A Breakdown of Unisex Names in Scotland 2021

 

Scotland's 2021 data had a new feature in its release this year: a breakdown of names which were the first forenames of at least 50 boys and at least 50 girls births registered in Scotland between 1974 and 2021.

 

Below is the raw data released by NRScotland:

Names	Girls	Boys	Total	%Girls	%Boys
Alex	935	1,776	2,711	34.5%	65.5%
Ali	51	612	663	7.7%	92.3%
Ally	80	117	197	40.6%	59.4%
Ashley	5,769	266	6,035	95.6%	4.4%
Ashton	96	637	733	13.1%	86.9%
Avery	91	55	146	62.3%	37.7%
Bailey	320	908	1,228	26.1%	73.9%
Baillie	99	123	222	44.6%	55.4%
Beau	164	150	314	52.2%	47.8%
Blair	179	3,865	4,044	4.4%	95.6%
Blake	206	1,505	1,711	12.0%	88.0%
Brodie	330	2,754	3,084	10.7%	89.3%
Brogan	657	187	844	77.8%	22.2%
Brooklyn	302	188	490	61.6%	38.4%
Cameron	171	12,877	13,048	1.3%	98.7%
Casey	930	290	1,220	76.2%	23.8%
Charley	792	59	851	93.1%	6.9%
Charlie	762	5,104	5,866	13.0%	87.0%
Christie	504	51	555	90.8%	9.2%
Christy	312	62	374	83.4%	16.6%
Codi	85	50	135	63.0%	37.0%
Codie	104	51	155	67.1%	32.9%
Cody	203	1,201	1,404	14.5%	85.5%
Corrie	207	180	387	53.5%	46.5%
Dale	57	1,869	1,926	3.0%	97.0%
Dara	85	82	167	50.9%	49.1%
Daryl	68	954	1,022	6.7%	93.3%
Devon	211	137	348	60.6%	39.4%
Drew	110	897	1,007	10.9%	89.1%
Eden	756	159	915	82.6%	17.4%
Ellis	885	950	1,835	48.2%	51.8%
Frankie	285	575	860	33.1%	66.9%
Harley	535	655	1,190	45.0%	55.0%
Harper	1,323	73	1,396	94.8%	5.2%
Hayden	123	925	1,048	11.7%	88.3%
Jackie	123	79	202	60.9%	39.1%
Jaime	289	105	394	73.4%	26.6%
Jaimie	124	104	228	54.4%	45.6%
Jamie	811	16,858	17,669	4.6%	95.4%
Jan	300	353	653	45.9%	54.1%
Jay	195	3,324	3,519	5.5%	94.5%
Jayden	58	2,161	2,219	2.6%	97.4%
Jody	300	109	409	73.3%	26.7%
Jordan	723	7,954	8,677	8.3%	91.7%
Jude	65	1,740	1,805	3.6%	96.4%
Kenzie	310	700	1,010	30.7%	69.3%
Laurie	518	237	755	68.6%	31.4%
Lee	1490	7198	8,688	17.2%	82.8%
Leigh	1928	297	2,225	86.7%	13.3%
Leslie	64	290	354	18.1%	81.9%
Levi	123	582	705	17.4%	82.6%
Lindsay	2806	243	3,049	92.0%	8.0%
Logan	93	6785	6,878	1.4%	98.6%
Mackenzie	260	594	854	30.4%	69.6%
Marley	312	199	511	61.1%	38.9%
Mckenzie	108	253	361	29.9%	70.1%
Morgan	2809	725	3,534	79.5%	20.5%
Niki	59	56	115	51.3%	48.7%
Nikki	1134	131	1,265	89.6%	10.4%
Phoenix	55	140	195	28.2%	71.8%
Quinn	450	318	768	58.6%	41.4%
Reagan	109	145	254	42.9%	57.1%
Reese	99	59	158	62.7%	37.3%
Regan	189	252	441	42.9%	57.1%
Remy	71	83	154	46.1%	53.9%
Riley	281	2624	2,905	9.7%	90.3%
Rio	76	423	499	15.2%	84.8%
River	154	119	273	56.4%	43.6%
Robin	149	1350	1,499	9.9%	90.1%
Rowan	1133	696	1,829	61.9%	38.1%
Rylee	68	57	125	54.4%	45.6%
Rylie	50	70	120	41.7%	58.3%
Sam	64	4017	4,081	1.6%	98.4%
Sammy	52	56	108	48.1%	51.9%
Stevie	191	119	310	61.6%	38.4%
Taylor	2239	1914	4,153	53.9%	46.1%
Tyler	248	2748	2,996	8.3%	91.7%
Wai	64	87	151	42.4%	57.6%

 

Broken down simply into boy vs girl, the data above looks as follows:

Now let's compare that to how these names break down in England and Wales. It isn't a direct comparison, as we only have complete data in E&W from 1996. Names underlined are ones that are in a different section to Scotland.