1,034 | — | #321 |
| 2007 | 1,252 | 1,252 | — | #274 |
| 2006 | 1,365 | 1,365 | — | #253 |
| 2005 | 1,474 | 1,474 | — | #233 |
| 2004 | 1,640 | 1,640 | — | #214 |
| 2003 | 1,771 | 1,771 | — | #206 |
| 2002 | 2,028 | 2,028 | — | #185 |
| 2001 | 2,302 | 2,302 | #14,991 | #167 |
| 2000 | 2,458 | 2,458 | — | #158 |
| 1999 | 2,730 | 2,730 | #9,352 | #140 |
| 1998 | 3,062 | 3,069 | — | #123 |
| 1997 | 3,352 | — | #10,620 | #113 |
| 1996 | 3,680 | — | #10,354 | #108 |
| 1995 | 4,087 | — | #15,291 | #92 |
| 1994 | 4,920 | — | #15,280 | #80 |
| 1993 | 5,601 | — | #4,354 | #69 |
| 1992 | 6,458 | — | #7,944 | #61 |
| 1991 | 7,133 | — | #5,144 | #57 |
| 1990 | 8,110 | — | #4,203 | #53 |
| 1989 | 8,883 | — | #3,238 | #51 |
| 1988 | 9,410 | — | #2,027 | #47 |
| 1987 | 10,266 | — | #1,695 | #43 |
| 1986 | 10,021 | — | #1,973 | #44 |
| 1985 | 10,208 | — | #1,801 | #44 |
| 1984 | 10,644 | — | #1,600 | #39 |
| 1983 | 10,904 | — | #1,835 | #38 |
| 1982 | 12,264 | — | #1,752 | #34 |
| 1981 | 12,779 | — | #1,842 | #34 |
| 1980 | 13,365 | — | #1,732 | #33 |
| 1979 | 14,532 | — | #1,348 | #29 |
| 1978 | 13,605 | — | #1,629 | #30 |
| 1977 | 14,262 | — | #1,753 | #27 |
| 1976 | 15,780 | — | #1,599 | #24 |
| 1975 | 17,398 | — | #1,248 | #17 |
| 1974 | 18,112 | — | #1,310 | #18 |
| 1973 | 19,059 | — | #1,300 | #18 |
| 1972 | 22,933 | — | #1,152 | #11 |
| 1971 | 31,034 | — | #965 | #10 |
| 1970 | 28,689 | — | #1,010 | #12 |
| 1969 | 28,774 | — | #983 | #12 |
| 1968 | 26,120 | — | #1,072 | #14 |
| 1967 | 25,608 | — | #1,267 | #16 |
| 1966 | 26,109 | — | #1,271 | #16 |
| 1965 | 25,518 | — | #1,198 | #15 |
| 1964 | 28,573 | — | #1,381 | #14 |
| 1963 | 30,476 | — | #1,232 | #12 |
| 1962 | 30,775 | — | #1,312 | #11 |
| 1961 | 23,978 | — | #1,740 | #19 |
| 1960 | 21,639 | — | #2,006 | #23 |
| 1959 | 19,804 | — | #1,787 | #24 |
| 1958 | 19,207 | — | #1,978 | #25 |
| 1957 | 15,782 | — | #1,951 | #32 |
| 1956 | 13,235 | — | #2,518 | #34 |
| 1955 | 10,794 | — | #3,541 | #38 |
| 1954 | 9,477 | — | #2,505 | #40 |
| 1953 | 7,508 | — | #2,503 | #46 |
| 1952 | 6,556 | — | #2,568 | #54 |
| 1951 | 5,396 | — | #2,793 | #68 |
| 1950 | 4,276 | — | #4,254 | #82 |
| 1949 | 3,064 | — | #3,843 | #99 |
| 1948 | 2,306 | — | #4,575 | #122 |
| 1947 | 2,034 | — | #5,993 | #139 |
| 1946 | 1,527 | — | #5,582 | #155 |
| 1945 | 848 | — | — | #182 |
| 1944 | 610 | — | — | #226 |
| 1943 | 545 | — | #5,265 | #262 |
| 1942 | 518 | — | — | #259 |
| 1941 | 402 | — | — | #289 |
| 1940 | 338 | — | — | #304 |
| 1939 | 276 | — | — | #336 |
| 1938 | 259 | — | — | #347 |
| 1937 | 218 | — | — | #373 |
| 1936 | 218 | — | — | #369 |
| 1935 | 209 | — | — | #378 |
| 1934 | 171 | — | — | #429 |
| 1933 | 168 | — | — | #424 |
| 1932 | 173 | — | — | #425 |
| 1931 | 139 | — | — | #485 |
| 1930 | 145 | — | — | #496 |
| 1929 | 169 | — | #5,184 | #460 |
| 1928 | 188 | — | — | #436 |
| 1927 | 176 | — | — | #463 |
| 1926 | 185 | — | — | #448 |
| 1925 | 184 | — | — | #443 |
| 1924 | 206 | — | — | #426 |
| 1923 | 210 | — | — | #414 |
| 1922 | 199 | — | — | #427 |
| 1921 | 204 | — | — | #425 |
| 1920 | 192 | — | — | #436 |
| 1919 | 189 | — | — | #428 |
| 1918 | 161 | — | — | #468 |
| 1917 | 170 | — | — | #437 |
| 1916 | 147 | — | — | #474 |
| 1915 | 157 | — | — | #434 |
| 1914 | 143 | — | #4,109 | #406 |
| 1913 | 121 | — | #3,630 | #399 |
| 1912 | 96 | — | — | #392 |
| 1911 | 61 | — | — | #354 |
| 1910 | 49 | — | — | #369 |
| 1909 | 39 | — | — | #396 |
| 1908 | 41 | — | — | #359 |
| 1907 | 40 | — | — | #349 |
| 1906 | 38 | — | — | #341 |
| 1905 | 28 | — | — | #408 |
| 1904 | 35 | — | — | #343 |
| 1903 | 24 | — | — | #408 |
| 1902 | 36 | — | — | #330 |
| 1901 | 28 | — | — | #351 |
| 1900 | 39 | — | — | #353 |
| 1899 | 25 | — | — | #374 |
| 1898 | 30 | — | — | #359 |
| 1897 | 44 | — | — | #269 |
| 1896 | 31 | — | — | #351 |
| 1895 | 43 | — | — | #270 |
| 1894 | 47 | — | — | #255 |
| 1893 | 36 | — | — | #290 |
| 1892 | 49 | — | — | #256 |
| 1891 | 35 | — | — | #276 |
| 1890 | 40 | — | — | #274 |
| 1889 | 46 | — | — | #241 |
| 1888 | 44 | — | — | #272 |
| 1887 | 38 | — | — | #267 |
| 1886 | 42 | — | — | #263 |
| 1885 | 52 | — | — | #229 |
| 1884 | 56 | — | — | #226 |
| 1883 | 47 | — | — | #231 |
| 1882 | 48 | — | — | #244 |
| 1881 | 51 | — | — | #217 |
| 1880 | 60 | — | — | #206 |