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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Scotlynn

Scotlynn was the 2094th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 90 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,012 places. More babies were named Scotlynn in the 2020s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#2,094 girls, up 3,051 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
90girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
202590 babies
Total since 1880
583babies recorded

Scotlynn popularity since 1880

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Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#2,09490
2020#5,14525
2010#8,22615
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How popular is Scotlynn, counting every spelling?

Scotlynn is a spelling of Scotlyn, a name family that ranked #668 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,094 for Scotlynn on its own. Together these spellings went to 426 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Scotlyn155#1,412594
Scottlyn125#1,664426
Scotlynn90#2,094278
Scottlynn56#2,992184

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Scotlynn?

90 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Scotlynn (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Scotlynn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 93 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Scotlynn.

Chance of another Scotlynn in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inIndianaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Scotlynn?

About 600 people born in the US named Scotlynn are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 2 and 11. That makes Scotlynn a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Scotlynn by state

How common Scotlynn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Utah (7.7×). In 42 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesMI0.06New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesIN0.04Ohio: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesOH0.03Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesUT0.26Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesNE0.17Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.04New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNC0.02South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Scotlynn, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Scotlynn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Scotlynn, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Scotlynn

How popular is the name Scotlynn?

Scotlynn was the 2094th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 90 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,012 places. More babies were named Scotlynn in the 2020s than in any other decade.

Is Scotlynn a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Scotlynn in the US.

Where is Scotlynn most popular?

In 2021–2025, Scotlynn was most common in Utah (0.26 per 1,000 girls), followed by Nebraska and Michigan.