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Scout

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #995 vs #2,440 in 2025

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,104, 2016: #1,098, 2017: #1,014, 2018: #964, 2019: #1,042, 2020: #871, 2021: #829, 2022: #689, 2023: #822, 2024: #924, 2025: #9951 in 6,328 girls in the US, 2025#995 · steady · was #1,104 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,961, 2016: #1,472, 2017: #1,411, 2018: #1,788, 2019: #1,703, 2020: #1,556, 2021: #1,692, 2022: #1,621, 2023: #1,469, 2024: #1,672, 2025: #2,4401 in 23,026 girls in E&W, 2025#2,440 · falling · was #1,961 in 2015

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What Scout means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Scout yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #995 vs #2,440 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Scout?

US 2025
#995
254 babies
▼ 71 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#2440
11 babies
▼ 768 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Steady: #1104 in 2015, #995 now. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1961 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 girls born. Dot: biggest US share (2022)

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 425 girls got the name (#689 that year). First in the US records in 1992.

How common

  • About 1 in 6,328 baby girls in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 23,026 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ND (2.59 per 1,000 girls), UT (0.88 per 1,000 girls), IA (0.42 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Scout is #995 in the US and #2440 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#9952541 in 6,328#1104
England & Wales#2440111 in 23,026#1961
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 66.0% of US babies named Scout were girls.

GirlsBoys
US 2025254131
England & Wales 2025118
US all years since 18805,1292,092
England & Wales since 199631635

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Scout

Girls

  • Saylor#217“dancer, acrobat”
  • Rowan#249“little red one”
  • Aspen#266Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Aspen in 2025 were girls
  • Reese#192“ardor”
  • Emerson#122Editor’s note Used for both: 62% of US babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls
  • Peyton#199Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #72 in 2015, #199 in 2025

For a brother

  • Bodhi#265Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 5 babies
  • Kaiden#237Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 12 babies
  • Koa#269Hawaiian, meaning “warrior, courage; koa tree”
  • Avery#291Editor’s note Down from #188 in 2015 to #291 in 2025 in the US
  • Legend#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #391 in 2015, #193 in 2025
  • Jonah#128“dove”

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Scout’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.

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