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Most popular baby names of 1974 in Scotland

In 1974, the most popular names in Scotland were Nicola for girls and David for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Nicola935
  2. 2Karen825
  3. 3Fiona793
  4. 4Susan763
  5. 5Claire727
  6. 6Sharon720
  7. 7Angela660
  8. 8Gillian577
  9. 9Julie576
  10. 10Michelle531
  11. 11Jacqueline505
  12. 12Amanda502
  13. 13Tracy498
  14. 14Louise491
  15. 15Jennifer470
  16. 16Alison453
  17. 17Sarah402
  18. 18Donna398
  19. 19Caroline396
  20. 20Elaine390
  21. 21Lynn376
  22. 22Margaret375
  23. 23Elizabeth346
  24. 24Lesley341
  25. 25Deborah340
  26. 26Pauline338
  27. 27Lorraine336
  28. 28Laura335
  29. 29Lisa334
  30. 30Tracey334
  31. 31Carol319
  32. 32Linda316
  33. 33Lorna314
  34. 34Catherine298
  35. 35Wendy290
  36. 36Lynne284
  37. 37Yvonne284
  38. 38Pamela282
  39. 39Kirsty281
  40. 40Jane274
  41. 41Emma264
  42. 42Joanne262
  43. 43Heather253
  44. 44Suzanne253
  45. 45Anne238
  46. 46Diane229
  47. 47Helen219
  48. 48Victoria215
  49. 49Dawn210
  50. 50Mary200
  51. 51Samantha200
  52. 52Marie190
  53. 53Kerry187
  54. 54Ann180
  55. 55Hazel178
  56. 56Christine175
  57. 57Gail169
  58. 58Andrea158
  59. 59Clare157
  60. 60Sandra150
  61. 61Shona148
  62. 62Kathleen143
  63. 63Paula137
  64. 64Shirley135
  65. 65Denise128
  66. 66Melanie126
  67. 67Patricia123
  68. 68Audrey119
  69. 69Ruth119
  70. 70Jill114
  71. 71Lee109
  72. 72Leigh109
  73. 73Catriona107
  74. 74Rachel106
  75. 75Morag102
  76. 76Kirsten98
  77. 77Kirsteen97
  78. 78Katrina96
  79. 79Joanna94
  80. 80Lynsey92
  81. 81Cheryl91
  82. 82Debbie91
  83. 83Maureen90
  84. 84Janet88
  85. 85Aileen87
  86. 86Arlene87
  87. 87Zoe87
  88. 88Lindsay86
  89. 89Stephanie84
  90. 90Judith82
  91. 91Mandy79
  92. 92Jillian78
  93. 93Mhairi78
  94. 94Barbara75
  95. 95Carolyn75
  96. 96Gayle74
  97. 97Maria74
  98. 98Valerie74
  99. 99Christina73
  100. 100Marion73

Boys

  1. 1David1,794
  2. 2John1,528
  3. 3Paul1,260
  4. 4Mark1,234
  5. 5James1,202
  6. 6Andrew1,067
  7. 7Scott1,060
  8. 8Steven1,020
  9. 9Robert885
  10. 10Stephen866
  11. 11William777
  12. 12Craig749
  13. 13Michael735
  14. 14Stuart710
  15. 15Christopher702
  16. 16Alan685
  17. 17Colin634
  18. 18Brian623
  19. 19Kevin598
  20. 20Gary570
  21. 21Richard558
  22. 22Derek500
  23. 23Martin473
  24. 24Thomas458
  25. 25Neil446
  26. 26Barry427
  27. 27Ian421
  28. 28Jason389
  29. 29Iain386
  30. 30Gordon369
  31. 31Alexander359
  32. 32Graeme354
  33. 33Peter353
  34. 34Darren333
  35. 35Graham325
  36. 36George302
  37. 37Kenneth302
  38. 38Allan284
  39. 39Simon281
  40. 40Douglas225
  41. 41Keith223
  42. 42Lee209
  43. 43Anthony204
  44. 44Grant187
  45. 45Ross187
  46. 46Jonathan184
  47. 47Gavin179
  48. 48Nicholas173
  49. 49Joseph172
  50. 50Stewart171
  51. 51Daniel169
  52. 52Edward160
  53. 53Matthew151
  54. 54Donald146
  55. 55Fraser140
  56. 56Garry139
  57. 57Malcolm137
  58. 58Charles131
  59. 59Duncan130
  60. 60Alistair128
  61. 61Raymond120
  62. 62Philip112
  63. 63Ronald111
  64. 64Ewan98
  65. 65Ryan98
  66. 66Francis97
  67. 67Bruce96
  68. 68Patrick96
  69. 69Alastair94
  70. 70Bryan94
  71. 71Marc92
  72. 72Jamie88
  73. 73Hugh86
  74. 74Euan81
  75. 75Gerard81
  76. 76Sean77
  77. 77Wayne76
  78. 78Adam75
  79. 79Calum75
  80. 80Alasdair72
  81. 81Robin70
  82. 82Greig69
  83. 83Angus67
  84. 84Russell64
  85. 85Cameron58
  86. 86Roderick56
  87. 87Norman54
  88. 88Murray52
  89. 89Gareth50
  90. 90Dean49
  91. 91Eric49
  92. 92Adrian46
  93. 93Gregor46
  94. 94Samuel44
  95. 95Gerald42
  96. 96Henry39
  97. 97Justin38
  98. 98Benjamin37
  99. 99Shaun36
  100. 100Callum35

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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