Given name & surname
Scotty
“a man from Scotland”
In English use, Scotty is a diminutive of Scott. One English interpretation is “a man from Scotland.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Scotty is a diminutive of Scott. One English interpretation is “a man from Scotland.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Scotty is a diminutive of Scott. An origin associated with Scott is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Scotty is a diminutive of Scott.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Scotty through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 19,389
- 19,030 boys · 359 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 1,133 babies
- 2025
- 159
- #1,399 for boys · #4,862 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +120%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 81% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 131 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,399 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 108.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,118 in 1971. It also appeared in 28 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (18). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 12,750 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 49,494 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Scotty’s family of names
In English usage, Scotty is a diminutive of Scott. In English usage, Scotty has a related form in Scottie. Scotty has a related form in Scott.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Scotty
- Scottie PippenAmerican basketball player (born 1965)
- Scotty MooreAmerican guitarist (1931–2016)
- Scotty McCreeryAmerican country music singerborn 1993
- Scotty BowmanCanadian ice hockey coachborn 1933
- Scotty JamesAustralian snowboarderborn 1994
- Scotty NguyenAmerican poker playerborn 1962
- Scotty Lagosnowboarderborn 1987
- Scotty 2 HottyAmerican professional wrestlerborn 1973
- Scotty Pippen Jr.American basketball player (born 2000)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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