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Scotty Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Scotty?

In 2018 the rare name Scotty, ranked the 3,414th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

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

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #210 in 1971 with 1,118 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Scotty was less than 5, most recently in 1917.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Scotty occurred roughly during the years 1929-1936, 1937-1941, 1947-1950, 1952-1962, 1963-1966, and 1968-1971, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1971-1976, and 1993-1997.

Scotty's popularity has steadily decreased for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Scotty for their newborn has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Scotty?

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

The name Scotty is very unique and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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

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   Scotty (Girl)Scotty (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 5 17,600 33 3,414
2017 9 11,436 38 3,103
2016 6 15,897 38 3,099
2015 7 14,237 39 3,013
2014 < 5 -- 34 3,282
2013 < 5 -- 35 3,171
2012 < 5 -- 52 2,443
2011 < 5 -- 50 2,497
2010 < 5 -- 39 3,001
2009 < 5 -- 59 2,244
2008 < 5 -- 62 2,178
2007 < 5 -- 54 2,410
2006 < 5 -- 57 2,238
2005 < 5 -- 54 2,229
2004 < 5 -- 57 2,096
2003 < 5 -- 61 1,929
2002 < 5 -- 65 1,787
2001 < 5 -- 65 1,758
2000 < 5 -- 76 1,572
1999 < 5 -- 77 1,486
1998 < 5 -- 86 1,368
1997 < 5 -- 67 1,547
1996 < 5 -- 92 1,225
1995 < 5 -- 117 1,032
1994 < 5 -- 123 1,004
1993 < 5 -- 171 809
1992 < 5 -- 184 769
1991 < 5 -- 151 849
1990 < 5 -- 197 728
1989 < 5 -- 183 733
1988 < 5 -- 212 651
1987 < 5 -- 227 603
1986 < 5 -- 260 552
1985 < 5 -- 285 517
1984 < 5 -- 274 516
1983 6 9,987 312 478
1982 < 5 -- 415 408
1981 5 11,760 420 397
1980 7 8,874 445 387
1979 6 9,927 516 348
1978 < 5 -- 386 393
1977 < 5 -- 416 384
1976 5 10,536 447 363
1975 12 5,099 563 318
1974 < 5 -- 605 304
1973 7 7,269 696 268
1972 6 8,035 757 260
1971 15 4,087 1,118 210
1970 7 6,907 574 330
1969 6 7,283 608 307
1968 8 5,542 584 313
1967 5 7,627 571 308
1966 7 5,698 525 329
1965 < 5 -- 432 372
1964 < 5 -- 420 387
1963 < 5 -- 372 418
1962 7 5,749 379 411
1961 5 7,371 305 463
1960 5 7,133 285 471
1959 7 5,477 227 522
1958 8 4,828 239 501
1957 5 6,871 180 576
1956 10 4,117 177 571
1955 11 3,748 164 575
1954 6 5,641 140 626
1953 < 5 -- 141 613
1952 < 5 -- 120 642
1951 8 4,315 122 643
1950 5 5,977 120 630
1949 5 5,930 90 728
1948 5 5,906 77 779
1947 < 5 -- 88 736
1946 7 4,344 83 720
1945 5 5,141 60 807
1944 < 5 -- 56 850
1943 < 5 -- 50 948
1942 < 5 -- 48 968
1941 5 4,979 80 690
1940 8 3,466 58 827
1939 < 5 -- 45 940
1938 < 5 -- 43 976
1937 5 4,823 37 1,072
1936 < 5 -- 38 1,047
1935 < 5 -- 33 1,162
1934 < 5 -- 24 1,420
1933 < 5 -- 25 1,355
1932 < 5 -- 20 1,638
1931 < 5 -- 17 1,834
1930 < 5 -- 13 2,279
1929 < 5 -- 10 2,738
1928 < 5 -- 14 2,252
1927 < 5 -- 9 3,113
1926 < 5 -- 9 3,102
1925 < 5 -- 10 2,903
1924 < 5 -- 8 3,458
1923 < 5 -- 13 2,425
1922 < 5 -- 13 2,464
1921 < 5 -- 8 3,461
1920 < 5 -- 8 3,451
1919 < 5 -- 6 4,100
1918 < 5 -- 7 3,659
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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.