Scottie
A diminutive form of the Scottish surname Scott, meaning "Scotsman".
Name Census estimates that about 13,564 living Americans carry the first name Scottie. It sits at #202 in the overall ranking, outside the top 50 but still well-represented. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 70.4% of registrations being male. The average person named Scottie today is around 39 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Scottie births was 2024 (1,690 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Scottie. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Scottie with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
14K
~ 1 in 25,269 Americans
Peak year
2024
1,690 babies that year
Average age
39
years old
2024 SSA rank
#202
Tracked since 1885
Census
Scottie in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 8,012 people with the first name Scottie, which placed it at #2,873 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#2,873
National first-name rank
People counted
8.0K
8,012 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
2.7
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
70.9% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Scottie
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Scottie is White at 70.9%. The next largest groups are Black (19.7%) and Two or More Races (3.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Scottie described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Scottie at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White70.9% · 5,677
- Black or African American19.7% · 1,579
- Two or more races3.6% · 286
- Hispanic or Latino3.4% · 276
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.3% · 106
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.1% · 88
Gender
Gender distribution for Scottie
Scottie is one of the more evenly split names in the SSA data. Of the 15,482 total registrations, 10,895 (70.4%) were male and 4,587 (29.6%) were female.
Scottie as a male name
- Ranked #1,190 in 2024
- 173 male births in 2024
- Peak: 1971 (634 births)
Scottie as a female name
- Ranked #202 in 2024
- 1,517 female births in 2024
- Peak: 2024 (1,517 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Scottie leans strongly male. 6,613 people counted with this name were male (82.6%), compared with 1,396 female bearers (17.4%).
Popularity
Scottie: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Scottie from the 1880s through to the 2020s, spanning 14 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1970s, with 3,787 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 1970s peak, Scottie remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Scottie by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Scottie during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Scotties live
The SSA's state-level files cover 44 states and territories. North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas recorded the most babies named Scottie, while New Mexico, District of Columbia, Alaska recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 240 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Scottie
The name Scottie is a diminutive form of the Scottish name Scott, which is derived from the word "Scot," referring to a person of Scottish descent or nationality. The name has its origins in the Late Latin word "Scotus," which was used to describe people from Scotland or Gaelic-speaking regions of Ireland.
In ancient times, the term "Scot" was used to refer to a group of Gaelic-speaking people who migrated from Ireland to what is now Scotland, settling in the region of Argyll and the Hebrides islands. This migration is believed to have occurred around the 5th or 6th century AD.
The earliest recorded use of the name Scott can be traced back to the 12th century, when it appeared in various historical records and documents from Scotland. One of the earliest known individuals with the name was Ralphus Scottus, who was mentioned in a charter from King William the Lion of Scotland in 1179.
Throughout history, there have been several notable individuals with the name Scottie or its variants. One of the most famous was Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), a Scottish novelist, poet, and playwright who is widely regarded as the founder of the historical novel genre. His works, such as "Ivanhoe" and "Waverley," were instrumental in reviving interest in Scottish history and culture.
Another notable figure was Scottie Wilson (1890-1972), an American professional golfer who won the U.S. Open in 1922 and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1964. He earned his nickname "Scottie" due to his Scottish heritage.
In the world of literature, Scottie Fitzgerald (1890-1986) was the only child of famous American author F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda. She played a significant role in preserving her father's literary legacy after his death.
Scottie Pippen (born 1965) is a former American professional basketball player who played a crucial role in the Chicago Bulls' six NBA championship wins alongside Michael Jordan in the 1990s. He is considered one of the greatest small forwards in NBA history.
Finally, Scottie Thompson (born 1994) is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was named the PBA Finals Most Valuable Player in 2020 and has won multiple championships with his team.
Notable bearers
Famous people named Scottie
People
Scottie + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Scottie as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with S
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Scottie: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Scottie?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 13,564 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Scottie going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 25,269 US residents.
Is Scottie a common name?
We classify Scottie as "Uncommon". It ranks above 98.1% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 15,482 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Scottie most popular?
The single biggest year for Scottie was 2024, when 1,690 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Scottie is about 39 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Scottie in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 8,012 people with the name Scottie, or 2.65 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #2,873 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Scottie in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Scottie?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Scottie leans strongly male. 6,613 people counted with this name were male (82.6%), compared with 1,396 female bearers (17.4%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Scottie?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Scottie is White at 70.9%. The next largest groups are Black (19.7%) and Two or More Races (3.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Scottie most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Scottie in the 2020 Census, accounting for 70.9% (5,677 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Scottie in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Scottie a male name?
Yes, 70.4% of people registered as Scottie in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Scottie still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Scottie in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Scottie can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have Scottie as a first name?
If you just want to know how many people share the name Scottie, HowManyOfMe.org gives you the headline number in one glance.