British Baby Names

The Changing Tide of Unisex Names in Scotland 2022

 

Last year, Scotland's 2021 data had a new feature in its release: 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. This year, NRScotland has gone a step further, breaking down this data into five-year blocks, meaning we can when and if unisex names have swung between genders. 

Below is a breakdown of the data provided by NRScotland for 2022. The numbers given are the percentage given to boys compared with the percentage of girls. I have coloured each block the ubiquitous blue/pink for easy scanning for gender breakdown.

Names	1975-79	1980-84	1985-89	1990-94	1995-99	2000-04	2005-09	2010-14	2015-19	2020-22
Alex	96:4	98:2	78:22	63:37	52:48	51:49	59:41	75:25	81:19	83:17
Ali	100:0	94:6	100:0	93:7	87:13	92:8	88:12	92:8	94:6	97:3
Ally	50:50	100:0	100:0	82:18	39:61	43:57	67:33	69:31	67:33	39:61
Ashley	6:94	6:94	3:97	3:97	7:93	6:94	8:92	10:90	22:78	7:93
Ashton	100:0	100:0	8:92	21:79	17:83	64:36	92:8	97:3	99:1	96:4
Avery	—	—	—	—	100:0	67:33	—	33:67	34:66	38:62
Bailey	—	—	—	—	80:20	79:21	76:24	71:29	70:30	56:44
Baillie	—	—	0:100	100:0	74:26	70:30	56:44	36:64	36:64	75:25
Beau	—	100:0	100:0	100:0	100:0	42:58	51:49	33:67	41:59	74:26
Blair	100:0	99:1	97:3	97:3	98:2	99:1	99:1	95:5	88:12	78:22
Blake	—	100:0	100:0	97:3	97:3	100:0	100:0	94:6	84:16	79:21
Brodie	88:13	67:33	77:23	63:37	70:30	73:27	79:21	95:5	97:3	100:0
Brogan	—	100:0	0:100	8:92	11:89	22:78	32:68	40:60	45:55	64:36
Brooklyn	—	—	0:100	0:100	0:100	48:52	53:47	33:67	39:61	40:60
Cameron	100:0	100:0	100:0	100:0	99:1	98:2	98:2	98:2	99:1	98:2
Casey	42:58	23:77	28:72	16:84	17:83	13:87	15:85	26:74	43:57	59:41
Charley	100:0	0:100	0:100	8:92	6:94	4:96	8:92	7:93	10:90	0:100
Charlie	100:0	50:50	59:41	60:40	71:29	63:37	85:15	92:8	94:6	96:4
Christie	54:46	27:73	11:89	9:91	3:97	3:97	19:81	18:82	23:77	25:75
Christy	25:75	0:100	4:96	24:76	13:87	8:92	31:69	25:75	63:38	100:0
Codi	—	—	—	0:100	14:86	8:92	24:76	62:38	74:26	88:13
Codie	—	—	100:0	20:80	5:95	13:88	30:70	61:39	77:23	80:20
Cody	50:50	100:0	100:0	34:66	29:71	52:48	84:16	97:3	99:1	99:1
Corrie	17:83	30:70	21:79	39:61	55:45	48:52	54:46	54:46	78:22	75:25
Dale	91:9	93:7	97:3	99:1	99:1	100:0	96:4	100:0	100:0	100:0
Dara	0:100	0:100	0:100	20:80	17:83	39:61	40:60	72:28	59:41	83:17
Daryl	92:8	98:2	95:5	90:10	90:10	95:5	99:1	94:6	94:6	100:0
Devon	—	0:100	50:50	15:85	20:80	28:72	56:44	52:48	44:56	67:33
Drew	100:0	100:0	99:1	100:0	90:10	79:21	83:17	87:13	82:18	64:36
Eden	75:25	100:0	43:57	19:81	17:83	19:81	13:87	12:88	21:79	15:85
Ellis	88:13	33:67	50:50	24:76	32:68	35:65	49:51	62:38	66:34	78:22
Frankie	100:0	86:14	77:23	73:27	54:46	88:13	62:38	64:36	68:32	67:33
Harley	—	—	50:50	44:56	39:61	46:54	79:21	68:32	47:53	27:73
Harper	—	—	—	—	50:50	100:0	54:46	16:84	2:98	2:98
Hayden	100:0	100:0	100:0	100:0	100:0	97:3	87:13	81:19	89:11	90:10
Jackie	26:74	27:73	33:67	41:59	38:63	77:23	89:11	100:0	0:100	100:0
Jaime	22:78	45:55	42:58	32:68	32:68	27:73	15:85	24:76	8:92	17:83
Jaimie	77:23	52:48	47:53	47:53	56:44	23:77	22:78	27:73	20:80	0:100
Jamie	96:4	98:2	94:6	95:5	93:7	95:5	96:4	98:2	97:3	94:6
Jan	18:82	14:86	26:74	27:73	61:39	70:30	98:2	100:0	100:0	100:0
Jay	73:27	80:20	55:45	81:19	92:8	97:3	99:1	100:0	100:0	100:0
Jayden	—	—	—	67:33	55:45	82:18	97:3	99:1	99:1	99:1
Jody	36:64	33:67	22:78	10:90	8:92	21:79	29:71	46:54	50:50	—
Jordan	97:3	98:2	93:7	90:10	93:7	88:12	92:8	98:2	100:0	99:1
Jude	100:0	100:0	100:0	100:0	43:57	88:12	96:4	97:3	99:1	99:1
Kenzie	—	50:50	0:100	0:100	9:91	24:76	76:24	79:21	63:37	70:30
Laurie	33:67	33:67	27:73	32:68	26:74	20:80	32:68	37:63	49:51	71:29
Lee	56:44	73:27	91:9	95:5	97:3	99:1	98:2	99:1	97:3	100:0
Leigh	9:91	18:82	19:81	17:83	10:90	3:97	6:94	12:88	36:64	20:80
Leslie	83:17	78:22	85:15	77:23	85:15	100:0	100:0	75:25	100:0	—
Levi	100:0	100:0	55:45	53:47	55:45	64:36	79:21	93:7	96:4	98:2
Lindsay	14:86	6:94	4:96	5:95	6:94	5:95	19:81	38:63	0:100	0:100
Logan	100:0	100:0	91:9	94:6	96:4	96:4	99:1	99:1	100:0	100:0
Mackenzie	—	0:100	—	89:11	69:31	70:30	72:28	77:23	47:53	53:48
Marley	—	0:100	40:60	50:50	16:84	55:45	52:48	39:61	31:69	38:62
Mckenzie	—	—	100:0	—	83:17	44:56	74:26	79:21	63:37	46:54
Morgan	100:0	70:30	34:66	17:83	21:79	17:83	17:83	26:74	28:72	23:77
Niki	71:29	57:43	56:44	22:78	25:75	50:50	25:75	25:75	50:50	100:0
Nikki	31:69	22:78	10:90	6:94	2:98	2:98	3:97	6:94	0:100	—
Phoenix	—	—	—	—	67:33	44:56	59:41	72:28	76:24	79:21
Quinn	—	—	100:0	67:33	71:29	91:9	78:22	42:58	38:62	27:73
Reagan	33:67	33:67	33:67	14:86	46:54	67:33	59:41	72:28	56:44	56:44
Reese	—	—	—	100:0	54:46	36:64	35:65	52:48	8:92	10:90
Regan	0:100	0:100	0:100	0:100	72:28	47:53	57:43	67:33	78:22	95:5
Remi	100:0	—	100:0	25:75	0:100	25:75	18:82	50:50	9:91	11:89
Remy	0:100	—	0:100	33:67	30:70	0:100	75:25	55:45	54:46	65:35
Riley	50:50	—	40:60	75:25	80:20	84:16	92:8	97:3	86:14	65:35
Rio	—	0:100	100:0	15:85	27:73	58:42	88:12	96:4	91:9	93:7
River	—	—	—	—	100:0	67:33	62:38	47:53	44:56	40:60
Robin	98:2	97:3	96:4	93:7	85:15	86:14	87:13	76:24	79:21	71:29
Rowan	27:73	24:76	29:71	29:71	36:64	33:67	35:65	38:62	44:56	54:46
Rylee	—	—	—	—	—	60:40	63:38	54:46	28:72	26:74
Rylie	—	—	—	—	0:100	100:0	74:26	71:29	37:63	23:77
Sam	100:0	97:3	98:2	98:2	98:2	98:2	98:2	100:0	100:0	99:1
Sammy	100:0	—	38:62	33:67	43:57	50:50	57:43	82:18	90:10	100:0
Stevie	75:25	73:27	50:50	39:61	23:77	46:54	38:62	41:59	26:74	14:86
Sunny	—	—	50:50	33:67	100:0	50:50	55:45	47:53	46:54	48:52
Taylor	100:0	100:0	59:41	46:54	38:62	44:56	52:48	50:50	49:51	53:47
Tyler	100:0	100:0	78:22	69:31	68:32	84:16	92:8	98:2	99:1	98:2
Wai	52:48	62:38	58:42	82:18	38:62	33:67	100:0	50:50	—	—

There are some interesting swings in gender. Brooklyn was completely feminine until presumably the birth of Brooklyn Beckham encouraged parents from 2000 to use the name for boys also. Dara was a feminine Eastern European import for girls but then switched male as Gaelic Darragh / Dara was reclaimed.
And even though there were more girls than boys named Quinn from 1974-2022, the breakdown above shows how it was very much masculine for a long time until recently. 

 

The infographics I compiled last year are worth another look as these are based on percentages for the whole period of 1974-2021 and give an overview of which gender each name fell into overall. 

There is also the comparison 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.

Most Popular Names by Mothers' Age 2022 - Scotland

For the second year in a row, the National Records of Scotland have released detailed charts in their dataset of the most popular names according to the age of the mother.

As Scotland has a much smaller population size than England, when the name data is split four ways, we see some fascinating gems. Of note this year, is Dawson, Miller, Rio, Sylvie, Billie, Wynter and Mara

 

Below are top 100 tables provided by the NRS for boys' and girls' names in 2022. I have added the overall ranks in the first column for comparison and highlighted any names that are outside of the official combined top 100 but that appear in the individual rank for mothers' age. I have also added their overall rank in brackets for comparison.

Overall Rankings		Mothers' age in years
		Aged under 25		Aged 25 to 29		Aged 30 to 34		Aged 35 and over
Rank	Name	Rank	Name	Rank	Name	Rank	Name	Rank	Name
1	Noah	1	Noah	1	Noah	1	Jack	1	Noah
2	Jack	2	Leo	2	Jack	2	Rory	2	Jack
3	Leo	3	Luca	3	Luca	3	Leo	3	Harris
4	Harris	4	Mason	4	Archie	4	Lewis	4	James
5	Luca	5	Theo	5	Oliver	5	Harris	5	Lewis
6	Oliver	6	Alfie	6	Leo	6	Noah	6	Alexander
7	Rory	6	Lucas	7	Alfie	7	Finlay	7	Finlay
8	Archie	8	Archie	8	Harris	8	Oliver	7	Leo
9=	Theo	9	Brodie	8	Rory	9	Alexander	9	Charlie
9=	Alfie	10	Hudson	8	Theo	10	Archie	10	Rory
9=	James	10	Hunter	11	Tommy	11	Finn	11	Finn
12=	Finlay	10	Oliver	12	Charlie	11	Luca	12	Brodie
12=	Lewis	13	Tommy	13	Alexander	13	Alfie	13	Oliver
14	Alexander	14	Arlo	14	Brodie	14	James	14	Daniel
15	Charlie	15	Blake	14	James	15	Theo	14	Theo
16	Brodie	16	Grayson	16	Logan	16	Lucas	14	Thomas
17	Lucas	16	James	16	Mason	17	Charlie	17	Logan
18	Finn	16	Jaxon	18	Lucas	18	Cameron	18	Alfie
19	Logan	19	Carter	19	Finlay	19	Brodie	19	Luca
20	Thomas	19	Roman	20	Freddie	19	Max	20	Cameron
21	Mason	21	Kai	21	Lewis	21	Thomas	21	Max
22	Oscar	22	Charlie	22	Muhammad	22	Freddie	22	Oscar
23=	Muhammad	22	Jacob	23	Ollie	22	Logan	23	Archie
23=	Max	22	Logan	24	Arthur	24	Jude	24	Benjamin
25	Tommy	22	Thomas	25	Finn	25	Oscar	24	Muhammad
26	Freddie	26	Harris	25	Harry	26	Muhammad	26	Adam
27	Jacob	27	Oscar	25	Oscar	27	Harry	26	Jude
28	Cameron	28	Jack	28	Hunter	27	Jacob	28	Nathan
29	Jude	28	Reuben	28	Kai	29	Daniel	29	Angus
30	Arthur	30	Calvin	28	Max	30	Liam	30	Aaron
31	Daniel	31	Finlay	28	Thomas	31	Ollie	30	Theodore
32	Kai	31	Riley	32	Arlo	32	Arthur	32	Arthur
33	Harry	33	Carson	32	Blake	32	Kai	32	Callum
34	Blake	33	Harrison	34	Jacob	34	William	32	Jacob
35	Ollie	33	Layton	35	Grayson	35	Caleb	32	Jamie
36=	Hunter	33	Muhammad	36	Harrison	36	Roman	36	Arran
36=	Roman	33	Myles	36	Jude	37	Adam	36	Harrison
36=	Harrison	38	Arthur	38	Hudson	38	Tommy	36	Lucas
39	Adam	38	Caleb	39	Ruaridh	39	Blake	39	George
40	William	38	Ethan	40	Reuben	40	Callum	39	Joshua
41	Arlo	38	Rory	40	Roman	40	Mason	39	Liam
42	Caleb	42	Finn	40	Theodore	40	Matthew	39	Struan
43	Reuben	43	Alexander	43	Caleb	43	Arran	43	Ethan
44=	Ethan	43	Freddie	43	Carter	43	Harrison	44	Freddie
44=	Liam	43	Oakley	43	Sonny	43	Ruaridh	44	Harry
46	George	43	Sonny	43	William	43	Sonny	46	Matthew
47	Sonny	43	William	47	Angus	47	Aaron	46	William
48	Nathan	48	Adam	47	Ethan	47	Nathan	48	Ben
49=	Theodore	48	Brody	49	Cole	49	Benjamin	48	Dylan
49=	Angus	48	Cole	49	George	49	George	48	Innes
49=	Jamie	48	Isaac	49	Isaac	51	Angus	51	Caleb
52	Matthew	48	Jayden	52	Brody	52	Reuben	51	Joseph
53	Hudson	48	Jude	52	Cameron	53	Callan	51	Lachlan
54	Jaxon	48	Ollie	52	Cody	53	Louie	51	Luke
55=	Ruaridh	48	Ryan	52	Jax	55	Hunter	51	Mason
55=	Grayson	56	Cody	52	Matthew	55	Jamie	56	Blake
55=	Aaron	56	Daniel	57	Frankie	55	Struan	56	Lochlan
58=	Benjamin	56	David	57	Jamie	58	Ethan	56	Reuben
58=	Arran	56	Louie	57	Jaxon	59	Albie	59	Hamish
58=	Callum	56	Rio	57	Leon	59	Fraser	59	Jaxon
61	Carter	61	Jax	57	Nathan	59	Hamish	59	Ollie
62	Isaac	61	Levi	57	Riley	59	Joseph	59	Ruaridh
63=	Joshua	63	Elijah	63	Adam	59	Louis	59	Samuel
63=	Louie	63	Finley	63	Louie	59	Myles	64	Connor
65	Myles	63	Jamie	63	Ronan	65	Blair	64	Michael
66=	Teddy	63	Joshua	63	Teddy	65	Cody	64	Robert
66=	Luke	63	Ronan	67	Callan	65	Cooper	64	Sebastian
66=	Callan	68	George	68	Andrew	65	Teddy	68	Arlo
69=	Cody	68	Harry	68	Blair	65	Theodore	68	Callan
69=	Brody	68	Hayden	68	Robert	70	Arlo	68	Fraser
71	Leon	68	Leon	71	Albie	70	Connor	68	Isaac
72	Cole	68	Luke	71	Arran	70	Luke	68	Kai
73=	Struan	68	Marcus	71	Carson	73	Leon	68	Murray
73=	David	74	Andrew	71	Daniel	74	David	68	Owen
75=	Albie	74	Jackson	71	Myles	74	Jackson	68	Robin
75=	Blair	74	Lewis	76	Ezra	76	Parker	68	Roman
77=	Andrew	74	Parker	76	Joshua	77	Elijah	68	Sonny
77=	Michael	74	Theodore	76	Lochlan	77	Ellis	68	Teddy
79	Riley	74	Tyler	76	Michael	77	Isaac	79	Andrew
80	Connor	80	Alex	76	Robbie	77	Lachlan	79	Calum
81=	Lochlan	80	Brayden	81	Aaron	81	Aidan	79	Louis
81=	Robert	80	Colby	81	David	81	Brody	79	Tommy
81=	Louis	80	Jaxson	81	Fergus	81	Elliot	83	David
81=	Dylan	80	Leighton	81	Finley	81	Henry	83	Ryan
85=	Hamish	80	Reggie	81	Levi	81	Joshua	85	Brody
85=	Jackson	80	Robert	81	Liam	81	Michael	85	Fergus
85=	Lachlan	80	Ruben	81	Luke	81	Murray	85	Gabriel
88	Joseph	80	Teddy	81	Owen	81	Rowan	85	Leon
89	Jax	89	Albie	81	Rio	89	Dylan	85	Zachary
90	Owen	89	Ashton	90	Callum	89	Innes	90	Cole
91=	Carson	89	Blair	90	Jackson	91	Andrew	90	Evan
91=	Samuel	89	Cruz	90	Parker	91	Cole	90	Henry
93	Innes	89	Dawson	90	Tyler	91	Hudson	90	Patrick
94=	Elijah	89	Dylan	94	Aidan	91	Jaxon	90	Riley
94=	Fraser	89	John	94	Benjamin	91	Samuel	95	Austin
94=	Cooper	89	Jordan	94	Cooper	91	Zac	95	Christopher
94=	Fergus	89	Kaiden	94	Jayden	97	Fergus	95	Cillian
98=	Parker	89	Kaleb	98	Elijah	97	Grayson	95	Hunter
98=	Henry	89	Liam	98	Ellis	97	Hugo	99	Albie
100=	Murray	89	Michael	98	Lennox	97	Lochlan	99	Blair
100=	Frankie	89	Miller	98	Mohammad	97	Sebastian	99	Edward
100=	Ellis	89	Mohammed	98	Michael	97	Zachary	99	Ellis
100=	Finley	89	Paul	98	Murray			99	Flynn
		89	Ruairidh	98	Riley			99	Jackson
								99	John
								99	Rowan
								99	Ruairidh

 

Overall Rankings		Mothers' age in years
		Aged under 25		Aged 25 to 29		Aged 30 to 34		Aged 35 and over
Rank	Name	Rank	Name	Rank	Name	Rank	Name	Rank	Name
1	Olivia	1	Millie	1	Freya	1	Isla	1	Sophie
2	Isla	2	Aria	2	Millie	2	Freya	2	Isla
3	Freya	3	Ava	3	Olivia	3	Emily	3	Emily
4	Millie	4	Olivia	4	Lily	3	Olivia	4	Olivia
5	Emily	5	Harper	5	Ella	3	Sophie	5	Charlotte
6	Amelia	6	Amelia	6	Grace	6	Charlotte	6	Grace
7=	Grace	7	Freya	6	Isla	6	Millie	7	Freya
7=	Sophie	8	Isla	8	Amelia	8	Amelia	8	Jessica
9=	Ella	9	Ella	9	Sophia	9	Ava	9	Ava
9=	Ava	9	Mia	10	Emily	10	Grace	9	Eilidh
11	Lily	11	Grace	11	Harper	11	Ivy	11	Ella
12	Charlotte	12	Lily	12	Ava	12	Ella	12	Amelia
13	Sophia	13	Ivy	13	Charlotte	13	Lily	13	Lucy
14	Aria	13	Layla	13	Mia	14	Orla	14	Anna
15=	Harper	15	Maisie	13	Rosie	15	Sophia	15	Lily
15=	Ivy	15	Sophia	16	Hallie	16	Evie	16	Hannah
17	Evie	17	Maya	17	Aria	17	Rosie	17	Mia
18	Lucy	18	Nova	17	Ellie	18	Lucy	17	Robyn
19	Mia	18	Sofia	17	Sophie	19	Sofia	19	Sophia
20	Rosie	20	Willow	20	Evie	20	Eilidh	20	Evie
21	Sofia	21	Bonnie	20	Lucy	21	Aria	20	Rosie
22	Eilidh	21	Evie	20	Maisie	22	Ruby	22	Daisy
23	Orla	23	Aurora	20	Sofia	23	Daisy	22	Maisie
24	Maisie	23	Ellie	24	Daisy	24	Esme	22	Sienna
25=	Daisy	23	Gracie	24	Ivy	24	Harper	25	Eva
25=	Willow	26	Ayla	26	Willow	24	Sienna	25	Rose
27	Jessica	26	Charlotte	27	Isabella	27	Anna	27	Emma
28	Ruby	26	Esme	28	Elsie	27	Bonnie	27	Orla
29	Ellie	26	Harlow	28	Maya	27	Willow	27	Ruby
30=	Anna	30	Emily	30	Georgia	30	Poppy	30	Aria
30=	Bonnie	30	Myla	30	Maeve	31	Maisie	30	Erin
32	Elsie	32	Bella	32	Bonnie	32	Emma	30	Ivy
33	Esme	33	Lilah	32	Eilidh	33	Ellie	33	Ayla
34=	Maya	33	Lottie	34	Orla	33	Hannah	33	Harper
34=	Sienna	33	Ruby	35	Jessica	35	Elsie	35	Skye
36	Mila	33	Sienna	35	Mila	35	Jessica	36	Chloe
37	Robyn	37	Elsie	35	Ruby	35	Mia	36	Elsie
38	Isabella	37	Mila	38	Skye	35	Robyn	36	Holly
39=	Georgia	39	Daisy	39	Lyla	39	Chloe	36	Mila
39=	Hannah	39	Lilly	40	Eva	39	Maya	36	Willow
41	Poppy	39	Riley	40	Poppy	41	Holly	41	Georgia
42	Eva	39	Scarlett	40	Violet	42	Ada	41	Millie
43	Ayla	39	Zara	43	Ayla	42	Alice	41	Sofia
44	Layla	44	Arabella	43	Callie	44	Callie	44	Emilia
45=	Skye	44	Delilah	43	Lottie	44	Rose	44	Esme
45=	Callie	44	Isabella	43	Luna	46	Mila	44	Iona
47	Hallie	44	Lillie	47	Ada	47	Eva	44	Isabella
48	Holly	44	Orla	47	Esme	47	Georgia	44	Violet
49	Maeve	44	Remi	47	Layla	47	Hallie	49	Callie
50	Emma	44	Rosie	50	Emilia	50	Cora	50	Ada
51	Zara	51	Aaliyah	50	Holly	50	Erin	50	Iris
52	Ada	51	Hallie	50	Molly	52	Isabella	50	Zoe
53	Violet	51	Maddison	50	Zara	52	Skye	53	Ellie
54	Chloe	51	Sophie	54	Anna	52	Thea	53	Zara
55	Erin	55	Alyssa	54	Robyn	55	Layla	55	Poppy
56=	Rose	55	Callie	56	Nova	56	Maeve	56	Bonnie
56=	Emilia	55	Everleigh	57	Remi	56	Molly	56	Cora
58	Gracie	55	Hope	58	Gracie	56	Phoebe	58	Alice
59	Alice	55	Maeve	58	Harlow	56	Zara	58	Julia
60	Luna	55	Poppy	58	Maeva	60	Emilia	58	Luna
61	Lottie	61	Amber	58	Myla	60	Niamh	58	Matilda
62=	Nova	61	Darcie	58	Quinn	62	Nina	58	Niamh
62=	Molly	61	Harley	63	Bella	63	Amber	58	Phoebe
64	Thea	61	River	64	Aurora	63	Mirren	64	Mara
65	Phoebe	61	Skylar	64	Lillie	63	Summer	64	Summer
66	Summer	61	Violet	64	Thea	66	Gracie	66	Elizabeth
67=	Remi	67	Amara	67	Arabella	67	Ayla	66	Maeve
67=	Cora	67	Lucy	67	Erin	67	Remi	68	Abigail
69=	Harlow	67	Luna	67	Sienna	67	Violet	68	Annie
69=	Bella	67	Macie	70	Autumn	70	Georgie	68	Florence
71=	Zoe	67	Oakley	70	Billie	70	Sadie	68	Imogen
71=	Aurora	67	Talia	70	Darcie	72	Evelyn	72	Amber
71=	Lyla	73	Alice	70	Elena	72	Matilda	72	Maya
74	Scarlett	73	Ayda	70	Lara	72	Rowan	72	Rowan
75	Myla	73	Eden	70	Penelope	75	Abigail	72	Scarlett
76=	Amber	73	Georgia	70	Summer	75	Alba	76	Alexandra
76=	Niamh	73	Hailey	77	Annie	75	Elizabeth	76	Eve
78	Hope	73	Jessica	77	Evelyn	75	Florence	76	Fiadh
79	Florence	73	Leah	77	Florence	75	Katie	76	Hope
80=	Annie	73	Lucia	77	Hannah	75	Paige	76	Leah
80=	Nina	73	Macey	77	Heidi	75	Zoe	76	Molly
80=	Evelyn	73	Madison	77	Indie	82	Annie	82	Alba
83=	Arabella	73	Marnie	77	Lilly	82	Aoife	82	Amelie
83=	Abigail	73	Mylah	77	Scarlett	82	Luna	82	Evelyn
83=	Quinn	73	Savannah	77	Zoe	82	Lyla	82	Faith
83=	Penelope	73	Tilly	86	Abigail	82	Penelope	82	Georgie
87=	Matilda	73	Wynter	86	Chloe	87	Bella	82	Gracie
87=	Mirren	88	Addison	86	Phoebe	87	Eleanor	82	Harriet
87=	Alba	88	Alaia	86	Piper	87	Hope	82	Isobel
90=	Maeva	88	Brooke	86	River	87	Imogen	82	Layla
90=	Eden	88	Esmae	91	Alba	87	Lottie	82	Mollie
92=	Elizabeth	88	Eva	91	Alice	87	Maeva	82	Nina
92=	Georgie	88	Gabriella	91	Eden	87	Quinn	82	Penelope
92=	Lilly	88	Gianna	91	Halle	87	Tilly	82	Sylvie
95=	Imogen	88	Hannah	91	Hollie	95	Connie	95	Aila
95=	Rowan	88	Ivy-Rose	91	Lilah	95	Eden	95	Clara
97=	Darcie	88	Maeva	91	Mabel	95	Hollie	95	Eden
97=	Lara	88	Nevaeh	91	Miley	95	Lara	95	Libby
99=	Iona	88	Piper	91	Mirren	95	Lucia	95	Margot
99=	Sadie	88	Robyn	91	Penny	100	Ayda	95	Rosa
		88	Skye			100	Harlow	95	Sarah
		88	Summer			100	Iona	95	Thea
		88	Thea			100	Mollie
						100	Nova

 

The statistics on this page are supplied by the National Records of Scotland.
These tables were coded and formatted by me. Header image used Freepik stock.

Top 100 Most Popular Names in Scotland 2022

 

According to the National Records of Scotland, the  #1 names in 2020 in Scotland was Noah (knocking Jack off his 14-year run), and Olivia, for the second consecutive year, and has held the top spot in six of the previous seven years. 

Nova, Maeva, Annie and Nina were the highest risers for girls and Teddy, Parker, Hudson and Theodore were the highest for boys.

New or re-entries to the top 100 were: Teddy, Andrew, Parker, Henry, Frankie, Ellis; Nova, Annie, Nina, Evelyn, Matilda, Maeva, Elizabeth and Darcie.

 

The top 100 names in Scotland in 2022:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9= 9= 9= 12= 12= 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23= 23= 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36= 36= 36= 39 40 41 42 43 44= 44= 46 47 48 49= 49= 49= 52 53 54 55= 55= 55= 58= 58= 58= 61 62 63= 63= 65 66= 66= 66= 69= 69= 71 72 73= 73= 75= 75= 77= 77= 79 80 81= 81= 81= 81= 85= 85= 85= 88 89 90 91= 91= 93 94= 94= 94= 94= 98= 98= 100= 100= 100= 100=

Noah Jack Leo Harris Luca Oliver Rory Archie Theo Alfie James Finlay Lewis Alexander Charlie Brodie Lucas Finn Logan Thomas Mason Oscar Muhammad Max Tommy Freddie Jacob Cameron Jude Arthur Daniel Kai Harry Blake Ollie Hunter Roman Harrison Adam William Arlo Caleb Reuben Ethan Liam George Sonny Nathan Theodore Angus Jamie Matthew Hudson Jaxon Ruaridh Grayson Aaron Benjamin Arran Callum Carter Isaac Joshua Louie Myles Teddy Luke Callan Cody Brody Leon Cole Struan David Albie Blair Andrew Michael Riley Connor Lochlan Robert Louis Dylan Hamish Jackson Lachlan Joseph Jax Owen Carson Samuel Innes Elijah Fraser Cooper Fergus Parker Henry Murray Frankie Ellis Finley

1 -1 0 1 20 -2 2 7 5 3 -1 -6 -5 -4 -2 -5 -1 0 3 -1 -4 5 20 -2 11 -6 -3 4 -1 12 7 16 -10 -9 1 12 -5 4 -5 -11 6 -12 3 -6 0 6 19 11 29 12 -5 0 30 -21 23 -7 -4 6 -4 -2 -3 0 -28 -3 -8 35 -25 4 28 24 10 -6 22 13 6 -5 24 -15 17 -16 16 10 -7 2 -31 -15 -10 -12 8 -12 -25 2 -2 -28 -24 -17 -8 33 6 -14 8 4 -3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7= 7= 9= 9= 11 12 13 14 15= 15= 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25= 25= 27 28 29 30= 30= 32 33 34= 34= 36 37 38 39= 39= 41 42 43 44 45= 45= 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56= 56= 58 59 60 61 62= 62= 64 65 66 67= 67= 69= 69= 71= 71= 71= 74 75 76= 76= 78 79 80= 80= 80= 83= 83= 83= 83= 87= 87= 87= 90= 90= 92= 92= 92= 95= 95= 97= 97= 99= 99=

Olivia Isla Freya Millie Emily Amelia Grace Sophie Ella Ava Lily Charlotte Sophia Aria Harper Ivy Evie Lucy Mia Rosie Sofia Eilidh Orla Maisie Daisy Willow Jessica Ruby Ellie Anna Bonnie Elsie Esme Maya Sienna Mila Robyn Isabella Georgia Hannah Poppy Eva Ayla Layla Skye Callie Hallie Holly Maeve Emma Zara Ada Violet Chloe Erin Rose Emilia Gracie Alice Luna Lottie Nova Molly Thea Phoebe Summer Remi Cora Harlow Bella Zoe Aurora Lyla Scarlett Myla Amber Niamh Hope Florence Annie Nina Evelyn Arabella Abigail Quinn Penelope Matilda Mirren Alba Maeva Eden Elizabeth Georgie Lilly Imogen Rowan Darcie Lara Iona Sadie

0 1 1 6 -3 0 2 1 -4 -2 0 1 -1 1 10 6 -1 0 -1 -6 8 -2 -2 -7 4 1 -3 4 -8 13 9 26 9 -8 2 -5 12 -6 -11 -5 -2 -1 0 4 -10 1 -9 5 23 -1 -4 18 39 -3 -12 14 0 -2 -5 7 -3 73 -25 -3 -3 -1 11 -3 17 -6 -20 16 3 16 1 -21 -16 -9 2 55 46 25 13 -10 -7 -2 34 -8 6 59 0 20 -8 4 -28 -2 12 -1 -33 1

Scotland also releases the top second (middle) names in their data release.

The list of the top 20 second names is below:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 16 17 18 19 20

James John William Alexander David Robert Thomas Andrew George Michael Joseph Scott Peter Alan Jack Paul Ian Stephen Patrick Daniel

1,556 988 703 662 636 533 453 416 393 320 219 203 197 176 164 159 155 153 147 143

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Rose Elizabeth Grace Margaret Jane Anne Catherine Louise Mary May Ann Jean Marie Mae Maria Isabella Lily Helen Olivia Anna

952 699 480 392 288 280 266 260 242 224 216 190 176 164 148 134 124 118 95 93

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These tables were coded and formatted by me.

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.

Most Popular Names by Mothers' Age 2021 - Scotland

For the second year in a row, the National Records of Scotland have released detailed charts in their dataset of the most popular names according to the age of the mother.

As Scotland has a much smaller population size than England, when the name data is split four ways, we see some fascinating gems. Notably, several names on my watch list for England and Wales, already rank in at least one of these top 100 lists such as Alaia, Callie, Indie, Maeva and Nova for girls and Axel for boys. 

Of note this year, is how mums under 25 are opting for names far closer in-line with their contemporaries in England and Wales, while the mums over 30 have higher usage of distinctly "Scottish" names (Hamish, Fraser. Innes, Eilidh. Skye and Iona) and the nature/androgynous trend for girls such as Robyn, Rowan, Quinn and Blake -- a trend far more popular in Scotland generally than elsewhere in the UK. Also more frequently used by older mums are short, rooted-in-history vowel heavy names ending in -a for girls. Thea, Flora, Alba, Cora and Rosa all feature higher in the 35 and over and 30-34 lists. 

 

Below are top 100 tables provided by the NRS for boys' and girls' names in 2021. I have added the overall ranks in the first column for comparison and highlighted any names that are outside of the official combined top 100 but that appear in the individual rank for mothers' age. I have also added their overall rank in brackets for comparison.

Overall Rankings		Mothers' age in years
		Aged under 25		Aged 25 to 29		Aged 30 to 34		Aged 35 and over
Rank	Name	Rank	Name	Rank	Name	Rank	Name	Rank	Name
1	Jack	1	Noah	1	Jack	1	Jack	1	Jack
2	Noah	2	Mason	2	Noah	2	Lewis	2	Alexander
3	Leo	3	Leo	3	Leo	3	Harris	3	James
4	Oliver	4	Jaxon	4	Oliver	4	Oliver	4	Harris
5	Harris	5	Tommy	5	Finlay	5	Noah	5	Lewis
6	Finlay	6	Oliver	6	Lucas	6	Finlay	6	Noah
7	Lewis	7	Blake	7	Rory	7	Rory	7	Archie
8	James	7	Hunter	8	Archie	8	Brodie	7	Finlay
9	Rory	9	Lucas	8	Charlie	9	Alfie	9	Leo
10	Alexander	10	Grayson	8	Harris	10	James	10	Rory
11	Brodie	11	Carter	8	Theo	11	Max	11	Finn
12	Alfie	11	Theo	12	Brodie	12	Leo	12	Oliver
13	Charlie	13	Alfie	13	Freddie	13	Finn	13	Brodie
14	Theo	14	Arlo	14	James	14	Alexander	14	Charlie
15	Archie	15	Kai	15	Alfie	15	Charlie	14	Luca
16	Lucas	16	Roman	15	Thomas	16	Harry	16	Cameron
17	Mason	17	Brodie	17	Alexander	17	Freddie	17	Theo
18	Finn	17	Carson	18	Jacob	18	Jacob	17	Thomas
19	Thomas	17	Luca	19	Lewis	18	Theo	19	Jude
20	Freddie	20	Logan	19	Mason	20	Logan	19	William
21	Max	21	Thomas	21	Ollie	21	Archie	21	Harry
22	Logan	22	Alexander	21	Roman	21	Cameron	21	Logan
23	Harry	22	Hudson	23	Blake	21	Thomas	23	Joshua
24	Jacob	22	Myles	23	Logan	24	Oscar	23	Lucas
25=	Luca	25	Harris	25	Finn	25	Lucas	25	Alfie
25=	Blake	25	Harrison	25	Tommy	26	Adam	25	Ethan
27	Oscar	27	Caleb	27	Jude	26	Jude	27	Adam
28	Jude	28	Charlie	27	Oscar	28	William	27	Hamish
29	William	28	Jack	29	Max	29	Joshua	29	Freddie
30	Caleb	28	James	30	Caleb	30	Liam	29	Max
31	Roman	31	Archie	30	Harry	31	Muhammad	31	Daniel
32	Cameron	31	Elijah	32	Luca	32	Luke	31	Matthew
33	Jaxon	31	Jacob	33	Arthur	33	Blake	33	Jamie
34	Adam	31	Oscar	34	Muhammad	33	Daniel	34	Michael
35	Joshua	35	Jackson	35	Louie	35	Caleb	34	Samuel
36=	Ollie	36	Freddie	36	Arlo	35	George	36	Jacob
36=	Tommy	36	Harry	36	Jaxon	35	Mason	37	Fraser
38=	Daniel	36	Jamie	36	Reuben	38	Arran	37	Luke
38=	Ethan	36	Levi	36	William	39	Arthur	39	Aaron
40	Harrison	36	Ollie	40	Hunter	39	Jamie	39	Innes
41	Luke	41	Cole	41	Albie	41	Harrison	39	Mason
42	Arthur	41	Rory	42	Ethan	41	Reuben	42	Benjamin
43	Muhammad	43	Ethan	43	Harrison	43	Luca	42	Fergus
44=	Liam	43	Isaac	43	Liam	43	Ollie	42	Harrison
44=	Jamie	43	Marcus	45	Grayson	45	Hamish	42	Louis
46	Reuben	43	Max	45	Jackson	46	Ethan	42	Nathan
47	Arlo	43	Riley	45	Sonny	47	Aaron	42	Owen
48=	Grayson	48	Arthur	48	Carson	47	Benjamin	48	Callum
48=	Kai	48	Daniel	48	Kai	47	Callum	48	Oscar
48=	Hunter	48	Finlay	48	Luke	47	Roman	50	Arran
51	Aaron	48	Jax	48	Myles	51	Matthew	51	Blair
52=	Matthew	48	Jayden	48	Robbie	51	Struan	51	Caleb
52=	George	48	Kayden	53	Cooper	53	Lachlan	51	Theodore
54=	Hamish	48	Leon	53	Nathan	54	Angus	54	Connor
54=	Arran	55	George	55	Arran	54	Blair	55	Angus
56	Callum	55	Layton	55	Daniel	54	Joseph	55	Arthur
57	Myles	55	Luke	57	Adam	57	Callan	55	Liam
58	Carter	55	Reuben	57	Angus	57	Dylan	58	Blake
59	Nathan	59	Kaiden	57	Callan	57	Murray	58	Euan
60	Louie	59	Liam	57	Carter	57	Ruaridh	58	Gabriel
61	Angus	59	Louie	57	John	61	Jaxon	58	Lachlan
62=	Michael	59	Oakley	57	Joshua	61	Nathan	62	Reuben
62=	Isaac	63	Aaron	63	Aaron	63	Connor	62	Roman
64=	Connor	63	Bradley	64	Elijah	63	Kai	62	Ryan
64=	Benjamin	63	Callum	64	Jamie	63	Louis	65	Jaxon
66=	Carson	63	Cody	66	Brody	63	Michael	65	Joseph
66=	Elijah	63	David	66	Callum	67	Albie	65	Ollie
66=	Sonny	63	Finn	66	Connor	67	Ben	68	Arlo
66=	Cole	63	John	66	Ezra	67	Brody	68	Ben
70=	Callan	63	Muhammad	66	Isaac	67	Finley	68	Cole
70=	Blair	63	Sonny	66	Theodore	67	Fraser	68	Cooper
70=	Fraser	63	William	72	Cole	67	Henry	68	Dylan
70=	Jackson	73	Joseph	72	David	67	Isaac	68	Felix
74	Louis	73	Lewis	72	George	67	Jackson	68	Isaac
75	Lachlan	73	Ryan	72	Ronan	67	Teddy	68	Struan
76	Joseph	76	Adam	76	Leon	67	Tommy	76	Callan
77	Cooper	76	Calvin	76	Lochlan	77	Sonny	76	Evan
78=	Theodore	76	Cameron	76	Matthew	78	Cole	76	George
78=	Ruaridh	76	Eli	76	Owen	78	David	76	Muhammad
78=	Owen	76	Jordan	76	Parker	78	Elijah	76	Ruaridh
81=	Albie	76	Joshua	81	Blair	81	Frankie	81	Carter
81=	Leon	76	Lachlan	81	Fraser	81	Grayson	81	Flynn
83=	Hudson	76	Reggie	81	Joey	81	Myles	81	Leon
83=	Robbie	76	Robbie	81	Robert	84	Andrew	84	Lochlan
83=	Dylan	76	Robert	85	Cody	84	Arlo	84	Louie
86=	Fergus	76	Zack	85	Finley	84	Cody	84	Murray
86=	David	76	Zak	85	Jax	84	Robert	87	Aidan
86=	Murray	88	Abel	85	Zack	84	Ryan	87	Aiden
86=	John	88	Brody	89	Ellis	89	Jax	87	John
90	Ryan	88	Connor	89	Harvey	89	Louie	87	Kai
91=	Robert	88	Cooper	89	Louis	91	Fergus	87	Magnus
91=	Innes	88	Dylan	89	Ruaridh	91	Innes	87	Sonny
93=	Samuel	88	Ezra	93	Cameron	91	Robbie	93	Calum
93=	Brody	88	Finley	93	Cillian	91	Samuel	93	Elijah
95	Struan	88	Jaxson	93	Fergus	95	Aidan	93	Ellis
96	Riley	88	Ruben	93	Hudson	95	Hudson	93	Myles
97=	Jax	97	Alex	93	Lyle	95	Owen	93	Robert
97=	Cody	97	Andrew	98	Andrew	95	Riley	93	Ruairidh
97=	Finley	97	Axel	98	Benjamin	95	Zachary	99	Anthony
97=	Lochlan	97	Cayden	98	Calvin	100	Cooper	99	Hugo
		97	Chester	98	Hamish	100	Ellis	99	Ronan
		97	Colton	98	Michael	100	Hunter
		97	Elliott	98	Murray	100	Leon
		97	Hayden	98	Riley	100	Rowan
		97	Issac
		97	Jude
		97	Kylian
		97	Leighton
		97	Lochlan
		97	Lyle
		97	Matthew
		97	Michael
		97	Miller
		97	Ronnie
		97	Shay
		97	Stephen
		97	Teddy
		97	Zachary

 

Overall Rankings		Mothers' age in years
		Aged under 25		Aged 25 to 29		Aged 30 to 34		Aged 35 and over
Rank	Name	Rank	Name	Rank	Name	Rank	Name	Rank	Name
1	Olivia	1	Olivia	1	Olivia	1	Emily	1	Emily
2	Emily	2	Ella	2	Millie	2	Isla	2	Isla
3	Isla	3	Amelia	3	Ella	3	Olivia	3	Olivia
4	Freya	4	Ava	4	Rosie	4	Freya	4	Sophie
5	Ella	5	Freya	5	Amelia	5	Amelia	5	Grace
6	Amelia	6	Harper	6	Ava	6	Sophie	6	Charlotte
7	Ava	7	Millie	6	Freya	7	Grace	7	Freya
8	Sophie	8	Sophia	6	Sophie	8	Ella	8	Ava
9	Grace	9	Aria	9	Isla	8	Sophia	9	Eilidh
10	Millie	10	Isla	9	Lily	10	Lucy	10	Amelia
11	Lily	11	Mia	11	Grace	11	Evie	10	Hannah
12	Sophia	12	Grace	12	Emily	11	Lily	12	Evie
13	Charlotte	12	Ivy	13	Aria	13	Eilidh	13	Ella
14	Rosie	14	Harlow	13	Mia	14	Charlotte	14	Lucy
15	Aria	15	Evie	15	Ellie	15	Ava	15	Erin
16	Evie	15	Lily	16	Maisie	16	Rosie	15	Jessica
17	Maisie	15	Maya	17	Mila	17	Jessica	15	Rosie
18=	Lucy	18	Lyla	18	Charlotte	17	Millie	15	Sophia
18=	Mia	18	Myla	19	Orla	19	Ivy	19	Lily
20	Eilidh	20	Mila	20	Ivy	19	Orla	20	Maisie
21=	Orla	20	Sofia	21	Harper	21	Maisie	21	Aria
21=	Ivy	22	Ellie	21	Sophia	22	Aria	21	Skye
21=	Ellie	22	Orla	23	Hallie	23	Ellie	21	Zoe
24	Jessica	22	Willow	24	Maya	24	Daisy	24	Emma
25	Harper	22	Zara	25	Ayla	24	Georgia	24	Isabella
26=	Maya	26	Bonnie	25	Sofia	24	Hannah	26	Mia
26=	Willow	26	Charlotte	25	Willow	27	Ruby	26	Willow
28	Georgia	26	Esme	28	Bonnie	27	Sienna	28	Georgia
29=	Daisy	29	Callie	29	Daisy	29	Isabella	28	Iona
29=	Sofia	30	Aaliyah	29	Lucy	30	Sofia	28	Maya
31	Mila	30	Daisy	31	Jessica	31	Anna	28	Orla
32=	Isabella	30	Layla	32	Evie	31	Hallie	28	Sienna
32=	Ruby	30	Maisie	33	Georgia	31	Mia	33	Anna
34	Hannah	30	Skye	33	Molly	34	Robyn	34	Molly
35	Skye	35	Emily	35	Ruby	35	Molly	35	Chloe
36	Sienna	35	Lilly	36	Lottie	36	Skye	35	Ellie
37	Molly	37	Arabella	37	Eilidh	36	Willow	35	Eva
38	Hallie	37	Hallie	37	Gracie	38	Poppy	35	Millie
39=	Bonnie	37	Poppy	37	Poppy	39	Emma	39	Esme
39=	Poppy	37	Rosie	40	Callie	39	Erin	39	Ruby
41	Eva	41	Bella	40	Sienna	39	Harper	41	Alice
42	Esme	41	Summer	42	Eva	42	Eva	41	Ivy
43=	Erin	43	Aurora	42	Isabella	42	Holly	43	Flora
43=	Anna	43	Maddison	44	Elsie	42	Maya	44	Cora
43=	Ayla	43	Ruby	45	Anna	45	Ayla	44	Zara
46	Callie	46	Amber	46	Esme	45	Chloe	46	Emilia
47	Zara	46	Eva	46	Skye	47	Callie	46	Niamh
48	Layla	46	Hope	48	Holly	47	Mila	48	Poppy
49=	Emma	46	Isabella	49	Erin	47	Niamh	48	Robyn
49=	Robyn	46	Jessica	49	Layla	50	Cora	50	Abigail
51=	Chloe	46	Luna	51	Alice	50	Rose	50	Bonnie
51=	Zoe	52	Ayla	51	Phoebe	52	Alice	52	Amber
53	Holly	52	Darcie	53	Chloe	52	Layla	52	Harper
54	Alice	52	Georgia	53	Luna	52	Zoe	52	Rebecca
55	Amber	52	Gracie	53	Robyn	55	Amber	52	Thea
56=	Emilia	52	Lillie	56	Amber	55	Emilia	56	Daisy
56=	Gracie	52	Maeve	56	Georgie	55	Esme	56	Mirren
58=	Lottie	52	River	56	Indie	55	Thea	58	Layla
58=	Elsie	59	Lexi	56	Lillie	59	Zara	58	Phoebe
60	Niamh	59	Remi	60	Aurora	60	Ada	60	Alba
61	Thea	61	Brooke	60	Imogen	60	Bonnie	60	Imogen
62	Phoebe	61	Elsie	60	Remi	60	Phoebe	60	Maeve
63	Bella	61	Lottie	60	Summer	63	Bella	63	Holly
64	Cora	61	Mya	64	Emilia	63	Summer	63	Katie
65	Summer	61	Nova	64	Lexi	65	Imogen	63	Scarlett
66	Iona	61	Sophie	64	Myla	65	Penelope	63	Sofia
67=	Imogen	67	Alaia	64	Zara	67	Eden	67	Ailsa
67=	Luna	67	Eilidh	68	Abigail	67	Elsie	67	Ayla
69	Hope	67	Ella-Rose	68	Harlow	67	Gracie	67	Callie
70=	Ada	67	Faith	68	Hollie	67	Katie	67	Elsie
70=	Rose	67	Holly	68	Hope	67	Sadie	67	Luna
72	Maeve	67	Kayla	68	Quinn	72	Flora	67	Rosa
73	Abigail	67	Molly	68	Thea	72	Iona	73	Ada
74=	Lyla	67	Sienna	74	Ada	72	Lottie	73	Aila
74=	Katie	67	Skylar	74	Bella	75	Blake	73	Hope
76=	Quinn	76	Alayah	74	Florence	75	Evelyn	76	Bella
76=	Myla	76	Amelia-Rose	74	Gabriella	75	Florence	76	Elizabeth
78	Remi	76	Brooklyn	74	Heidi	75	Indie	76	Florence
79	Mirren	76	Delilah	74	Maeve	75	Mollie	76	Lara
80	Indie	76	Hannah	74	Orlagh	80	Quinn	76	Lucia
81=	Penelope	76	Lacey	81	Ayda	80	Violet	76	Martha
81=	Hollie	76	Lara	81	Darcie	82	Ailsa	76	Quinn
81=	Florence	76	Lola	81	Hannah	82	Hollie	76	Rose
84=	Flora	76	Lucy	81	Kayla	82	Hope	76	Rowan
84=	Georgie	76	Madison	81	Lyla	82	Mirren	76	Saoirse
86	Harlow	76	Marnie	81	Penelope	86	Abigail	86	Iris
87=	Lexi	76	Mylah	87	Frankie	86	Brooke	86	Maria
87=	Aurora	76	Payton	87	Maeva	88	Aila	86	Mila
89	Heidi	76	Scarlett	87	Niamh	88	Amy	86	Sadie
90=	Eden	76	Thea	87	Riley	88	Annie	90	Annie
90=	Scarlett	76	Zoe	87	River	88	Ayda	90	Heidi
92	Violet	92	Ariah	92	Blake	88	Iris	90	Lottie
93=	Blake	92	Darcey	92	Eden	88	Isobel	90	Lyra
93=	Rowan	92	Eden	92	Elle	88	Lola	90	Nina
93=	Alba	92	Ella-Mae	92	Halle	88	Olive	90	Sarah
96=	Lara	92	Emilia	92	Leah	96	Amelie	96	Abbie
96=	Lilly	92	Emma	92	Mollie	96	Elizabeth	96	Amy
96=	Ayda	92	Esmae	92	Piper	96	Georgie	96	Aoife
96=	Arabella	92	Eve	92	Rowan	96	Julia	96	Clara
100=	Brooke	92	Gracie-Mae	100	Emma	96	Lara	96	Edith
100=	Mollie	92	Halle	100	Jasmine	96	Maeve	96	Faith
100=	Sadie	92	Harley	100	Katie	96	Remi	96	Fiadh
100=	Aila	92	Hayley	100	Penny			96	Georgie
		92	Heidi	100	Rose			96	Gracie
		92	Hollie					96	Hollie
		92	Katie					96	Mara
		92	Lilah					96	Matilda
		92	Lylah					96	Penelope
		92	Macie					96	Remi
		92	Mirren					96	Sara
		92	Piper
		92	Quinn
		92	Violet
		92	Wynter

 

The statistics on this page are supplied by the National Records of Scotland.
These tables were coded and formatted by me. Header image used Freepik stock.

Top 100 Most Popular Names in Scotland 2021

 

According to the National Records of Scotland, the  #1 names in 2020 in Scotland were Jack (#1 since 2008), and Olivia, which moved back to the top spot after dropping to #2 in 2020.

Lyla, Blake and Rowan were the highest risers for girls and Carson, Struan and Myles were the highest for boys.

New or re-entries to the top 100 were: Carson, Elijah, Lachlan, Albie, Hudson, Fergus, Struan, Jax, Lachlan; Lyla, Penelope, Flora, Georgie, Harlow, Heidi, Blake, Rowan, Lara, Brooke and Sadie.

 

The top 100 names in Scotland in 2021:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25= 25= 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36= 36= 38= 38= 40 41 42 43 44= 44= 46 47 48= 48= 48= 51 52= 52= 54= 54= 56 57 58 59 60 61 62= 62= 64= 64= 66= 66= 66= 66= 70= 70= 70= 70= 74 75 76 77 78= 78= 78= 81= 81= 83= 83= 83= 86= 86= 86= 86= 90 91= 91= 93= 93= 95 96 97= 97= 97= 97=

Jack Noah Leo Oliver Harris Finlay Lewis James Rory Alexander Brodie Alfie Charlie Theo Archie Lucas Mason Finn Thomas Freddie Max Logan Harry Jacob Luca Blake Oscar Jude William Caleb Roman Cameron Jaxon Adam Joshua Ollie Tommy Daniel Ethan Harrison Luke Arthur Muhammad Liam Jamie Reuben Arlo Grayson Kai Hunter Aaron Matthew George Hamish Arran Callum Myles Carter Nathan Louie Angus Michael Isaac Connor Benjamin Carson Elijah Sonny Cole Callan Blair Fraser Jackson Louis Lachlan Joseph Cooper Theodore Ruaridh Owen Albie Leon Hudson Robbie Dylan Fergus David Murray John Ryan Robert Innes Samuel Brody Struan Riley Jax Cody Finley Lochlan

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Olivia Emily Isla Freya Ella Amelia Ava Sophie Grace Millie Lily Sophia Charlotte Rosie Aria Evie Maisie Lucy Mia Eilidh Orla Ivy Ellie Jessica Harper Maya Willow Georgia Daisy Sofia Mila Isabella Ruby Hannah Skye Sienna Molly Hallie Bonnie Poppy Eva Esme Erin Anna Ayla Callie Zara Layla Emma Robyn Chloe Zoe Holly Alice Amber Emilia Gracie Lottie Elsie Niamh Thea Phoebe Bella Cora Summer Iona Imogen Luna Hope Ada Rose Maeve Abigail Lyla Katie Quinn Myla Remi Mirren Indie Penelope Hollie Florence Flora Georgie Harlow Lexi Aurora Heidi Eden Scarlett Violet Blake Rowan Alba Lara Lilly Ayda Arabella Brooke Mollie Sadie Aila

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Scotland also releases the top second (middle) names in their data release.

The list of the top 20 second names is below:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 16 17 18 19 20

James John William Alexander David Robert Thomas George Andrew Michael Joseph Peter Paul Ian Scott Jack Patrick Alan Daniel Stephen

1,617 979 792 772 617 555 509 427 390 337 214 195 190 181 181 180 172 167 157 149

1 2 3 4 5 6 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Rose Elizabeth Grace Margaret Anne Jane May Louise Catherine Mary Ann Mae Marie Jean Isabella Helen Lily Maria Alice Rae

918 727 539 403 312 293 293 282 279 245 235 230 193 185 176 141 130 120 105 101

The statistics on this page are supplied by the National Records of Scotland.
These tables were coded and formatted by me.

Most Popular Names by Mothers' Age 2020 - Scotland

 

For the first year ever, the National Records of Scotland have this year released detailed charts in their dataset of the most popular names according to the age of the mother, duplicating the same data that England and Wales released in 2018 and 2019.

According to the NRS: "Jack, the most popular name for boys in 2020, was the 2nd most popular name with mothers aged 35 and above, and only 17th with mothers aged under 25. James was the most popular name for boys with older mothers while Noah was ranked 1st for younger mothers.

Only 2 of the 10 leading boys names (Leo and James) chosen by mothers aged under 25 feature in the top 10 for mothers aged 35 and older. Shortened names, such as Tommy, are more popular with younger mothers with 3 included in the top 10, with older mothers preferring unabbreviated names, such as Alexander.

Isla, the most popular name for girls in 2020, was also the most popular name with mothers aged 35 and over but only ranked 7th with mothers aged under 25. Olivia, the most popular girls name of 2019, however was ranked 1st by younger mothers and 6th by older mothers.

Maeve didn’t make the top 100 for mothers over 35, but was more popular for mothers aged under 25 and aged 25-29. Autumn followed a similar trend. Quinn and Rosa all appear to be rising due to their popularity among older mothers."

Below are top 100 tables provided by the NRS for boys' and girls' names in 2020. I have added the overall ranks in the first column for comparison and highlighted any names that are outside of the official combined top 100 but that appear in the individual rank for mothers' age with their overall rank in brackets for comparison.

Overall Rankings		Mothers' age in years
		Aged under 25		Aged 25 to 29		Aged 30 to 34		Aged 35 and over
Rank	Name	Rank	Name	Rank	Name	Rank	Name	Rank	Name
1	Jack	1	Noah	1	Jack	1	Jack	1	James
2	Noah	2	Mason	2	Oliver	2=	Harris	2	Jack
3	James	3=	Leo	3	Archie	2=	Rory	3	Alexander
4=	Leo	3=	Lucas	3	Charlie	4	James	4=	Finlay
4=	Oliver	5	Tommy	3	Noah	5	Finlay	4=	Finn
6	Harris	6	Oliver	6	Alfie	6	Leo	6	Rory
7	Rory	7	Alfie	7	James	7	Finn	7	Harris
8	Alexander	8	Theo	8	Rory	8	Lewis	8=	Daniel
9	Finlay	9=	Archie	9	Harris	9	Alexander	8=	Leo
10	Archie	9=	James	10=	Leo	10	Oliver	10	Brodie
11	Lucas	11	Hunter	10=	Lewis	11	Noah	11=	Archie
12	Charlie	12	Jacob	12=	Finlay	12	Theo	11=	Noah
13	Alfie	13	Alexander	12=	Thomas	13=	Lucas	11=	Oliver
14	Theo	13	Ollie	14	Freddie	13=	Max	14	Charlie
15	Lewis	15=	Jaxon	15	Alexander	15	Charlie	15	Thomas
16	Finn	15=	Roman	16	Theo	16	Alfie	16	Lucas
17=	Brodie	17=	Jack	17	Mason	17	Archie	17	Lewis
17=	Thomas	17=	Logan	18	Lucas	18	Brodie	18=	Adam
19	Mason	17=	Oscar	19	Ollie	19	Harry	18=	Theo
20	Jacob	20=	Carter	20	Jacob	20=	Logan	20	Callum
21=	Logan	20=	Freddie	21	Brodie	20=	Thomas	21=	Harry
21=	Max	22=	Charlie	22	Logan	22	Jacob	21=	Matthew
23	Freddie	22=	Harris	23=	Max	23=	Adam	23=	Alfie
24	Harry	24	Harrison	23=	Tommy	23=	Joshua	23=	Logan
25=	Adam	25	Brodie	25	Arlo	25	Ethan	23=	Max
25=	Ollie	26	Lewis	26	Roman	26	Freddie	26	William
27=	Tommy	27=	Blake	27	Harry	27=	Mason	27=	Arran
27=	Daniel	27=	Riley	28	Arthur	28	Daniel	27=	Hamish
29	Joshua	29=	Kai	29	Adam	29	Arthur	27=	Joshua
30	Oscar	29=	Thomas	29	Finn	30	Cameron	27=	Jude
31=	Muhammad	31=	Finley	31	Oscar	31=	Angus	31=	Ethan
31=	Arthur	31=	Grayson	32	Harrison	31=	Callum	31=	Muhammad
33	Roman	31=	Theodore	33=	Hunter	31=	Jude	33=	Fraser
34	Liam	34=	Arlo	33=	Luca	31=	Muhammad	33=	Liam
35	Harrison	34=	Cody	33=	Luke	35	Liam	35=	Arthur
36=	Jude	34=	Finlay	33=	Muhammad	36	Ollie	35=	Blake
36=	William	34=	Finn	37=	Caleb	37	Luke	35=	Cameron
36=	Ethan	34=	Reuben	37=	Carter	38=	Harrison	35=	Luke
39	Hunter	39=	Caleb	39=	Blake	38=	William	39	Jacob
40	Callum	39=	Carson (108)	39=	George	40=	Aaron	40	Angus
41	Luke	39=	Elijah	39=	Jude	40=	Jamie	41	Oscar
42	Blake	39=	Kayden (115)	42=	Isaac	40=	Luca	42	Benjamin
43	Luca	43	Michael	42=	Liam	43=	Innes	43=	Ben
44	Arlo	44=	Liam	42=	William	43=	Oscar	43=	Jamie
45	Aaron	44=	Myles	45=	Aaron	45=	Arran	43=	Samuel
46	Jamie	46=	Harry	45=	Cole	45=	Grayson	46	Louis
47	Angus	46=	Hudson (110)	47=	Joshua	45=	Nathan	47=	Aaron
48	Cameron	46=	Lyle (122)	47=	Theodore	45=	Roman	47=	Freddie
49	Caleb	46=	Muhammad	49=	Reuben	49=	Benjamin	47=	Owen
50	Theodore	50=	Jayden (101)	49=	Ryan	49=	Caleb	50=	Kai
51	Jaxon	50=	Layton (162)	51=	Ethan	49=	Hunter	50=	Mason
52	Arran	50=	Luca	51=	Jackson	52=	Fraser	52=	Andrew
53=	Carter	50=	William	53=	Cooper	52=	Joseph	52=	Cooper
53=	George	54=	Cole	53=	Jaxon	52=	Tommy	52=	Harrison
55=	Reuben	54=	Daniel	53=	Sonny	55=	Blair	52=	Henry (101)
55=	Sonny	54=	Rory	56=	Callum	55=	Connor	52=	Luca
55=	Matthew	57=	Jamie	56=	Kai	55=	Louie	52=	Magnus (119)
58	Kai	57=	Jaxson (140)	56=	Louie	58=	Blake	52=	Sebastian (110)
59=	Ryan	57=	Jordan (143)	59=	Angus	58=	Hamish	52=	Sonny
59=	Fraser	57=	Joshua	59=	Arran	58=	Matthew	60=	Dylan
61=	Hamish	57=	Max	59=	Jamie	58=	Robert	60=	Evan (122)
61=	Nathan	62=	Jackson	59=	Ruaridh	58=	Samuel	60=	Innes
63	Isaac	62=	Jax (113)	59=	Teddy	63=	Isaac	60=	Joseph
64	Cole	62=	Leon	64=	Leon	63=	Jaxon	64=	Murray
65=	Michael	62=	Louie	64=	Parker (119)	63=	Ruaridh	64=	Theodore
65=	Benjamin	66=	Andrew	64=	Riley	66=	Aidan (104)	66=	Connor
67=	Grayson	66=	Arthur	67=	Daniel	66=	Ellis	66=	George
67=	Riley	66=	Christopher (115)	67=	Nathan	66=	George	66=	Nathan
69=	Connor	66=	George	67=	Reggie (119)	66=	Murray	66=	Robert
69=	Louie	66=	Sonny	67=	Robbie	66=	Owen	66=	Ryan
69=	Joseph	71=	Aaron	71=	Cody	66=	Sonny	71=	Ellis
72=	Cooper	71=	Adam	71=	David	72=	David	71=	Roman
72=	Ruaridh	71=	Caelan (132)	71=	Elliot	72=	Dylan	73=	Alex (115)
74=	Leon	71=	Ethan	71=	Joey	72=	Ryan	73=	David
74=	Louis	71=	John	71=	John	75=	Arlo	73=	Ruairidh
76=	Owen	71=	Jude	71=	Louis	75=	Joey	76=	Hunter
76=	Andrew	71=	Luke	71=	Michael	75=	Reuben	76=	Leon
78	David	78=	Callum	78=	Connor	78	Theodore	76=	Michael
79	Murray	78=	Elliot	78=	Elijah	79=	Fergus (104)	76=	Ollie
80=	Jackson	78=	Isaac	80=	Callan	79=	Ruairidh	76=	Ruaridh
80=	Robert	78=	Joey	80=	Finley	81=	Andrew	76=	Tommy
80=	Samuel	78=	Ruben (152)	80=	Frankie	81=	Jackson	82=	Cole
83	Innes	78=	Tyler (130)	80=	Jax (113)	81=	Kyle (125)	82=	Ewan (159)
84	Cody	84=	Albie (107)	80=	Lochlan (104)	81=	Lachlan (101)	84=	Arlo
85=	Joey	84=	Brody	80=	Murray	81=	Michael	84=	Caleb
85=	Blair	84=	Calvin (143)	80=	Owen	86=	Callan	84=	Callan
85=	Dylan	84=	Levi (159)	87=	Andrew	86=	Leon	84=	Edward (140)
88=	Finley	84=	Parker (119)	87=	Cameron	86=	Louis	84=	Euan (126)
88=	Teddy	84=	Ronan (126)	87=	Eli (146)	89=	Albie (107)	84=	Felix (156)
88=	Ellis	84=	Ryan	87=	Ezra (149)	89=	Brody	84=	Josh (108)
91	Ruairidh	84=	Teddy	87=	Jayden (101)	89=	Frankie	84=	Lachlan (101)
92=	Myles	92=	Blair	87=	Joseph	89=	Josh (108)	84=	Sam (132)
92=	John	92=	Cameron	87=	Myles	89=	Myles	84=	Struan (132)
94=	Frankie	92=	David	94=	Aiden (110)	94=	Austin	94=	Brody
94=	Ben	92=	Dylan	94=	Carson (108)	94=	Cooper	94=	Christopher (115)
96	Robbie	92=	Ezra (149)	94=	Fraser	94=	Euan (126)	94=	Fergus (104)
97	Callan	92=	Frankie	94=	Hamish	94=	Magnus (119)	94=	Lochlan (104)
98	Brody	92=	Jake (168)	94=	Hudson (110)	94=	Riley	94=	Reuben
99	Elliot	92=	Jay (168)	94=	Kayden (115)	94=	Rowan (122)	99=	Aidan (104)
100	Elijah	92=	Reggie (119)	94=	Matthew	94=	Zac (118)	99=	Aiden  (110)
		92=	Robbie	94=	Ruairidh			99=	Blair
								99=	Elliot
								99=	Frankie
								99=	Patrick (136)
								99=	Robbie

 

Overall Rankings		Mothers' age in years
		Aged under 25		Aged 25 to 29		Aged 30 to 34		Aged 35 and over
Rank	Name	Rank	Name	Rank	Name	Rank	Name	Rank	Name
1	Isla	1	Olivia	1=	Ella	1	Isla	1	Isla
2	Olivia	2	Amelia	1=	Olivia	2	Emily	2	Emily
3	Emily	3	Ava	3	Isla	3	Sophie	3	Sophie
4	Freya	4	Grace	4	Sophie	4	Freya	4	Freya
5	Ava	5=	Aria	5=	Amelia	5	Olivia	5	Ava
6	Sophie	5=	Freya	5=	Grace	6	Ella	6	Olivia
7	Ella	7=	Ella	7	Freya	7	Ava	7	Grace
8	Grace	7=	Isla	8	Emily	8	Amelia	8	Charlotte
9	Amelia	9	Lily	9	Ava	9=	Grace	9=	Lucy
10	Lily	10	Millie	10	Lily	9=	Hannah	9=	Sophia
11	Sophia	11=	Harper	11	Sophia	11	Rosie	11	Maisie
12	Charlotte	11=	Mia	12=	Harper	12	Eilidh	12	Ella
13	Evie	13	Ellie	12=	Millie	13	Maisie	13	Lily
14	Millie	14	Emily	14	Evie	14=	Jessica	14	Erin
15	Maisie	15=	Evie	15	Ivy	14=	Lily	15	Jessica
16	Rosie	15=	Sophia	16=	Mia	16	Charlotte	16	Evie
17	Mia	17	Layla	16=	Rosie	17=	Evie	17	Anna
18	Jessica	18	Sofia	18	Jessica	17=	Sophia	18=	Amelia
19=	Aria	19=	Ruby	19	Layla	19	Millie	18=	Aria
19=	Ellie	19=	Willow	20	Charlotte	20	Chloe	18=	Hannah
21	Harper	21=	Ayla	21	Daisy	21	Mia	18=	Sofia
22	Hannah	21=	Ivy	22	Ellie	22=	Ellie	22=	Eilidh
23	Lucy	21=	Lilly	23	Maisie	22=	Lucy	22=	Willow
24	Eilidh	21=	Maisie	24	Aria	24	Ruby	24	Maya
25	Sofia	25=	Harley	25=	Bonnie	25=	Anna	25	Georgia
26	Ruby	25=	Maya	25=	Sofia	25=	Emma	26=	Ellie
27	Ivy	27=	Hallie	27=	Hallie	27=	Holly	26=	Mia
28	Willow	27=	Mila	27=	Willow	27=	Orla	28=	Iona
29=	Layla	29	Poppy	29=	Hannah	27=	Robyn	28=	Rosie
29=	Orla	30=	Charlotte	29=	Orla	30=	Eva	30	Harper
31=	Erin	30=	Lexi	29=	Ruby	30=	Ivy	31	Chloe
31=	Maya	30=	Rosie	32=	Amber	30=	Sofia	32	Sienna
33	Georgia	33	Jessica	32=	Lucy	33=	Emilia	33=	Emma
34	Bonnie	34	Daisy	32=	Maya	33=	Mila	33=	Ruby
35	Chloe	35=	Bonnie	35	Callie	33=	Molly	35=	Millie
36=	Mila	35=	Gracie	36=	Erin	36=	Aria	35=	Poppy
36=	Poppy	35=	Isabella	36=	Mila	36=	Georgia	35=	Rose
38	Daisy	35=	Orla	38=	Georgia	38=	Erin	38=	Eva
39	Isabella	39	Sophie	38=	Isabella	38=	Harper	38=	Isabella
40	Hallie	40=	Darcie (124)	40=	Ayla	40=	Ada	40	Skye
41=	Anna	40=	Emilia	40=	Poppy	40=	Willow	41=	Orla
41=	Eva	40=	Scarlett	42=	Eilidh	40=	Zoe	41=	Robyn
43	Ayla	43	Esme	42=	Luna	43=	Bonnie	43=	Ada
44	Emma	44=	Gabriella (105)	44=	Elsie	43=	Hallie	43=	Alice
45=	Emilia	44=	Harlow (123)	44=	Summer	43=	Isabella	43=	Elsie
45=	Robyn	44=	Lacey (139)	44=	Thea	43=	Niamh	43=	Gracie
47=	Ada	44=	Myla	47=	Ada	47=	Alice	47=	Cora
47=	Holly	44=	Skye	47=	Myla	47=	Amber	47=	Daisy
47=	Molly	44=	Violet	49=	Eden	47=	Poppy	47=	Imogen
50=	Amber	50=	Arabella	49=	Holly	50	Abigail	47=	Nina
50=	Sienna	50=	Arianna (203)	49=	Lottie	51	Rose	51=	Bonnie
52	Elsie	50=	Aurora	49=	Piper	52	Ayla	51=	Phoebe
53	Alice	50=	Bella	49=	Sienna	53	Cora	51=	Rebecca
54	Gracie	50=	Brooke (127)	49=	Zara	54=	Elsie	51=	Sarah (115)
55=	Rose	50=	Callie	55=	Molly	54=	Esme	55=	Esme
55=	Skye	50=	Eva	56=	Alice	54=	Layla	55=	Molly
57	Niamh	50=	Hope	56=	Bella	54=	Lucie	55=	Rosa
58	Esme	50=	Luna	56=	Chloe	54=	Violet	58=	Aila
59	Zoe	50=	Madison (115)	56=	Eva	59=	Gracie	58=	Bella
60	Violet	50=	Sienna	60=	Emilia	59=	Sienna	58=	Flora (109)
61	Luna	50=	Summer	60=	Mirren	59=	Thea	58=	Zoe
62	Zara	50=	Zara	60=	Niamh	62=	Daisy	62=	Amber
63=	Iona	63=	Billie (131)	60=	Rose	62=	Imogen	62=	Amy (115)
63=	Summer	63=	Elsie	60=	Skye	62=	Katie	62=	Ayla
63=	Thea	63=	Faith	65	Esme	62=	Mollie	62=	Emilia
66	Lexi	63=	Georgia	66=	Gracie	62=	Skye	62=	Ivy
67=	Callie	63=	Lottie	66=	Robyn	67=	Luna	62=	Matilda
67=	Cora	63=	Lucy	66=	Violet	67=	Maya	62=	Mila
69=	Abigail	63=	Mollie	69=	Georgie (109)	67=	Quinn	62=	Niamh
69=	Bella	70=	Amelia-Rose (186)	69=	Lola (105)	70=	Ayda	70=	Alba
69=	Lilly	70=	Maeve	69=	Lyla (130)	70=	Iona	70=	Iris (115)
69=	Lottie	70=	Molly	69=	Maeve	72=	Alba	70=	Katie
73	Mollie	70=	Mylah (209)	69=	Remi	72=	Eleanor (115)	70=	Layla
74	Imogen	70=	Nova (134)	74=	Aurora	72=	Hope	70=	Scarlett
75	Katie	70=	Remi	74=	Emma	72=	Zara	70=	Summer
76=	Eden	70=	River (139)	74=	Harlow (123)	76=	Abbie	70=	Zara
76=	Myla	77=	Ada	74=	Indie	76=	Annie (105)	77=	Eden
76=	Remi	77=	Autumn	74=	Lexi	76=	Elizabeth	77=	Elizabeth
76=	Scarlett	77=	Holly	74=	Zoe	79=	Lexi	77=	Eve
80	Harley	77=	Maddison (170)	80=	Anna	79=	Lottie	77=	Florence
81=	Hope	77=	Niamh	80=	Lilly	79=	Maria (109)	77=	Heidi (109)
81=	Mirren	77=	Skylar (178)	80=	Lucia (134)	79=	Phoebe	77=	Holly
83	Phoebe	83=	Aaliyah (197)	83=	Abigail	79=	Remi	77=	Hope
84=	Lucie	83=	Alice	83=	Ayda	84=	Eliza (115)	77=	Julia (109)
84=	Quinn	83=	Amber	83=	Elena (143)	84=	Florence	77=	Quinn
86=	Alba	83=	Cora	83=	Harley	84=	Maeve	77=	Violet
86=	Elizabeth	83=	Darcey (178)	83=	Katie	84=	Mirren	87=	Abigail
86=	Maeve	83=	Delilah (276)	83=	Mollie	84=	Nina	87=	Lexi
86=	Nina	83=	Eilidh	83=	Naomi (115)	84=	Penelope (109)	87=	Megan (162)
90	Aurora	83=	Emma	83=	Paige (115)	84=	Penny (134)	87=	Mirren
91=	Ayda	83=	Hannah	83=	Riley (124)	91=	Aoife (132)	87=	Riley (124)
91=	Indie	83=	Hollie	92=	Autumn	91=	Clara (143)	92=	Abbie
91=	Piper	83=	Indie	92=	Hollie	91=	Evelyn (124)	92=	Lottie
94	Florence	83=	Kayla (170)	92=	Leah (105)	91=	Flora (109)	92=	Mollie
95	Rosa	83=	Leah (105)	92=	Lucie	91=	Harriet (139)	92=	Naomi (115)
96=	Aila	83=	Lily-Rose (229)	92=	Peyton (178)	91=	Heidi (109)	92=	Remi
96=	Eve	83=	Lola (105)	97=	Arabella	91=	Lilly	92=	Rowan (134)
98=	Abbie	83=	Lucie	97=	Blake (139)	91=	Matilda	98=	Alexandra (147)
98=	Autumn	83=	Lyla (130)	97=	Cali (170)	91=	Rebecca	98=	Ariana (148)
100=	Arabella	83=	Miley (257)	97=	Eliza (115)	91=	Summer	98=	Edith (143)
100=	Faith	83=	Paisley (178)	97=	Evelyn (124)			98=	Eleanor (115)
100=	Hollie	83=	Savannah (132)	97=	Lillie (162)			98=	Eloise (157)
100=	Matilda			97=	Penelope (109)			98=	Faith
100=	Rebecca			97=	Phoebe			98=	Sadie (127)
				97=	Quinn			98=	Thea
				97=	Scarlett

 

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Top 100 Most Popular Names in Scotland 2020

 

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:

1 2 3 4= 4= 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17= 17= 19 20 21= 21= 23 24 25= 25= 27= 27= 29 30 31= 31= 33 34 35 36= 36= 36= 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53= 53= 55= 55= 55= 58 59= 59= 61= 61= 63 64 65= 65= 67= 67= 69= 69= 69= 72= 72= 74= 74= 76= 76= 78 79 80= 80= 80= 83 84 85= 85= 85= 88= 88= 88= 91 92= 92= 94= 94= 96 97 98 99 100

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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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19= 19= 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29= 29= 31= 31= 33 34 35 36= 36= 38 39 40 41= 41= 43 44 45= 45= 47= 47= 47= 50= 50= 52 53 54 55= 55= 57 58 59 60 61 62 63= 63= 63= 66 67= 67= 69= 69= 69= 69= 73 74 75 76= 76= 76= 76= 80 81= 81= 83 84= 84= 86= 86= 86= 86= 90 91= 91= 91= 94 95 96= 96= 98= 98= 100= 100= 100= 100= 100=

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:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

James John William Alexander David Robert Thomas George Andrew Michael Joseph Peter Ian Scott Paul Patrick Alan Christopher Stephen Jack

1,624 1,042 754 698 643 561 487 400 398 314 193 182 172 170 165 159 155 151 147 146

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Rose Elizabeth Grace Margaret Anne Jane Louise Ann May Catherine Mary Jean Mae Isabella Marie Helen Maria Alice Sarah Lily

912 708 532 406 306 304 296 249 246 245 242 212 209 179 176 136 129 107 106 101

The statistics on this page are supplied by the National Records of Scotland.
These tables were coded and formatted by me.

Top 100 Most Popular Names in Scotland 2019

 

 

By Clare Green 

Here are the official figures for the top 100 names in Scotland in 2019. According to the National Records of Scotland, the  #1 names in 2019 were non-mover Jack (#1 since 2008), and Olivia, which has been in the top spot for the fourth year running.

In fact, the top 3 names remained unchanged from 2018 for both boys and girls. There was slightly more movement in the rest of the top 10. On the boys’ side, Charlie and Alfie replaced Logan and Alexander, and for girls, Freya and Charlotte replaced Aria and Jessica.

Compared to the Provisional Top 100 of Scotland 2019, released in December, the rankings are broadly similar. There are a few swaps in position in the top 50, and most of the names between 50-100 — where one or two children can make a difference in ranking — changed position. Ruairidh is now in the top 100, while Frankie and Roman have dropped out. For girls, Hollie rose 7 places in the final rankings once December’s births were added on, showing the effects of seasonal naming. Five extra girl names appear in the final top 100, which is actually a top 106 as there was a seven-way tie for 100th place. These are Clara, Darcy, Penelope, Aila and Lyla.

The new entries or re-entries to the top 100 since 2018 were: Carson, Cody, Ellis, Louie, Ruairidh, Sonny, Theodore, Abbie, Ailsa, Aoife, Elizabeth, Eve, Evelyn, Harley, Lottie, Lucie, Lyla, Mirren, Myla, Nova and Scarlett.

The names that have left the top 100 since 2018 were: Frankie, Jake, Jayden, Josh, Kayden, Lyle, Tyler, Amelie, Kayla, Lena, Nina, Piper, Quinn and Rebecca.

The fastest-rising names in the top 100 were Theodore, Louie, Sonny and Tommy; and Lucie, Mirren and Harley.

The fastest-falling names still in the top 100 were Connor, Aidan, Ben and Callan; and Cara, Lilly and Maria.

 

Top 100 Boys' Names 2019			.	Top 100 Girls' Names 2019
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16= 16= 18 19 20 21= 21= 23 24 25 26 27 28= 28= 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49= 49= 51 52= 52= 54= 54= 56 57 58 59 60 61 62= 62= 62= 65 66= 66= 66= 69 70 71= 71= 73 74= 74= 76 77 78 79= 79= 79= 82 83= 83= 85= 85= 87 88 89 90= 90= 92= 92= 94 95= 95= 97= 97= 99 100	Jack Oliver James Charlie Harris Lewis Leo Noah Alfie Rory Alexander Max Logan Lucas Harry Theo Thomas Brodie Archie Jacob Finlay Finn Daniel Joshua Oscar Arthur Hunter Ethan Mason Harrison Freddie Ollie Adam William Jaxon Aaron Cameron Liam George Jamie Callum Matthew Muhammad Caleb Nathan Tommy Carter Blake Andrew Luke Jude Angus Riley Luca Samuel Joseph David Isaac Ryan Hamish Sonny Arlo Arran Cole Robert Blair Dylan Louie Ruaridh Connor Benjamin Kai Michael Jackson Leon Cooper Louis Theodore Fraser Owen Reuben John Carson Innes Elijah Murray Grayson Aiden Aidan Cody Elliot Ben Henry Sam Alex Ellis Gabriel Jax Callan Ruairidh	449 359 345 306 304 280 278 272 261 258 240 237 235 229 227 218 218 205 204 203 201 201 186 180 175 170 169 168 168 162 157 153 151 147 146 143 140 139 131 129 124 122 121 115 114 113 112 111 110 110 108 104 104 103 103 102 101 100 98 97 96 94 94 94 93 91 91 91 90 89 88 88 87 85 85 84 82 81 80 80 80 79 77 77 74 74 73 69 68 67 67 66 66 64 63 63 61 61 60 59		1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29= 29= 29= 32= 32= 34 35 36 37 38 39 40= 40= 42 43= 43= 45 46 47 48= 48= 48= 51 52 53 54 55 56= 56= 58 59= 59= 61 62= 62= 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74= 74= 76 77 78= 78= 80 81 82= 82= 84 85= 85= 85= 88 89 90 91 92= 92= 92= 92= 96 97= 97= 97= 100= 100= 100= 100= 100= 100= 100=	Olivia Emily Isla Sophie Ella Ava Amelia Grace Freya Charlotte Jessica Lucy Ellie Sophia Aria Lily Harper Mia Rosie Millie Evie Eilidh Ruby Willow Anna Maisie Hannah Eva Chloe Mila Orla Isabella Ivy Emma Georgia Poppy Robyn Daisy Zara Gracie Holly Skye Esme Sofia Erin Hallie Molly Ayla Emilia Layla Katie Sienna Niamh Alice Amber Bonnie Maya Zoe Ada Hollie Bella Luna Thea Rose Abigail Summer Callie Hope Lexi Iona Elsie Leah Scarlett Julia Violet Myla Harley Eve Imogen Elizabeth Cora Florence Georgie Lilly Matilda Mirren Phoebe Rowan Lola Aurora Evelyn Brooke Clara Lucie Sadie Cara Darcy Nova Penelope Abbie Aila Ailsa Aoife Lottie Lyla Maria	394 388 364 308 284 278 275 272 260 243 223 222 219 217 216 203 198 179 178 173 164 162 159 153 146 142 140 137 127 127 127 126 126 125 124 122 118 111 109 104 104 100 99 99 98 97 95 93 93 93 91 90 88 87 86 82 82 79 77 77 76 75 75 74 73 72 71 69 67 66 65 63 62 61 61 60 59 58 58 57 56 54 54 53 52 52 52 51 50 49 48 47 47 47 47 46 45 45 45 44 44 44 44 44 44 44

The statistics on this page are supplied by the National Records of Scotland

 

Clare Green is a fellow British name enthusiast who studies linguistics. She curates the marvellous Name News site and is a regular writer for Nameberry. 

 

Top 100 (Provisional) Most Popular Names in Scotland 2019

Here are the provisional figures for the top 100 names in Scotland in 2019 based on data for births that were registered in the first eleven months (or so) of the year. 

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According to the National Records of Scotland, the  #1 names in 2019 were none mover Jack (#1 since 2008), and Olivia (#1 since 2016).

Carson, Cody, Ellis, Louie, Roman, Sonny, Theodore, Abbie, Ailsa, Aoife, Elizabeth, Eve, Evelyn, Harley, Lottie, Lucie, Mirren, Myla, Nova and Scarlett all entered (or re-entered) the Top 100.

Tommy showed the largest rise within the top 100 for boys. Riley, Arthur, Ruaridh, George, Andrew and Louis were also high climbers within the top 100. 

Gracie showed the largest rise within the top 100 for girls. Violet, Luna, Ayla, Ada and Hallie were also high climbers within the top 100.

Usage of Popular Names

The following tables provided by the NRS show the decline in popularity of "top 10" names and the rise in "unique" names: 

 

The full Top 100

Top 100 Boys' Names 2019  (Provisional)			.	Top 100 Girls' Names 2019 (Provisional)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19= 19= 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28= 28= 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40= 40= 42= 42= 44 45 46 47 48 49= 49= 51= 51= 51= 54= 54= 56= 56= 58= 58= 60 61 62= 62= 64= 64= 66 67= 67= 67= 67= 71 72 73= 73= 73= 76 77 78 79 80 81 82= 82= 84 85= 85= 87 88 89 90= 90= 92= 92= 94= 94= 96 97 98 99 100= 100=	Jack Oliver James Charlie Harris Noah Lewis Leo Rory Alfie Alexander Max Logan Lucas Harry Theo Thomas Brodie Archie Finn Jacob Finlay Daniel Joshua Oscar Arthur Hunter Ethan Mason Harrison Freddie Ollie Adam Aaron William Jaxon Cameron Liam Jamie Callum George Matthew Muhammad Caleb Nathan Carter Blake Tommy Andrew Luke Angus Luca Riley Jude Samuel Cole Sonny Hamish Joseph Ryan Isaac David Louie Arran Blair Dylan Arlo Connor Robert Ruaridh Leon Michael Benjamin Kai Louis Theodore Reuben Cooper Jackson Owen John Fraser Innes Carson Elijah Murray Grayson Elliot Aiden Aidan Sam Ellis Henry Ben Cody Alex Callan Jax Gabriel Frankie Roman	0 0 0 7 3 3 -1 -3 1 6 -4 6 -9 -1 -4 11 -3 7 -2 1 -7 -3 -2 2 4 20 3 -5 -4 7 7 6 -12 -3 -2 0 -9 -4 1 -8 13 -8 2 -3 -3 4 7 41 13 -6 -2 -3 23 -9 2 4 48 0 6 0 6 1 47 -17 9 -16 -11 -17 -13 18 -1 -4 -2 -9 12 54 -8 3 -20 9 -5 -18 3 17 -3 -8 -7 5 8 -19 -11 21 0 -19 18 -11 -15 2 -2 -3 26		1 2 3 4 5 6= 6= 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32= 32= 34= 34= 36 37 38 39= 39= 41= 41= 43 44 45= 45= 47= 47= 49= 49= 51 52 53 54 55 56 57= 57= 59= 59= 61 62= 62= 64= 64= 66= 66= 68 69 70= 70= 72 73= 73= 75= 75= 77= 77= 77= 80 81= 81= 83= 83= 85 86= 86= 86= 89= 89= 89= 92= 92= 92= 92= 96= 96= 98= 98= 98= 98=	Olivia Emily Isla Sophie Ella Amelia Ava Grace Freya Charlotte Ellie Aria Jessica Sophia Lucy Lily Harper Mia Rosie Millie Evie Eilidh Ruby Willow Anna Maisie Hannah Eva Emma Chloe Mila Ivy Orla Georgia Isabella Poppy Robyn Daisy Gracie Zara Holly Skye Esme Hallie Erin Sofia Ayla Molly Emilia Katie Layla Sienna Alice Niamh Amber Maya Ada Zoe Bella Bonnie Thea Luna Summer Callie Rose Abigail Hollie Hope Iona Elsie Leah Lexi Eve Violet Harley Scarlett Elizabeth Julia Myla Georgie Florence Imogen Cora Mirren Rowan Aurora Lucie Matilda Lilly Phoebe Sadie Brooke Evelyn Lola Lottie Ailsa Cara Abbie Aoife Maria Nova	0 0 0 0 1 -1 1 0 4 1 7 -3 -3 -2 -1 -1 0 2 7 1 -5 -3 0 10 -3 -1 6 0 -6 -1 6 4 -1 -7 7 -6 5 11 22 5 -9 3 -5 15 -11 -5 19 7 -1 1 -13 -10 -7 -3 -3 -9 15 -2 10 13 -2 20 9 14 -11 -10 -3 19 -13 -2 -12 12 28 22 34 26 27 -5 27 11 14 -17 -16 37 4 9 76 -9 -28 -20 2 -17 17 -9 34 30 -31 18 28 -20 15

 The full official statistics for Scotland's top 100 for 2018 will be available in March. 


Middle Names

Scotland are also the only country in Britain to release figures on middle names:

 

The statistics on this page are supplied by the National Records of Scotland.
These tables were coded and formatted by me.