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Scorpio

Boys' name

Scorpion

Scorpio has been given to 72 babies in the U.S. since 1981. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1983, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Scorpio, 1993

1 in 471,000

Scorpio over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Scorpio: meaning, origin, and history

Scorpion

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Scorpio means

Scorpio means “scorpion”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Scorpio is used in Astronomy.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈskɔɹ.pɪ.oʊ/ and /ˈskɔː.pɪ.əʊ/ for Scorpio.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 72 boys were recorded with the name Scorpio between 1981 and 1993. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1983; its best national rank was #3,384 in 1983.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Scorpio?

Scorpio had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1993, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1993
1 in 471,000
8 of 3,768,729 births
Among boys only
1 in 245,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1993
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
326,537 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Scorpio sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1993 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 326,537 children born in 1993 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Scorpio. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Scorpios were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Scorpio was born before 1986 — so the typical Scorpio is around 39 today.

Median birth year
1986
About 39 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
73.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
72
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 73.6% of all recorded uses (53).

Is Scorpio rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1983 (13)
Years since peak
42
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
62.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,384
1983

Scorpio by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,384
1983
Peak year
1983
13 that year
First recorded
1981
Last recorded
1993
All-time count
72
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Scorpio

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Scorpio

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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