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Most popular baby names in Scotland, 1975

The most-registered girls' and boys' names in Scotland in 1975, from the National Records of Scotland. Nicola and David led the year.

Girls

	Name	Births
1	Nicola	907
2	Karen	826
3	Susan	676
4	Claire	664
5	Fiona	645
6	Angela	635
7	Sharon	628
8	Gillian	562
9	Julie	546
10	Jennifer	530
11	Michelle	503
12	Louise	493
13	Lisa	465
14	Amanda	457
15	Donna	453
16	Tracy	439
17	Alison	424
18	Elaine	423
19	Jacqueline	422
20	Sarah	415
21	Caroline	356
22	Elizabeth	352
23	Laura	350
24	Lynn	335
25	Deborah	330
26	Lesley	319
27	Margaret	319
28	Joanne	314
29	Pauline	306
30	Lorraine	298
31	Carol	296
32	Kirsty	292
33	Yvonne	280
34	Lorna	271
35	Emma	269
36	Lynne	269
37	Tracey	265
38	Heather	262
39	Catherine	259
40	Pamela	259
41	Helen	255
42	Linda	244
43	Jane	240
44	Anne	239
45	Kerry	239
46	Suzanne	236
47	Wendy	225
48	Victoria	217
49	Diane	212
50	Mary	193
51	Dawn	192
52	Clare	185
53	Gail	180
54	Paula	170
55	Ann	167
56	Shona	167
57	Hazel	155
58	Christine	153
59	Andrea	149
60	Samantha	148
61	Marie	145
62	Lynsey	144
63	Sandra	133
64	Denise	132
65	Lee	130
66	Kelly	121
67	Gayle	118
68	Debbie	116
69	Jill	112
70	Kathleen	108
71	Patricia	106
72	Joanna	103
73	Catriona	101
74	Shirley	101
75	Ruth	98
76	Zoe	98
77	Leigh	97
78	Rachel	97
79	Melanie	93
80	Kirsteen	88
81	Aileen	87
82	Christina	83
83	Janet	83
84	Katrina	83
85	Stephanie	82
86	Audrey	81
87	Kirsten	81
88	Arlene	79
89	Maureen	79
90	Morag	79
91	Marion	76
92	Mhairi	76
93	Allison	73
94	Cheryl	72
95	Maria	72
96	Kim	70
97	Anna	69
98	Lindsay	69
99	Rebecca	69
100	Katherine	68

Boys

	Name	Births
1	David	1,793
2	John	1,481
3	Paul	1,207
4	James	1,193
5	Mark	1,132
6	Scott	1,081
7	Andrew	1,032
8	Steven	996
9	Robert	842
10	Stephen	746
11	Craig	740
12	Christopher	720
13	Alan	715
14	Michael	708
15	Stuart	707
16	William	685
17	Kevin	642
18	Colin	618
19	Brian	588
20	Derek	538
21	Neil	520
22	Richard	489
23	Gary	469
24	Barry	454
25	Martin	440
26	Thomas	436
27	Ian	428
28	Gordon	411
29	Kenneth	387
30	Alexander	370
31	Graeme	365
32	Peter	365
33	Iain	354
34	Graham	327
35	Jason	299
36	George	296
37	Allan	259
38	Keith	256
39	Darren	247
40	Simon	238
41	Douglas	218
42	Ross	214
43	Stewart	204
44	Lee	197
45	Grant	191
46	Nicholas	186
47	Joseph	184
48	Gavin	182
49	Anthony	181
50	Jonathan	171
51	Daniel	154
52	Fraser	147
53	Matthew	147
54	Donald	142
55	Malcolm	140
56	Alistair	139
57	Edward	135
58	Raymond	130
59	Charles	129
60	Philip	123
61	Bruce	118
62	Garry	118
63	Jamie	118
64	Ryan	114
65	Bryan	110
66	Francis	109
67	Alastair	102
68	Duncan	102
69	Patrick	98
70	Ronald	93
71	Alasdair	85
72	Ewan	80
73	Marc	75
74	Wayne	73
75	Hugh	72
76	Robin	70
77	Sean	70
78	Calum	68
79	Euan	66
80	Adam	63
81	Russell	62
82	Cameron	58
83	Gerard	58
84	Murray	58
85	Norman	58
86	Angus	56
87	Greig	55
88	Justin	51
89	Gregor	50
90	Gerald	48
91	Roderick	47
92	Roy	47
93	Benjamin	46
94	Timothy	44
95	Dean	42
96	Samuel	39
97	Greg	38
98	Shaun	38
99	Adrian	37
100	Campbell	37

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Source: National Records of Scotland. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.