Top 100 baby boy names for births in Scotland during year 1974

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1David	1,794
2	2John	1,528
3	3Paul	1,260
4	4Mark	1,234
5	5James	1,202
6	6Andrew	1,067
7	7Scott	1,060
8	8Steven	1,020
9	9Robert	885
10	10Stephen	866
11	11William	777
12	12Craig	749
13	13Michael	735
14	14Stuart	710
15	15Christopher	702
16	16Alan	685
17	17Colin	634
18	18Brian	623
19	19Kevin	598
20	20Gary	570
21	21Richard	558
22	22Derek	500
23	23Martin	473
24	24Thomas	458
25	25Neil	446
26	26Barry	427
27	27Ian	421
28	28Jason	389
29	29Iain	386
30	30Gordon	369
31	31Alexander	359
32	32Graeme	354
33	33Peter	353
34	34Darren	333
35	35Graham	325
36	36George	302
37	37Kenneth	302
38	38Allan	284
39	39Simon	281
40	40Douglas	225
41	41Keith	223
42	42Lee	209
43	43Anthony	204
44	44Grant	187
45	45Ross	187
46	46Jonathan	184
47	47Gavin	179
48	48Nicholas	173
49	49Joseph	172
50	50Stewart	171
51	51Daniel	169
52	52Edward	160
53	53Matthew	151
54	54Donald	146
55	55Fraser	140
56	56Garry	139
57	57Malcolm	137
58	58Charles	131
59	59Duncan	130
60	60Alistair	128
61	61Raymond	120
62	62Philip	112
63	63Ronald	111
64	64Ewan	98
65	65Ryan	98
66	66Francis	97
67	67Bruce	96
68	68Patrick	96
69	69Alastair	94
70	70Bryan	94
71	71Marc	92
72	72Jamie	88
73	73Hugh	86
74	74Euan	81
75	75Gerard	81
76	76Sean	77
77	77Wayne	76
78	78Adam	75
79	79Calum	75
80	80Alasdair	72
81	81Robin	70
82	82Greig	69
83	83Angus	67
84	84Russell	64
85	85Cameron	58
86	86Roderick	56
87	87Norman	54
88	88Murray	52
89	89Gareth	50
90	90Dean	49
91	91Eric	49
92	92Adrian	46
93	93Gregor	46
94	94Samuel	44
95	95Gerald	42
96	96Henry	39
97	97Justin	38
98	98Benjamin	37
99	99Shaun	36
100	100Callum	35

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Coverage: Names given 3 or more times in a year; NRS counts spellings with and without accents as one name. Original data · Licence

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