girls:
546 births since 2000
#5170 (10th percentile)
boys:
245 births since 1975
#4341 (5th percentile)
overall:
791 births since 1975
#6948 (10th percentile)
The name Scotland is the #6,948 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 791 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 10.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,170 (9.5% percentile) for all time with 546 births since 2000. For boys, it ranks #4,341 (5.3% percentile) for all time with 245 births since 1975.
Scotland first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for boys and 2000 for girls). Birth data for Scotland is available in 35 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023 (33 years for boys and 24 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Scotland has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (69.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 90.5% of babies named Scotland were girls. Interestingly, until around 2004, the name was more popular for boys (77.1% boys from 1975 to 2003), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (78.2% girls from 2004 to 2023).
For girls, Scotland reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 5.5% percentile (ranked #895) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 33 births per million (ranked 5.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Scotland is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #895 (5.5% percentile) with 33 births per million.
For boys, Scotland reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #897) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Scotland ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 56.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Scotland".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Scotland is pronounced as SKAHT-luhnd, which has 2 syllables.
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