How Many People Are Named Scout?
people named Scout are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 47,708 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,221 babies named Scout in Social Security records from 1992 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
620 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word scout meaning "one who gathers information covertly", which is derived from Old French escouter "to listen". Harper Lee used this name in her novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' (1960).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Scout, 71.1% were girls and 28.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 61.7% of the babies were girls then and 71.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Scout alive today is about 10 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Scout first appears in the records in 1992 and was given most often in 2022, to 620 babies. In 2025, 385 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1992 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Scout has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #691, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #997. Among boys, its best rank was #1,101, in 2022.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #997 | #1,400 |
| Best rank | #691 (2022) | #1,101 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,172 in the 2010s | #1,396 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Scout alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Scout were born in Texas than in any other state: about 661 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Scout was given 5.2 times as often in Utah, 3.6 times in Idaho and 3.3 times in Oklahoma.
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