Top 100 baby boy names for births in Scotland during year 1976

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1David	1,744
2	2John	1,374
3	3Paul	1,146
4	4James	1,136
5	5Andrew	983
6	6Steven	975
7	7Scott	964
8	8Mark	893
9	9Robert	757
10	10Stephen	732
11	11Craig	720
12	12Christopher	695
13	13Stuart	693
14	14Alan	689
15	15William	647
16	16Michael	645
17	17Kevin	605
18	18Colin	565
19	19Brian	527
20	20Derek	519
21	21Neil	485
22	22Richard	481
23	23Martin	450
24	24Gary	418
25	25Ross	403
26	26Thomas	377
27	27Ian	376
28	28Iain	373
29	29Barry	363
30	30Gordon	362
31	31Graeme	348
32	32Graham	341
33	33Alexander	330
34	34Peter	323
35	35Kenneth	303
36	36Simon	285
37	37Allan	261
38	38Darren	261
39	39George	259
40	40Douglas	245
41	41Jason	223
42	42Lee	221
43	43Gavin	217
44	44Anthony	207
45	45Jonathan	191
46	46Stewart	189
47	47Jamie	177
48	48Keith	174
49	49Matthew	172
50	50Joseph	164
51	51Daniel	155
52	52Edward	148
53	53Nicholas	145
54	54Grant	144
55	55Ryan	142
56	56Philip	140
57	57Alistair	134
58	58Donald	132
59	59Charles	130
60	60Duncan	122
61	61Garry	120
62	62Malcolm	119
63	63Raymond	115
64	64Bryan	105
65	65Ewan	105
66	66Fraser	98
67	67Alastair	96
68	68Euan	96
69	69Patrick	94
70	70Bruce	89
71	71Ronald	86
72	72Greig	81
73	73Hugh	77
74	74Francis	74
75	75Gerard	74
76	76Russell	73
77	77Alasdair	72
78	78Adam	68
79	79Marc	68
80	80Sean	68
81	81Benjamin	67
82	82Gregor	64
83	83Calum	63
84	84Wayne	60
85	85Robin	59
86	86Roderick	59
87	87Murray	56
88	88Greg	55
89	89Angus	54
90	90Cameron	53
91	91Gerald	52
92	92Shaun	51
93	93Samuel	47
94	94Timothy	45
95	95Liam	44
96	96Campbell	43
97	97Gareth	41
98	98Niall	41
99	99Dean	40
100	100Justin	40

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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