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Most popular baby names in Scotland, 1983

The most-registered girls' and boys' names in Scotland in 1983, from the National Records of Scotland. Laura and David led the year.

Girls

	Name	Births
1	Laura	1,215
2	Claire	985
3	Nicola	810
4	Jennifer	741
5	Louise	684
6	Sarah	644
7	Lisa	621
8	Michelle	601
9	Emma	580
10	Fiona	456
11	Karen	450
12	Gillian	448
13	Gemma	437
14	Kirsty	435
15	Lynsey	360
16	Victoria	355
17	Donna	352
18	Kelly	341
19	Susan	307
20	Julie	289
21	Angela	280
22	Pamela	268
23	Leanne	267
24	Amanda	259
25	Joanne	253
26	Alison	251
27	Caroline	244
28	Heather	243
29	Jacqueline	234
30	Suzanne	230
31	Stephanie	226
32	Catherine	205
33	Elaine	205
34	Natalie	201
35	Lynne	194
36	Stacey	194
37	Lindsay	189
38	Lauren	187
39	Cheryl	186
40	Elizabeth	185
41	Deborah	184
42	Lesley	184
43	Kerry	183
44	Lorna	183
45	Charlene	178
46	Sharon	178
47	Lorraine	175
48	Lynn	170
49	Amy	165
50	Tracy	159
51	Clare	158
52	Rebecca	158
53	Debbie	153
54	Samantha	148
55	Kimberley	145
56	Rachel	145
57	Yvonne	142
58	Helen	140
59	Margaret	139
60	Carol	136
61	Christine	125
62	Diane	120
63	Linda	115
64	Ashley	114
65	Dawn	114
66	Paula	114
67	Marie	112
68	Pauline	112
69	Danielle	108
70	Anna	106
71	Hazel	104
72	Jill	104
73	Shona	102
74	Catriona	100
75	Jane	96
76	Kim	94
77	Mhairi	94
78	Anne	93
79	Tracey	93
80	Hayley	91
81	Lyndsey	91
82	Sara	91
83	Melissa	90
84	Kathryn	89
85	Lyndsay	89
86	Lucy	87
87	Ruth	87
88	Mary	83
89	Andrea	80
90	Lindsey	80
91	Denise	78
92	Joanna	77
93	Alana	76
94	Adele	69
95	Kathleen	68
96	Melanie	67
97	Christina	66
98	Hannah	66
99	Kirsten	66
100	Siobhan	66

Boys

	Name	Births
1	David	1,891
2	Christopher	1,374
3	Andrew	1,275
4	John	1,260
5	James	1,156
6	Craig	992
7	Steven	950
8	Paul	901
9	Michael	768
10	Scott	740
11	Robert	721
12	Mark	719
13	William	658
14	Kevin	657
15	Stuart	641
16	Stephen	584
17	Alan	562
18	Gary	522
19	Ross	509
20	Colin	467
21	Richard	451
22	Martin	446
23	Thomas	401
24	Neil	393
25	Ryan	372
26	Graeme	343
27	Brian	341
28	Peter	335
29	Gordon	321
30	Darren	316
31	Ian	316
32	Jamie	305
33	Alexander	303
34	Iain	303
35	Graham	284
36	Barry	278
37	Allan	266
38	Jonathan	266
39	Daniel	257
40	Gavin	251
41	Derek	238
42	Kenneth	235
43	Sean	214
44	Matthew	211
45	Lee	200
46	George	183
47	Nicholas	176
48	Anthony	174
49	Stewart	174
50	Fraser	166
51	Douglas	160
52	Keith	159
53	Joseph	149
54	Grant	145
55	Marc	134
56	Adam	127
57	Simon	123
58	Alistair	120
59	Garry	118
60	Alastair	116
61	Bryan	113
62	Liam	109
63	Jason	107
64	Duncan	106
65	Euan	106
66	Charles	105
67	Greg	103
68	Edward	102
69	Philip	102
70	Russell	96
71	Shaun	96
72	Gareth	93
73	Ewan	92
74	Calum	89
75	Callum	86
76	Donald	84
77	Cameron	81
78	Raymond	81
79	Patrick	80
80	Alasdair	79
81	Dean	70
82	Greig	67
83	Lewis	66
84	Benjamin	65
85	Malcolm	62
86	Niall	60
87	Gerard	58
88	Martyn	54
89	Jordan	52
90	Aaron	50
91	Francis	50
92	Hugh	49
93	Gregor	48
94	Mohammed	48
95	Robin	47
96	Samuel	46
97	Angus	43
98	Bruce	43
99	Kris	40
100	Ronald	39

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