Popular Names in Scotland

Information from National Records of Scotland

Rank	Name	Pct.
Boys
1.	John	13.12%
2.	James	12.07%
3.	William	10.15%
4.	Robert	6.73%
5.	Alexander	4.82%
6.	Thomas	4.82%
7.	George	4.77%
8.	David	3.80%
9.	Andrew	2.14%
10.	Charles	1.83%
11.	Peter	1.71%
12.	Ian	1.62%
13.	Joseph	1.59%
14.	Ronald	1.43%
15.	Hugh	1.41%
16.	Edward	1.16%
17.	Donald	1.13%
18.	Francis	1.06%
19.	Henry	0.99%
20.	Archibald	0.85%
21.	Daniel	0.83%
22.	Patrick	0.82%
23.	Gordon	0.76%
24.	Kenneth	0.75%
25.	Douglas	0.74%
26.	Michael	0.67%
27.	Norman	0.67%
28.	Richard	0.66%
29.	Samuel	0.60%
30.	Walter	0.59%
31.	Arthur	0.52%
32.	Duncan	0.52%
33.	Allan	0.50%
34.	Angus	0.47%
35.	Eric	0.41%
36.	Neil	0.39%
37.	Matthew	0.38%
38.	Alistair	0.37%
39.	Albert	0.36%
40.	Frederick	0.35%
41.	Alan	0.35%
42.	Malcolm	0.34%
43.	Stanley	0.33%
44.	Colin	0.28%
45.	Adam	0.27%
46.	Alfred	0.27%
47.	Frank	0.25%
48.	Brian	0.24%
48.	Leslie	0.24%
50.	Bernard	0.22%
51.	Harry	0.22%
52.	Alastair	0.22%
53.	Stewart	0.21%
54.	Iain	0.20%
55.	Martin	0.19%
56.	Dennis	0.18%
56.	Gerald	0.18%
58.	Anthony	0.18%
59.	Lawrence	0.18%
60.	Philip	0.17%
61.	Roy	0.17%
62.	Ernest	0.16%
62.	Roderick	0.16%
64.	Christopher	0.14%
64.	Graham	0.14%
66.	Derek	0.13%
66.	Gilbert	0.13%
68.	Jack	0.13%
68.	Maurice	0.13%
68.	Raymond	0.13%
71.	Stuart	0.12%
72.	Stephen	0.12%
73.	Hector	0.11%
73.	Leonard	0.11%
75.	Edwin	0.11%
75.	Sydney	0.11%
77.	Denis	0.10%
78.	Gavin	0.10%
79.	Terence	0.10%
80.	Benjamin	0.09%
80.	Victor	0.09%
82.	Hamish	0.09%
82.	Harold	0.09%
84.	Owen	0.08%
84.	Ralph	0.08%
86.	Bruce	0.08%
87.	Alister	0.08%
87.	Lewis	0.08%
89.	Herbert	0.07%
90.	Campbell	0.07%
90.	Finlay	0.07%
90.	Laurence	0.07%
90.	Vincent	0.07%
94.	Gerard	0.06%
95.	Dugald	0.06%
95.	Murdo	0.06%
97.	Alasdair	0.06%
98.	Ewen	0.06%
99.	Cornelius	0.05%
100.	Sidney	0.05%

Rank	Name	Pct.
Girls
1.	Margaret	11.28%
2.	Mary	9.39%
3.	Elizabeth	7.24%
4.	Catherine	4.16%
5.	Agnes	3.70%
6.	Helen	3.28%
7.	Annie	2.97%
8.	Jean	2.65%
9.	Isabella	2.51%
10.	Janet	2.32%
11.	Jane	1.70%
12.	Sarah	1.66%
13.	Jessie	1.57%
14.	Christina	1.47%
15.	Marion	1.23%
16.	Sheila	1.21%
17.	Patricia	1.09%
18.	Irene	1.03%
19.	Anne	0.99%
20.	Jeanie	0.95%
21.	Ann	0.94%
22.	Dorothy	0.85%
23.	Joan	0.80%
24.	Kathleen	0.74%
25.	Grace	0.73%
26.	Alice	0.70%
27.	Barbara	0.69%
28.	Maureen	0.65%
29.	Isobel	0.65%
30.	Rose	0.63%
31.	Ellen	0.61%
32.	Evelyn	0.58%
33.	Martha	0.54%
34.	Frances	0.54%
35.	Georgina	0.52%
36.	Moira	0.50%
37.	Susan	0.50%
38.	June	0.49%
39.	Joyce	0.46%
40.	Doreen	0.43%
40.	Williamina	0.43%
42.	Eileen	0.39%
43.	Euphemia	0.39%
44.	Edith	0.39%
45.	Shirley	0.39%
46.	Audrey	0.37%
47.	Violet	0.37%
48.	Muriel	0.34%
48.	Norma	0.34%
50.	Robina	0.32%
51.	Isabel	0.32%
52.	Flora	0.30%
53.	Winifred	0.30%
54.	May	0.30%
55.	Bridget	0.29%
56.	Marjory	0.28%
57.	Charlotte	0.28%
58.	Eleanor	0.27%
59.	Hannah	0.25%
60.	Josephine	0.25%
60.	Morag	0.25%
62.	Doris	0.25%
63.	Jemima	0.24%
63.	Ruth	0.24%
65.	Gladys	0.23%
66.	Theresa	0.22%
67.	Elsie	0.22%
68.	Janette	0.22%
69.	Florence	0.21%
70.	Anna	0.21%
70.	Marjorie	0.21%
72.	Christine	0.20%
72.	Edna	0.20%
74.	Rosemary	0.20%
75.	Rachel	0.19%
75.	Sylvia	0.19%
77.	Lilian	0.19%
78.	Esther	0.19%
79.	Marie	0.18%
80.	Emily	0.18%
80.	Sheena	0.18%
82.	Henrietta	0.18%
82.	Iris	0.18%
82.	Mabel	0.18%
82.	Maria	0.18%
86.	Alison	0.18%
87.	Aileen	0.17%
87.	Cecilia	0.17%
87.	Veronica	0.17%
90.	Jeanette	0.17%
90.	Lily	0.17%
92.	Betty	0.17%
92.	Elspeth	0.17%
94.	Rebecca	0.16%
95.	Olive	0.16%
95.	Phyllis	0.16%
97.	Hazel	0.16%
97.	Hilda	0.16%
99.	Beatrice	0.15%
99.	Caroline	0.15%

Popularity extremes for Scotland