Scot

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Scot: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Scot: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #271, and it was last ranked in 2014.

2registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#271highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2014

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#1257
1998	#1188
1999	#1383
2000	#1425
2001	#1746
2002	#2636
2003	#2857
2004	#1498
2005	#2754
2008	#2507
2011	#4647
2013	#4685
2014	#4632

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 14 of the 19 years from 1996 to 2014.

In 1997: #271 among boys in Northern Ireland, #1257 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2014 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2014
Most recently recorded at #4632 among boys in England and Wales, in 2014.
England and Wales · Boys

Scot by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Scot in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	36	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	47	7 of 10	7
2010s	9	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Scot appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2014. Highest recorded position: #271 in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Scot's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1425	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1188	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1257	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#271	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2014, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #271, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 1 year separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Scarlett-Rose · #383, 19y
Scarlette · #920, 26y
Scott · #8, 69y
Scout · #1411, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Allister · #272, 17y
Connaire · #272, 10y
Seanan · #272, 16y
Gregg · #273, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aedan · #271, 29y
Alister · #271, 28y
Amy-Leigh · #271, 24y
Benn · #271, 20y

Scot was ranked #271 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Scot and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Scot without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Scot

Tor Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2507 and #4432 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #1688.
Aria Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2507 and #3158 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #1788.
Henrik Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2507 and #3158 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #2194.
Isak Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2507 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #2613.

Moved the opposite way to Scot

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Boys, Scot went from #1765 to #4632 while Albie went from #853 to #117.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Boys, Scot went from #1765 to #4632 while Alfie went from #119 to #12.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Boys, Scot went from #1765 to #4632 while Alfred went from #218 to #125.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Boys, Scot went from #1765 to #4632 while Archie went from #192 to #17.

Moved the same way as Scot

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Boys, Scot went from #1765 to #4632 and Aaron from #33 to #80.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Boys, Scot went from #1765 to #4632 and Adam from #16 to #39.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Boys, Scot went from #1765 to #4632 and Alex from #43 to #75.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Boys, Scot went from #1765 to #4632 and Alexander from #14 to #22.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2014. Highest recorded position: #271 in Northern Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Scot

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Scot by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Scot at a glance

Scot by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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