Masculine dossier · first seen 1940

Scot

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Scot
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.2% from peak

Peak era

1970

Peak rank proxy

633

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1940Peak 19702024

Peak year

1970

Decline from peak

99.2%

2024

All-time

13,715

Scot once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1970, when 633 boys were named Scot.

In 2024, only 5 boys were given the name.

Down 99.2% from its peak.

All told, about 13,715 Americans have been named Scot and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1940.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.2% from peak

1970633 boys named Scot

20245 boys named Scot

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