Scott has been given to about 777,605 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1971, which makes it a boomer-era name.
Scott ranks 534th among American boys in 2025, with 561 born that year. Its best year was 1971, when 31,034 babies were given the name, ranking 10th. The typical living American called Scott is about 56 years old today. It is relatively most common in Rhode Island, where it accounts for 0.09% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.