Mostly boys · peaked in 1971
Scottie name popularity since 1925
17,714 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Scottie (37.5% girls, 62.5% boys). Half of them were born in 1981 or earlier, so the typical Scottie is about 45 years old in 2026. Scottie peaked in 1971 as the #307 name for boys, and it ranked #909 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 17,714
- Named Scottie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #909
- for boys in 2025 (262 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 62.5% boys
- 6,648 girls · 11,066 boys
- Most popular in
- Tennessee
- 3.87× its national share
Peak year is the year Scottie made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Scottie births per year, 1925–2025
1971 was the biggest year for Scottie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1961 and 1966, Scottie became 3.4× more common, from 1 in 15,300 baby boys to 1 in 4,520.
- Steepest fall: Between 1971 and 1976, its share of baby boys fell by 51%, from 1 in 2,790 to 1 in 5,640.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Scottie's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Scottie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Scottie in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 54 | 58 | – |
| 1930s | 131 | 182 | #1,646 |
| 1940s | 196 | 329 | #1,101 |
| 1950s | 206 | 679 | #929 |
| 1960s | 211 | 2,631 | #497 |
| 1970s | 168 | 3,619 | #412 |
| 1980s | 168 | 1,418 | #774 |
| 1990s | 136 | 926 | #1,295 |
| 2000s | 73 | 388 | #3,078 |
| 2010s | 396 | 241 | #5,253 |
| 2020–25 | 4,909 | 595 | #909 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
34.1% of babies named Scottie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Scottie is most popular
The index compares Scottie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Scottie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 3.87× | 1,072 |
| Utah | 3.74× | 419 |
| North Carolina | 3.62× | 1,351 |
| Kentucky | 3.59× | 791 |
| Alabama | 2.93× | 681 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Scottie and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Scottie (this page) | 11,066 | 1971 |
| Scotty | 18,955 | 1971 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Scottie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Scottie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Scottie (1971).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data