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Scot Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Scot?

In 2018 the rare name Scot, ranked the 13,665th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Scot is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #310 in 1970 with 633 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Scot was less than 5, most recently in 1942.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Scot occurred roughly during the years 1943-1958, and 2011-2014, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1971-1983, 1989-1995, 1997-2001, 2002-2005, and 2007-2010.

Scot's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Scot for their newborn has dropped significantly.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Scot?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

The name Scot is mostly unused and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Scot has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Scot (Girl)Scot (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 5 13,665
2017 < 5 -- 5 13,868
2016 < 5 -- 8 9,508
2015 < 5 -- 10 7,930
2014 < 5 -- 13 6,556
2013 < 5 -- 11 7,464
2012 < 5 -- 10 8,028
2011 < 5 -- 8 9,444
2010 < 5 -- 18 5,204
2009 < 5 -- 17 5,503
2008 < 5 -- 15 6,002
2007 < 5 -- 23 4,343
2006 < 5 -- 18 5,030
2005 < 5 -- 16 5,234
2004 < 5 -- 21 4,237
2003 < 5 -- 22 3,954
2002 < 5 -- 23 3,761
2001 < 5 -- 24 3,598
2000 < 5 -- 28 3,136
1999 < 5 -- 46 2,091
1998 < 5 -- 42 2,193
1997 < 5 -- 47 1,957
1996 < 5 -- 42 2,071
1995 < 5 -- 47 1,860
1994 < 5 -- 55 1,658
1993 < 5 -- 65 1,457
1992 < 5 -- 83 1,243
1991 < 5 -- 76 1,294
1990 < 5 -- 84 1,195
1989 < 5 -- 94 1,091
1988 < 5 -- 91 1,037
1987 < 5 -- 113 882
1986 < 5 -- 118 834
1985 < 5 -- 102 901
1984 < 5 -- 123 783
1983 < 5 -- 108 843
1982 < 5 -- 143 727
1981 < 5 -- 163 677
1980 < 5 -- 138 748
1979 < 5 -- 185 631
1978 < 5 -- 183 616
1977 < 5 -- 201 598
1976 < 5 -- 236 524
1975 < 5 -- 331 434
1974 < 5 -- 324 440
1973 < 5 -- 344 423
1972 < 5 -- 437 375
1971 < 5 -- 576 324
1970 < 5 -- 633 310
1969 6 7,281 588 317
1968 < 5 -- 555 322
1967 < 5 -- 511 332
1966 < 5 -- 500 337
1965 < 5 -- 515 333
1964 < 5 -- 569 329
1963 < 5 -- 506 342
1962 < 5 -- 537 336
1961 < 5 -- 463 369
1960 < 5 -- 501 348
1959 5 7,036 525 338
1958 < 5 -- 562 325
1957 < 5 -- 457 356
1956 < 5 -- 390 382
1955 < 5 -- 271 451
1954 < 5 -- 214 498
1953 < 5 -- 121 651
1952 < 5 -- 99 709
1951 < 5 -- 73 827
1950 < 5 -- 58 901
1949 < 5 -- 41 1,109
1948 < 5 -- 32 1,294
1947 < 5 -- 24 1,550
1946 < 5 -- 13 2,128
1945 < 5 -- 10 2,375
1944 < 5 -- 10 2,450
1943 < 5 -- 9 2,711
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.