Scotland
Recorded 1975–2025 · United States
Scotland was most popular in 2024, when 103 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,512 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,488, with 102 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 996 people named Scotland.
Scotland over time
How old is the name Scotland?
Scotland first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1975, which makes it about 50 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 37 of the 51 years since.
How many people are named Scotland?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 996 American births named Scotland between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 986 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Scotland in 2025?
102 American babies were named Scotland in 2025, ranking #3,488 that year.
Is Scotland getting more or less popular?
Scotland is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 78 births a year, against 30 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +159% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Scotland a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Scotland is a unisex name — 72.7% of the 996 Americans given it were girls and 27.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 86% girls and 14% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Scotland?
Roughly 986 Americans named Scotland are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 8 years old, and half are between 3 and 13. That is a narrow band because Scotland is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Scotland is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org