Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Scott

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

Endangered Down 98.3% from peak

Peak era

1971

Peak rank proxy

30,902

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1880Peak 19712024

Peak year

1971

Decline from peak

98.3%

2024

517

All-time

774,451

Scott 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 1971, when 30,902 boys were named Scott.

In 2024, only 517 boys were given the name.

Down 98.3% from its peak.

All told, about 774,451 Americans have been named Scott and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.3% from peak

197130,902 boys named Scott

2024517 boys named Scott

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