Scott is an English and Scottish surname that simply meant "from Scotland" or "Gaelic speaker" and became a first name in the 19th century. Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald and astronaut Scott Kelly are among its well-known American bearers. A top 100 staple from the 1950s to the 1980s, Scott ranked number 158 in 2000, slipped to number 609 in 2021 and has steadied at number 534 among boys' names in 2025.