Scotty
Feminine · “a Scot”
Scotty is given to boys far more often — 19,030 boys against 359 girls since 1880. See Scotty as a boy name
Scotty entered the US charts in 1937, peaked at #3208 in 1940, ranks #4758 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Scotty?
Scotty first appears in US birth records in 1937 — 88 years ago. The typical Scotty alive today was born around 1975, making them about 50 years old. About 300 people named Scotty are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Scotty most popular?
Scotty peaked in 1940, reaching #3208 nationally. Today it ranks #4758, 1,550 places below that high. See the whole 1940 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
Where it comes from
From Scoti to Scotty
The story of Scotty
Scott began in medieval England and the Anglo-Scottish borders as a byname for someone who was Scottish, or who had come south from Scotland — the kind of label neighbors give a newcomer, which then hardens into a surname. Border families carried it for centuries, and it crossed the Atlantic with them. Like many British surnames, it turned into a first name in the United States, where Scotty arrived as its affectionate short form and then stayed on as a full given name in its own right, holding a place on the American charts continuously for more than a hundred years.
Meaning
a Scot; someone from Scotland
Worth knowing that the word traveled: Latin writers first used Scoti for the Gaels of Ireland, and only later did it attach to the land they settled in the north of Britain.
How the name formed
- Scoti
- Scottsurname
- Scott
- Scotty
Related forms: Scott · Scottie · Scot
Pronouncing Scotty
SKOT-ee
One pronunciation everywhere in English, with the stress on the first syllable. No one will need to ask twice.
Nicknames for Scotty
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
- 1937
- Most girls named
- 202528 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3208reached in 1940
- Change vs 2024
- +3.7%28 in 2025, from 27
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.
Scotty in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Scott in English — same name
- Scottie in English — spelling variant
- Scot in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Utah.
Scottys among us
people named Scotty are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 57,402 born in 2025 was named Scotty
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Scotty
- #4758
- Scotty on the 2025 chart
- #867
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Scotty went to 28 girls in 2025, but Scotti 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 — 3,891 places above the chart.
- Scotti65
- Scotty28
About 1 girl in 17,282 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 57,402 for Scotty 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 Glendine test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Scotty's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Glendine climbed just as high around 1919, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Glendine's path sketches the road Scotty is walking now.
Scotty 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 Scotty is headed
Scotty looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 57% 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.
Scotty beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Scotty in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
Nobody names a baby alone.
Put Scotty to the vote.
Add it to a family vote or a couple’s swipe deck — the other person gets one card, a simple answer and room to say why. No app, no account for them.
Only the people you invite can see your list.
Already decided on Scotty? Hide it among decoys and let them guess.
What they receive
Someone added a name to your list
Scotty
Feminine · #4758 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Scottys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Scotty are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Scotty?
- Scotty is one of 2 recorded spellings. Scotti is the more common one — 65 births in 2025 against 28 for Scotty.
- How popular is the name Scotty in 2025?
- Scotty ranks #4758 among US girl names in 2025, with 28 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Scotty?
- About 1 in every 57,402 US girls born in 2025 was named Scotty — 28 in all.
- Will my child share the name Scotty with classmates?
- Scotty will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Scotty
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Marylou#4758 · Landon#4758 · Lexa#4758 · Alysia#4758 · Ixchel#4758 · Parisa#4758 · Jumana#4758 · Berenice#4758
Looking for what else is popular rather than what resembles Scotty? See the current top 100.
Choosing between Scotty and another name?
See them side by side — full stats, history and a gentle verdict.
Compare side by sideIn a hurry? Just pick a winner — one tap, no sign-up, and you see how everyone else voted.
Weighing a whole shortlist? Add the rest in the builder, or settle it with a bracket.
Cast your vote
Which one would you pick?
Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
No advertising trackers and no data sellinghow we handle your dataindependent and founder-run, about Name Battle