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Most popular baby names in Scotland, 1988

The most-registered girls' and boys' names in Scotland in 1988, from the National Records of Scotland. Laura and David led the year.

Girls

	Name	Births
1	Laura	1,095
2	Emma	830
3	Claire	775
4	Nicola	686
5	Sarah	680
6	Kirsty	677
7	Jennifer	663
8	Stephanie	580
9	Lisa	534
10	Lauren	513
11	Ashley	494
12	Louise	460
13	Stacey	414
14	Natalie	413
15	Samantha	351
16	Fiona	346
17	Amanda	343
18	Danielle	334
19	Kelly	334
20	Michelle	305
21	Rachel	295
22	Gillian	292
23	Amy	284
24	Gemma	278
25	Charlene	274
26	Kimberley	260
27	Rebecca	249
28	Karen	241
29	Cheryl	238
30	Leanne	234
31	Donna	226
32	Heather	225
33	Kayleigh	224
34	Siobhan	222
35	Victoria	217
36	Ashleigh	216
37	Jade	216
38	Kerry	211
39	Alison	190
40	Lynsey	187
41	Joanne	181
42	Nicole	181
43	Hannah	177
44	Julie	164
45	Deborah	161
46	Elizabeth	160
47	Natasha	158
48	Catherine	157
49	Rachael	151
50	Jacqueline	149
51	Susan	147
52	Pamela	146
53	Debbie	139
54	Katie	139
55	Jenna	138
56	Lindsay	133
57	Suzanne	130
58	Caroline	129
59	Lucy	123
60	Megan	123
61	Hayley	119
62	Lesley	118
63	Catriona	115
64	Clare	108
65	Christine	107
66	Angela	105
67	Paula	105
68	Kylie	104
69	Melissa	101
70	Dawn	100
71	Zoe	100
72	Kathryn	98
73	Joanna	96
74	Lorna	96
75	Ruth	92
76	Eilidh	91
77	Christina	90
78	Katherine	90
79	Nikki	89
80	Helen	88
81	Linzi	88
82	Alana	87
83	Elaine	86
84	Holly	86
85	Sharon	86
86	Kirsten	85
87	Sara	83
88	Charlotte	81
89	Hazel	81
90	Jane	80
91	Kimberly	80
92	Anna	76
93	Mhairi	76
94	Yvonne	76
95	Carly	75
96	Diane	73
97	Lynne	73
98	Tracey	73
99	Erin	72
100	Lynn	72

Boys

	Name	Births
1	David	1,577
2	Christopher	1,248
3	Scott	1,210
4	Andrew	1,083
5	James	1,036
6	John	924
7	Craig	894
8	Michael	867
9	Mark	846
10	Steven	772
11	Paul	760
12	Ross	754
13	Robert	604
14	Stuart	572
15	Ryan	569
16	Stephen	569
17	Gary	532
18	Jamie	528
19	Kevin	522
20	William	482
21	Sean	462
22	Darren	457
23	Martin	433
24	Daniel	431
25	Thomas	429
26	Graeme	419
27	Alan	331
28	Jonathan	324
29	Richard	313
30	Lee	297
31	Alexander	292
32	Colin	290
33	Jason	279
34	Iain	272
35	Liam	270
36	Matthew	259
37	Adam	230
38	Calum	230
39	Peter	223
40	Graham	222
41	Shaun	219
42	Brian	218
43	Gavin	217
44	Ian	214
45	Marc	212
46	Neil	199
47	Grant	195
48	Kyle	195
49	Fraser	188
50	Gordon	188
51	Callum	185
52	Dean	182
53	Nicholas	172
54	Allan	171
55	Joseph	161
56	Lewis	156
57	Kenneth	152
58	Stewart	148
59	Barry	146
60	Anthony	145
61	Greg	141
62	Euan	130
63	Derek	126
64	George	119
65	Simon	119
66	Alistair	114
67	Garry	114
68	Douglas	112
69	Jordan	112
70	Duncan	107
71	Patrick	97
72	Samuel	97
73	Aaron	96
74	Charles	96
75	Bryan	91
76	Ewan	91
77	Philip	91
78	Benjamin	84
79	Martyn	83
80	Kieran	81
81	Donald	80
82	Jack	79
83	Alasdair	78
84	Cameron	76
85	Rory	74
86	Keith	70
87	Gareth	67
88	Blair	66
89	Edward	64
90	Alastair	62
91	Luke	61
92	Dale	59
93	Kristopher	54
94	Greig	48
95	Raymond	48
96	Gregor	47
97	Malcolm	47
98	Ben	45
99	Niall	45
100	Sam	43

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