Roll on half a century and we land in Scotland in 1950.
The most popular letter for boys' names within the Top 100 was A, with 16 names, including four spellings of Alistair. The most popular letter for girls was J, with 15 names — eight beginning with Jan- or Jean-.
According to the GRO, in 1950 53.3% of all boys, and 36.3% of girls, had a Top 10 name — a notable reduction compared to 1900.
| Scottish Boys' Names 1950 |
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Scottish Girls' Names 1950 |
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| John |
| James |
| William |
| Robert |
| David |
| Thomas |
| Alexander |
| George |
| Ian |
| Brian |
| Andrew |
| Michael |
| Alan |
| Peter |
| Charles |
| Ronald |
| Gordon |
| Kenneth |
| Douglas |
| Joseph |
| Donald |
| Edward |
| Colin |
| Hugh |
| Allan |
| Richard |
| Francis |
| Patrick |
| Raymond |
| Derek |
| Alistair |
| Henry |
| Daniel |
| Norman |
| Neil |
| Iain |
| Graham |
| Duncan |
| Stewart |
| Archibald |
| Stuart |
| Eric |
| Malcolm |
| Anthony |
| Philip |
| Stephen |
| Alastair |
| Angus |
| Samuel |
| Christopher |
| Walter |
| Dennis |
| Arthur |
| Leslie |
| Roderick |
| Martin |
| Gerald |
| Frank |
| Matthew |
| Frederick |
| Paul |
| Keith |
| Terence |
| Bruce |
| Bernard |
| Albert |
| Gerard |
| Denis |
| Harry |
| Adam |
| Stanley |
| Jack |
| Graeme |
| Roy |
| Gavin |
| Lawrence |
| Robin |
| Alfred |
| Ernest |
| Leonard |
| Gilbert |
| Fraser |
| Maurice |
| Laurence |
| Victor |
| Alasdair |
| Bryan |
| Hamish |
| Cameron |
| Nigel |
| Geoffrey |
| Kevin |
| Russell |
| Alister |
| Harold |
| Nicholas |
| Adrian |
| Desmond |
| Roger |
| Owen |
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| Margaret |
| Elizabeth |
| Mary |
| Catherine |
| Anne |
| Linda |
| Helen |
| Patricia |
| Irene |
| Agnes |
| Kathleen |
| Jean |
| Ann |
| Maureen |
| Janet |
| Sandra |
| Sheila |
| Christine |
| Jane |
| Marion |
| Moira |
| Isabella |
| Joan |
| June |
| Frances |
| Christina |
| Barbara |
| Jennifer |
| Annie |
| Carol |
| Dorothy |
| Susan |
| Eileen |
| Sarah |
| Joyce |
| Evelyn |
| Rosemary |
| Janice |
| Janette |
| Alison |
| Isobel |
| Jacqueline |
| Jessie |
| Eleanor |
| Fiona |
| Morag |
| Brenda |
| Heather |
| Marilyn |
| Pamela |
| Norma |
| Caroline |
| Alexandra |
| Alice |
| Ellen |
| Valerie |
| Lorna |
| Elaine |
| Grace |
| Jeanette |
| Doreen |
| Rose |
| Sheena |
| Marie |
| Hazel |
| Wilma |
| Georgina |
| Lesley |
| Isabel |
| Lynda |
| Yvonne |
| Aileen |
| Josephine |
| Sylvia |
| Ruth |
| Phyllis |
| Williamina |
| Jeanie |
| Shirley |
| Lorraine |
| Marjory |
| Maria |
| Veronica |
| Angela |
| Edith |
| Annette |
| Pauline |
| Anna |
| Avril |
| Marlene |
| Katherine |
| Audrey |
| Gillian |
| Janis |
| Martha |
| Muriel |
| Theresa |
| Marjorie |
| Carole |
| Bridget |
| Violet |
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Statistics supplied by the General Register Office for Scotland.
