SCOTT is ranked as the 47th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 986,091.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 309.26 people named SCOTT for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 68% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named SCOTT is 698,454.
The SSA data also shows that SCOTT is used as a boy's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
SCOTT is
83.5% White,
2.3% Hispanic origin,
10.9% Black,
1.3% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name SCOTT have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name SCOTT is included in the following name categories:
Scottish masculine given name
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
English surname
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
Polish masculine given name
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name SCOTT
The state with the most people named
SCOTT is
California where
109,781 people have this name.
Wisconsin is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named SCOTT, as
640.06 in every 100,000
Wisconsinites
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Wisconsin is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Mississippi
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name SCOTT
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
30,683
238.21
99.9%
Indiana
19,029
288.45
99.8%
Iowa
16,816
541.22
99.9%
Kansas
6,660
229.32
99.4%
Michigan
47,789
482.23
100.0%
Minnesota
34,678
635.45
100.0%
Missouri
3,344
111.68
99.0%
Nebraska
5,677
301.7
99.5%
North Dakota
2,211
299.05
98.9%
Ohio
27,845
240.16
99.8%
South Dakota
2,352
275.7
98.6%
Wisconsin
36,852
640.06
99.9%
West States
State stats for the first name SCOTT
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
2,341
317.8
98.9%
Arizona
14,806
219.96
99.7%
California
109,781
282.92
100.0%
Colorado
15,998
298.71
99.8%
Hawaii
3,931
276.95
99.8%
Idaho
5,130
313.85
99.5%
Montana
2,589
252.9
98.9%
Nevada
5,760
202.87
99.6%
New Mexico
3,241
155.38
98.9%
Oregon
10,747
270.7
99.7%
Utah
9,515
323.34
99.7%
Washington
33,689
477.07
100.0%
Wyoming
1,268
217.1
98.1%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name SCOTT
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have SCOTT as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named SCOTT.
The most popular full name is SCOTT Smith.
0.98% of all the people named SCOTT
have this family name.
There are 58672 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name SCOTT