Boy Scouts of America officially changes its name to be gender inclusive

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Boy Scouts of America officially changes its name to be gender inclusive

Scouting America President and CEO Roger Krone said "now would be a good time" for the name change, following the organization's exit of a years-long bankruptcy, in tandem with membership growth.

Greta Cross
USA TODAY
Published 8:01 a.m. ET Feb. 8, 2025 | Updated 2:27 p.m. ET Feb. 8, 2025

Key Points
• For the first time in 115 years, Boy Scouts of America officially changed its name to Scouting America on Saturday.
• The scouting organization began allowing girls to join Cub Scouts in 2018 and Boy Scouts in 2019.
• Girls were first involved with the organization in 1969, with the advent of Exploring, a co-ed, career-readying program.

Boy Scouts of America, as it has been known for 115 years, is now officially Scouting America. The name change went into effect on Saturday.

The organization announced the name change last spring, almost exactly one year after emerging from a three-year bankruptcy tied to the largest child sex abuse case involving a national organization in U.S. history.

The name change coincides with the organization's aim to be more inclusive − a little more than five years after girls were permitted to join Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts in 2018 and 2019, respectively.

The Boy Scouts program, open to girls and boys ages 11-17, dropped "Boy" from its name in 2018, resulting in Scouts BSA. The most recent name change serves as a rebrand for the national umbrella organization, which has not been done since the organization's founding in 1910.

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