Scottie
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.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Scottie peaked in the 2020s.
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.
The Scottie deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Scottie truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Scottie fits with your family’s names and surname.
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