NameTides

Scotty

Scotty was the #1,393 boys' name in the US in 2025 (131 babies), and #2,527 in Canada.

Scotty as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Scotty as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Scotty as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,393 (131)—#2,527 (7)
2024#1,767 (93)——
2023#2,078 (71)—#2,336 (7)
2022#2,717 (48)——
2021#2,918 (42)—#2,812 (5)
2020#3,136 (36)—#2,431 (6)
2019#3,052 (39)——
2018#3,373 (33)——
2017#3,071 (38)——
2016#2,993 (39)——
2015#2,919 (40)——
2014#3,234 (34)——
2013#3,122 (35)——
2012#2,415 (52)——
2011#2,478 (50)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1971 at #210.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2025, 18% of US babies named Scotty were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Scotty is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,400 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Scotty by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: #515UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #842TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,169TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Scotty (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ScottyCanadaGirls#3,0446
ScottyCanadaBoys#2,5277
ScottyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
ScottyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ScottyUSGirls#4,75828
ScottyUSBoys#1,393131