Scottie
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Meaning
pet form of Scott, "from Scotland"
The story
Scottie is the pet form of Scott, and its record holds one of the fullest reinventions in these pages: a name that died in one column and was reborn in the other. Its first life was male, about 2,800 in the 1960s and 3,800 in the 1970s, basketball's greatest sidekick carrying it through the 1990s, then the long fade to 460 in the 2000s, a name headed for the archive. The rebirth is current and emphatic: already 5,500 so far this decade, nearly nine times the full 2010s, and about 4,900 of them are girls, ninety percent, where the first life ran the other way. No single cause is on record and we decline to invent one. In our records: about 11,200 boys to 6,800 girls, the columns mid-crossing. Same six letters, opposite career: the ledger keeps both lives without blinking.
How popular is Scottie around the world?
In the United States, 5,504 babies were named Scottie between 2020 and 2025. In Canada, 181 girls named Scottie were born in 2024, the 153rd most common name among girls that year.
Scottie is on the official records of the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 4,000
In the United States, 5,504 babies were named Scottie between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Scottie peaked in the 2020s. In US birth records, Scottie went mostly to boys before the 2010s and mostly to girls in every decade since. Scottie went to 62 US babies in 2015 and 2,490 in 2025, 40.2 times as many.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Canada
1 in 1,900
In Canada, 181 girls named Scottie were born in 2024, the 153rd most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
New Zealand
1 in 3,800
In New Zealand, 15 girls named Scottie were registered in 2025.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
Ireland
1 in 18,000
In Ireland, 3 boys named Scottie were born in 2025, the 829th most common name among boys that year.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
England and Wales
1 in 45,000
In England and Wales, 13 girls named Scottie were born in 2025, ranked 2,138th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Scottie
People given the name Scottie in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1960 to 2025. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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The Scottie deep dive
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