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Most popular baby names in Scotland, 1984

The most-registered girls' and boys' names in Scotland in 1984, from the National Records of Scotland. Laura and David led the year.

Girls

	Name	Births
1	Laura	1,185
2	Claire	917
3	Jennifer	850
4	Nicola	730
5	Lisa	727
6	Sarah	693
7	Louise	623
8	Michelle	594
9	Emma	528
10	Gemma	508
11	Kirsty	486
12	Fiona	470
13	Gillian	462
14	Karen	398
15	Donna	340
16	Lynsey	330
17	Victoria	307
18	Natalie	291
19	Kelly	280
20	Leanne	273
21	Julie	260
22	Susan	257
23	Amanda	249
24	Pamela	247
25	Lauren	246
26	Joanne	245
27	Angela	244
28	Alison	240
29	Jenna	237
30	Stephanie	235
31	Cheryl	234
32	Catherine	228
33	Stacey	228
34	Elizabeth	226
35	Caroline	223
36	Heather	222
37	Suzanne	222
38	Jacqueline	212
39	Samantha	211
40	Amy	210
41	Deborah	207
42	Lindsay	196
43	Charlene	194
44	Rachel	189
45	Kerry	180
46	Lesley	180
47	Sharon	177
48	Lorna	176
49	Clare	172
50	Ashley	170
51	Elaine	158
52	Kimberley	152
53	Lorraine	151
54	Lynne	150
55	Lynn	148
56	Debbie	140
57	Rebecca	136
58	Helen	135
59	Yvonne	133
60	Diane	126
61	Joanna	126
62	Paula	126
63	Danielle	124
64	Margaret	124
65	Dawn	119
66	Tracy	116
67	Christine	114
68	Linda	112
69	Tracey	108
70	Catriona	107
71	Ruth	106
72	Siobhan	103
73	Jane	98
74	Pauline	97
75	Eilidh	96
76	Hayley	96
77	Mary	96
78	Hazel	95
79	Anna	94
80	Melissa	93
81	Alana	92
82	Katie	92
83	Shona	92
84	Carol	90
85	Jill	90
86	Katherine	88
87	Kathleen	88
88	Kathryn	88
89	Lyndsay	88
90	Andrea	87
91	Lyndsey	87
92	Kim	85
93	Jillian	81
94	Katrina	79
95	Marie	78
96	Anne	76
97	Sara	76
98	Christina	73
99	Lucy	73
100	Melanie	73

Boys

	Name	Births
1	David	1,785
2	Christopher	1,369
3	Andrew	1,187
4	John	1,153
5	James	1,090
6	Craig	956
7	Steven	949
8	Paul	898
9	Michael	840
10	Mark	817
11	Scott	777
12	Robert	688
13	Stuart	669
14	Kevin	616
15	William	613
16	Stephen	576
17	Gary	572
18	Alan	514
19	Ross	509
20	Richard	461
21	Thomas	403
22	Neil	402
23	Colin	396
24	Martin	393
25	Ryan	381
26	Graeme	347
27	Peter	345
28	Jamie	341
29	Iain	317
30	Darren	314
31	Gordon	303
32	Ian	291
33	Graham	289
34	Brian	287
35	Daniel	278
36	Alexander	276
37	Sean	263
38	Matthew	249
39	Barry	248
40	Allan	226
41	Kenneth	221
42	Lee	220
43	Derek	214
44	Jonathan	207
45	Gavin	204
46	Joseph	190
47	Adam	185
48	Stewart	185
49	Fraser	183
50	George	168
51	Grant	153
52	Nicholas	152
53	Anthony	149
54	Douglas	147
55	Simon	132
56	Marc	128
57	Alistair	127
58	Liam	127
59	Keith	125
60	Philip	108
61	Shaun	106
62	Garry	105
63	Edward	104
64	Greg	104
65	Euan	102
66	Alastair	100
67	Alasdair	99
68	Callum	96
69	Patrick	94
70	Calum	93
71	Duncan	93
72	Jason	93
73	Bryan	89
74	Raymond	86
75	Charles	85
76	Donald	82
77	Ewan	82
78	Russell	80
79	Lewis	77
80	Cameron	72
81	Dean	71
82	Benjamin	67
83	Gareth	60
84	Malcolm	60
85	Samuel	58
86	Niall	56
87	Gerard	55
88	Aaron	54
89	Greig	54
90	Ben	50
91	Martyn	50
92	Bruce	49
93	Jordan	49
94	Kieran	48
95	Francis	47
96	Wayne	46
97	Kris	45
98	Mohammed	44
99	Murray	44
100	Rory	44

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