Scout
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Scout
Chosen for their daughter by Bruce and Demi (inspired by the To Kill a Mockingbirdcharacter), and for her son by Tai Babilonia, an interesting choice for either sex, with overtones of a "good scout" and the upstanding qualities of a Boy/Girl Scout.
Scout for boys#1400 US
About a third of the babies named Scout in the US each year are boys.
Scout for girls#997 US
Scout, a character nickname from To Kill a Mockingbird (her real name was Jean Louise), became a real-life possibility when Bruce Willis and Demi Moore used it for their now-grown middle daughter, followed by Tom Berenger a few years later.
It was picked by skater Tai Babilonia for her son and Kerri Walsh for her daughter Scout Margery. A unisex choice that is growing in popularity for both genders—but given to girls about four times more often than to boys.
It makes a virtuous, upstanding choice for a girl—a good scout. Scout entered the US Top 1000 for the first time in 2018.
Pronounced SKOUT.
As of October 2026, Scout ranked #1400 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1101 in 2022.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,340 | 56 | #1,177 | 209 |
| 2015 | #2,103 | 67 | #1,105 | 235 |
| 2016 | #1,825 | 83 | #1,099 | 234 |
| 2017 | #1,913 | 76 | #1,015 | 256 |
| 2018 | #1,852 | 82 | #965 | 274 |
| 2019 | #1,866 | 81 | #1,044 | 246 |
| 2020 | #1,823 | 82 | #872 | 309 |
| 2021 | #1,500 | 119 | #830 | 333 |
| 2022 | #1,101 | 195 | #695 | 423 |
| 2023 | #1,339 | 142 | #822 | 336 |
| 2024 | #1,486 | 122 | #927 | 285 |
| 2025 | #1,400 | 131 | #997 | 254 |
World rankings
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Famous Scouts
- Scout TaylorGirl
Compton (born Desariee Starr Compton), American actress
- Emma Louise "Scout" NiblettGirl
American singer,songwriter
- Scout LaRue Willis (b. 1991)Girl
daughter of actors Bruce Willis and Demi Moore
- Scout Riley Berenger (b. 1998)Girl
daughter of actor Tom Berenger
- Scout Elizabeth Crook (b. 2007)Girl
daughter of actor Mackenzie Crook
- Scout Margery Jennings (b. 2013)Girl
daughter of beach volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings
- Scout Edie Stewart (b. 2012)Girl
daughter of actors James Stewart and Jessica Marais
- (Florence) Scout Rosie HeapGirl
Lebor (b. 2014), daughter of singer Imogen Heap
- Bowden SainteGirl
Claire "Scout" Ponder (b. 2015), daughter of NFL player Christian Ponder and sports reporter Samantha Ponder
- Scout Una Denyer (b. 2015)Girl
daughter of TV presenter Grant Denyer
- Sawyer Scout Pileggi (b. 1998)Girl
daughter of actor Mitch Pileggi
- Natalia Scout Lee Stafford (b. 2009)Girl
daughter of actress Michelle Stafford
- Scout Hannah Fisher (b. 2018)Girl
daughter of YouTuber Ellen Fisher
Scout in pop culture
- ScoutBoy
German Shepherd in Piet Prins' children's series
- ScoutBoy
LeapFrog's mascot
- Jean Louise "Scout" FinchGirl
narrator of Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
- Jodie "Scout" AllenGirl
character on British TV series "Waterloo Road"
- Scout ThomasGirl
character on TV series "Romantically Challenged"
Variations & nicknames
- ScouttGirl