Name meaning & stats
Scotty
Scotty means “a Scot, a Gael” (English origin). 18,962 US babies since 1940, peak 1971.
What it means
“a Scot, a Gael”
EnglishPet form of Scott
In US birth records
Peak year: 1971
18,962 US babies were named Scotty between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Scotty (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 52% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1971)