Scotland
#2,093 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Scotland has been given to 996 babies in the U.S. since 2000. In 2025 it ranked #2,093 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 90 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 73% girls, 27% boys all-time.
Babies named Scotland, 2025
1 in 36,800
Scotland over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Scotland over time
In 2025, Scotland went to 88% girls and 12% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Scotland?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 36,800
- 90 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 17,900
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #2,093
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 25,533 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Scotland sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 25,533 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Scotland. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Scotlands were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Scotland was born before 2020 — so the typical Scotland is around 5 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 52.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 99.2%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 724
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 52.8% of all recorded uses (382).
Is Scotland 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
- +78
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +1,576
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +2,478
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 2.90×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 100.0%
- Peak was 2025 (90)
- Years since peak
- Peaking now
- At its all-time high
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 36.2% average annual change
Spellings of Scotland
Scotland is not the most common spelling — Scotlyn is, with 51.4% against Scotland's 26.9%.
Where Scotland is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Scotland was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 3,448 girls, against 1 in 34,917 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 50,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Utah1 in 3,448
- 2Idaho1 in 11,111
- 3North Carolina1 in 33,333
- 4California1 in 50,000
- 5Georgia1 in 50,000
- 6Missouri1 in 50,000
- 7Ohio1 in 50,000
- 8Tennessee1 in 50,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Scotland is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Scotland was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,211,363 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Florida1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Scotland has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Scotland around the world
Where Scotland ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- Canada2015–2023#2,222in 2023
Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Scotland by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Scotland
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Scotland
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.