Scotti
Feminine · “a Scot”
Scotti is given to both — 712 girls and 119 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Scotti is a feminine of Scott, and the Scoti were an Irish people the Romans named — Scotland is named for immigrants.
How old is the name Scotti?
Scotti first appears in US birth records in 1949 — 76 years ago. The typical Scotti alive today was born around 1997, making them about 28 years old. About 700 people named Scotti are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Scotti most popular?
Scotti peaked in 2025, reaching #2645 nationally. Today it ranks #2645, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Scoti to Scotti
The story of Scotti
The Scoti came from Ireland and gave their name to the country they settled, which is why Scotland is named for a people who were not originally from there. The Picts, who were, left almost no trace of their language. Scotti is a modern feminine form and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
a Scot
From the Latin Scoti, a name Roman writers used for raiders from Ireland who settled western Britain. The surname Scott named someone from Scotland or of Gaelic speech. The historical route is documented and the reading undisputed.
How the name formed
- Scoti
- Scott
- Scotti
Related forms: Scottie · Scotti
Pronouncing Scotti
SKOT-ee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Scotti and Scottie are homophones.
Nicknames for Scotti
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1949
- Most girls named
- 202565 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2645reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +10.2%65 in 2025, from 59
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Scotti in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Scottie in English — spelling variant
- Scotti in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Utah, Arizona.
Scottis among us
people named Scotti are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 24,727 born in 2025 was named Scotti
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Scotti
- #2645
- Scotti on the 2025 chart
- #867
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Scotti went to 65 girls in 2025, but Scotty is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 93, which makes it the 867th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,778 places above the chart.
- Scotti65
- Scotty28
About 1 girl in 17,282 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 24,727 for Scotti itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Desha test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Scotti's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Desha climbed just as high around 1969, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Desha's path sketches the road Scotti is walking now.
Scotti sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Scotti is headed
Scotti looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 42% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Scotti beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Scotti in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Scotland is named for Irish settlers is a first-rate fact.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- Scottie is available as an alternative spelling.
- It reads as masculine and as a diminutive.
- Scottie is the commoner spelling.
- It is also an Italian surname, unrelated.
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Frequently asked
- How many Scottis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Scotti are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Scotti?
- Scotti is the most-used spelling in US records — 65 of the 93 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Scotty.
- How popular is the name Scotti in 2025?
- Scotti ranks #2645 among US girl names in 2025, with 65 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Scotti?
- About 1 in every 24,727 US girls born in 2025 was named Scotti — 65 in all.
- Will my child share the name Scotti with classmates?
- Scotti will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Scotti
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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