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Most popular baby names of 1976 in Scotland

In 1976, 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. 1Nicola839
  2. 2Karen767
  3. 3Claire759
  4. 4Angela672
  5. 5Fiona664
  6. 6Susan551
  7. 7Jennifer540
  8. 8Julie538
  9. 9Gillian524
  10. 10Michelle494
  11. 11Sharon486
  12. 12Sarah477
  13. 13Louise458
  14. 14Donna454
  15. 15Laura445
  16. 16Amanda376
  17. 17Alison366
  18. 18Lisa366
  19. 19Caroline358
  20. 20Kirsty347
  21. 21Jacqueline344
  22. 22Elaine343
  23. 23Lesley323
  24. 24Lynn321
  25. 25Deborah319
  26. 26Elizabeth316
  27. 27Joanne311
  28. 28Emma301
  29. 29Tracy283
  30. 30Lorraine275
  31. 31Lynne264
  32. 32Margaret264
  33. 33Heather262
  34. 34Carol252
  35. 35Lorna249
  36. 36Pauline242
  37. 37Kelly240
  38. 38Helen238
  39. 39Catherine232
  40. 40Linda221
  41. 41Victoria219
  42. 42Suzanne217
  43. 43Kerry216
  44. 44Pamela210
  45. 45Lee209
  46. 46Wendy204
  47. 47Jane201
  48. 48Yvonne193
  49. 49Tracey187
  50. 50Anne185
  51. 51Clare171
  52. 52Mary163
  53. 53Diane162
  54. 54Christine156
  55. 55Lynsey153
  56. 56Samantha150
  57. 57Shona149
  58. 58Andrea147
  59. 59Marie145
  60. 60Gail136
  61. 61Melanie135
  62. 62Dawn128
  63. 63Ann127
  64. 64Paula122
  65. 65Jill119
  66. 66Ruth119
  67. 67Leigh118
  68. 68Hazel117
  69. 69Debbie110
  70. 70Joanna109
  71. 71Denise108
  72. 72Lindsay106
  73. 73Gayle104
  74. 74Patricia104
  75. 75Catriona99
  76. 76Kathleen96
  77. 77Sandra92
  78. 78Leanne91
  79. 79Stephanie91
  80. 80Rachel88
  81. 81Katrina85
  82. 82Shirley85
  83. 83Kirsteen82
  84. 84Janet81
  85. 85Arlene80
  86. 86Zoe80
  87. 87Jillian79
  88. 88Anna74
  89. 89Judith74
  90. 90Mhairi74
  91. 91Natalie74
  92. 92Audrey72
  93. 93Carolyn71
  94. 94Morag71
  95. 95Aileen70
  96. 96Cheryl69
  97. 97Rebecca69
  98. 98Allison68
  99. 99Barbara66
  100. 100Mandy65

Boys

  1. 1David1,744
  2. 2John1,374
  3. 3Paul1,146
  4. 4James1,136
  5. 5Andrew983
  6. 6Steven975
  7. 7Scott964
  8. 8Mark893
  9. 9Robert757
  10. 10Stephen732
  11. 11Craig720
  12. 12Christopher695
  13. 13Stuart693
  14. 14Alan689
  15. 15William647
  16. 16Michael645
  17. 17Kevin605
  18. 18Colin565
  19. 19Brian527
  20. 20Derek519
  21. 21Neil485
  22. 22Richard481
  23. 23Martin450
  24. 24Gary418
  25. 25Ross403
  26. 26Thomas377
  27. 27Ian376
  28. 28Iain373
  29. 29Barry363
  30. 30Gordon362
  31. 31Graeme348
  32. 32Graham341
  33. 33Alexander330
  34. 34Peter323
  35. 35Kenneth303
  36. 36Simon285
  37. 37Allan261
  38. 38Darren261
  39. 39George259
  40. 40Douglas245
  41. 41Jason223
  42. 42Lee221
  43. 43Gavin217
  44. 44Anthony207
  45. 45Jonathan191
  46. 46Stewart189
  47. 47Jamie177
  48. 48Keith174
  49. 49Matthew172
  50. 50Joseph164
  51. 51Daniel155
  52. 52Edward148
  53. 53Nicholas145
  54. 54Grant144
  55. 55Ryan142
  56. 56Philip140
  57. 57Alistair134
  58. 58Donald132
  59. 59Charles130
  60. 60Duncan122
  61. 61Garry120
  62. 62Malcolm119
  63. 63Raymond115
  64. 64Bryan105
  65. 65Ewan105
  66. 66Fraser98
  67. 67Alastair96
  68. 68Euan96
  69. 69Patrick94
  70. 70Bruce89
  71. 71Ronald86
  72. 72Greig81
  73. 73Hugh77
  74. 74Francis74
  75. 75Gerard74
  76. 76Russell73
  77. 77Alasdair72
  78. 78Adam68
  79. 79Marc68
  80. 80Sean68
  81. 81Benjamin67
  82. 82Gregor64
  83. 83Calum63
  84. 84Wayne60
  85. 85Robin59
  86. 86Roderick59
  87. 87Murray56
  88. 88Greg55
  89. 89Angus54
  90. 90Cameron53
  91. 91Gerald52
  92. 92Shaun51
  93. 93Samuel47
  94. 94Timothy45
  95. 95Liam44
  96. 96Campbell43
  97. 97Gareth41
  98. 98Niall41
  99. 99Dean40
  100. 100Justin40

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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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