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Re: Any surprises in the 2024 rankings? (USA)
I feel like the rise of the name 'Scottie' makes sense. Anecdotally, there are a lot of Gen Xers and millennials (and likely Gen Z as well) named Scott and maybe they're looking for a feminine form of Scott as an honouring name and came up with 'Scottie'? Maybe they want to honour Scottish heritage? Also there's a character nicknamed "Scotty" in Star Trek as well? I don't really know how influential that last one is but yeah, just my thoughts.

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That's my guess as well re: Scottie. I bet there are lots of grandpas and dads named Scott out there now, and with people having just one or two kids...