Masculine dossier · first seen 1915

Scotty

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

Endangered Down 91.7% from peak

Peak era

1971

Peak rank proxy

1,118

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1915Peak 19712024

Peak year

1971

Decline from peak

91.7%

2024

All-time

18,899

Scotty 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 1,118 boys were named Scotty.

In 2024, only 93 boys were given the name.

Down 91.7% from its peak.

All told, about 18,899 Americans have been named Scotty and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1915.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 91.7% from peak

19711,118 boys named Scotty

202493 boys named Scotty

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