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Scout

Pronounced S K AW1 T (ARPABET)

  • 1 syllable
  • Peaked 2022
  • 33 years in use
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How popular is Scout?

Scout is a girls' name, and first appears in 1992. It has been given to 6,831 children — the 2,136th most common girls' name on record.

It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2022, when 423 children were given it.

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2022Girls: 423Boys: 195

Characteristics

  • 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
S K AW1 T
Stress pattern:
1
Syllables:
1

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Scout

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Scout

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Scout?
Scout ranks 2,136th among girls' names in US records, with 6,831 births since 1992. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,931.
Is Scout a unisex name?
No. Scout is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Scout most popular?
2022, when 423 children were given the name. It has been in use for 33 years and is still recorded as of 2024.