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How popular is the name Scot?
Births per year, rank history and how many Scots are alive today.
Scot (male), a spelling of Scott, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2014 (ranked 4632nd); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 1998, when 11 babies were given the name, the 1188th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Scott you are most likely to meet is around 51 years old. Half of all Scotts born in England and Wales are between 35 and 52, and there are at least 90,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 26% chance that at least one of them will be called Scott.
How many babies are named Scot each year?
Includes all spellings: Scot, Scott. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Scot spelling rank?
Where does the Scott spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Scot most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Scott, peaked in 1974, when around 3,200 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Scot spelling itself peaked in 1998, with 11 babies.
How many people are called Scot?
At least 90,000 people named Scot in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Scot?
Most living Scots are between 35 and 52; the most common age is about 51.
Is Scot becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.