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Scout

#997 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

One who gathers information covertly

Scout has been given to 7,221 babies in the U.S. since 1992. In 2025 it ranked #997 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 425 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 71% girls, 29% boys all-time.

Babies named Scout, 2025

1 in 13,100

Scout over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Scout over time

In 2025, Scout went to 66% girls and 34% boys.

19922025

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.

Scout: meaning, origin, and history

One who gathers information covertly

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Scout means

Scout means “one who gathers information covertly”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,129 girls were recorded with the name Scout between 1992 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 425 in 2022; its best national rank was #691 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #872 in 2020 to #997 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,105 in 2015 to #997 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,092 boys were recorded with the name Scout between 1992 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 195 in 2022; its best national rank was #1,101 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,813 in 2020 to #1,400 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,104 in 2015 to #1,400 in 2025.

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 Scout?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 13,100
254 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 6,330
0.02% of girls
Rank, 2025
#997
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
9,048 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Scout sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5004%

Put another way: gather 9,048 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Scout. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Scouts were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Scout was born before 2017 — so the typical Scout is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
40.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
93.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,129
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 40.9% of all recorded uses (2,098).

Is Scout 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
−72
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−125
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+108
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.08×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
59.8%
Peak was 2022 (425)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#691
2022

Spellings of Scout

Scout is the most-used spelling, taking 60.7% of the 8,449 babies given a near-identical spelling.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Scout is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Scout was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 1,020 girls, against 1 in 5,281 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

198 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 1,020
  2. 2Montana1 in 1,075
  3. 3Idaho1 in 1,220
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 1,695
  5. 5Vermont1 in 2,041
  6. 6Oregon1 in 2,083
  7. 7Kansas1 in 2,439
  8. 8Washington1 in 2,439

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.

Geographically, Scout is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 91% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Scout is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Scout was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 6,667 boys, against 1 in 25,488 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

115 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in 6,667
  2. 2Arkansas1 in 8,333
  3. 3Idaho1 in 8,333
  4. 4Indiana1 in 11,111
  5. 5Tennessee1 in 12,500
  6. 6Washington1 in 12,500
  7. 7Iowa1 in 14,286
  8. 8Oregon1 in 14,286

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.

Scout around the world

Where Scout 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.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2025
    #2,440
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2016–2021
    #652
    in 2021
  • Canada
    1995–2024
    #1,542
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1995–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Scout

People whose public names include Scout, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Scout by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#997
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 125
Best rank ever
#691
2022
Peak year
2022
425 that year
First recorded
1992
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,129
Count in 2025
254

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,400
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 413
Best rank ever
#1,101
2022
Peak year
2022
195 that year
First recorded
1992
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,092
Count in 2025
131

Names similar to Scout

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

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Names with a curve like Scout

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Scout, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Scout

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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