According to the National Records of Scotland, the #1 names in 2020 in Scotland were Jack (#1 since 2008), and Isla, which debuted in the top spot for the first time.
In Scotland in 2020, there were 4,347 different first names given to girls and 3,375 different first names given to boys which are based on the birth registrations of 22,387 girls and 23,968 boys. This is a record number of individual first names, as the charts below from the National Records of Scotland show (click to enlarge):
New or re-entries to the top 100 were: Joey, Finley, Teddy, Myles, Frankie, Robbie, Brodie; Mollie, Eden, Quinn, Alba, Maeve, Nina, Ayda, Indie, Piper, Rosa, Autumn, Arabella, Faith and Rebecca.
The top 100 names in Scotland in 2020:
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| Jack |
| Noah |
| James |
| Leo |
| Oliver |
| Harris |
| Rory |
| Alexander |
| Finlay |
| Archie |
| Lucas |
| Charlie |
| Alfie |
| Theo |
| Lewis |
| Finn |
| Brodie |
| Thomas |
| Mason |
| Jacob |
| Logan |
| Max |
| Freddie |
| Harry |
| Adam |
| Ollie |
| Tommy |
| Daniel |
| Joshua |
| Oscar |
| Muhammad |
| Arthur |
| Roman |
| Liam |
| Harrison |
| Jude |
| William |
| Ethan |
| Hunter |
| Callum |
| Luke |
| Blake |
| Luca |
| Arlo |
| Aaron |
| Jamie |
| Angus |
| Cameron |
| Caleb |
| Theodore |
| Jaxon |
| Arran |
| Carter |
| George |
| Reuben |
| Sonny |
| Matthew |
| Kai |
| Ryan |
| Fraser |
| Hamish |
| Nathan |
| Isaac |
| Cole |
| Michael |
| Benjamin |
| Grayson |
| Riley |
| Connor |
| Louie |
| Joseph |
| Cooper |
| Ruaridh |
| Leon |
| Louis |
| Owen |
| Andrew |
| David |
| Murray |
| Jackson |
| Robert |
| Samuel |
| Innes |
| Cody |
| Joey |
| Blair |
| Dylan |
| Finley |
| Teddy |
| Ellis |
| Ruairidh |
| Myles |
| John |
| Frankie |
| Ben |
| Robbie |
| Callan |
| Brody |
| Elliot |
| Elijah |
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| Isla |
| Olivia |
| Emily |
| Freya |
| Ava |
| Sophie |
| Ella |
| Grace |
| Amelia |
| Lily |
| Sophia |
| Charlotte |
| Evie |
| Millie |
| Maisie |
| Rosie |
| Mia |
| Jessica |
| Aria |
| Ellie |
| Harper |
| Hannah |
| Lucy |
| Eilidh |
| Sofia |
| Ruby |
| Ivy |
| Willow |
| Layla |
| Orla |
| Erin |
| Maya |
| Georgia |
| Bonnie |
| Chloe |
| Mila |
| Poppy |
| Daisy |
| Isabella |
| Hallie |
| Anna |
| Eva |
| Ayla |
| Emma |
| Emilia |
| Robyn |
| Ada |
| Holly |
| Molly |
| Amber |
| Sienna |
| Elsie |
| Alice |
| Gracie |
| Rose |
| Skye |
| Niamh |
| Esme |
| Zoe |
| Violet |
| Luna |
| Zara |
| Iona |
| Summer |
| Thea |
| Lexi |
| Callie |
| Cora |
| Abigail |
| Bella |
| Lilly |
| Lottie |
| Mollie |
| Imogen |
| Katie |
| Eden |
| Myla |
| Remi |
| Scarlett |
| Harley |
| Hope |
| Mirren |
| Phoebe |
| Lucie |
| Quinn |
| Alba |
| Elizabeth |
| Maeve |
| Nina |
| Aurora |
| Ayda |
| Indie |
| Piper |
| Florence |
| Rosa |
| Aila |
| Eve |
| Abbie |
| Autumn |
| Arabella |
| Faith |
| Hollie |
| Matilda |
| Rebecca |
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Scotland also releases the top second (middle) names in their data release.
The breakdown the number of names babies in 2020 received was as follows:
The list of the top 20 second names is below:
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| James |
| John |
| William |
| Alexander |
| David |
| Robert |
| Thomas |
| George |
| Andrew |
| Michael |
| Joseph |
| Peter |
| Ian |
| Scott |
| Paul |
| Patrick |
| Alan |
| Christopher |
| Stephen |
| Jack |
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| 1,042 |
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| Rose |
| Elizabeth |
| Grace |
| Margaret |
| Anne |
| Jane |
| Louise |
| Ann |
| May |
| Catherine |
| Mary |
| Jean |
| Mae |
| Isabella |
| Marie |
| Helen |
| Maria |
| Alice |
| Sarah |
| Lily |
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The statistics on this page are supplied by the National Records of Scotland.
These tables were coded and formatted by me.
