Scout is an English word name, from the Old French escouter, "to listen", that means "lookout" or "explorer". It became a given name through Scout Finch, the spirited narrator of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, and later through the daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis. In the United States Scout rose from number 1105 in 2015 into the top 1000 in 2020, peaked at number 691 in 2022 and ranks number 997 in 2025.