Scout: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “one who gathers information”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- SKOWT · 1 syllable
- Used for
- Both (71% girls, 29% boys since 1880)
From the English word scout. Its use as a given name is modern and also recalls the nickname-like literary name Scout Finch in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
How popular is Scout?
Babies named Scout in 2024407
2024 rank#926 girls
Peak year2022
Total US babies since 18806,831
Scout is rising: use over the last five years is 2.2× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Scout
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Scout questions
What does the name Scout mean?
Scout means "one who gathers information". It comes from English. From the English word scout. Its use as a given name is modern and also recalls the nickname-like literary name Scout Finch in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
Is Scout a boy or girl name?
Scout is used for both: about 71% of US babies named Scout since 1880 were girls.
How popular is Scout?
407 US babies were named Scout in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.
How do you pronounce Scout?
Scout is usually pronounced SKOWT.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.