Top 100 baby boy names for births in Scotland during year 1977

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1David	1,761
2	2John	1,258
3	3Paul	1,230
4	4James	1,068
5	5Andrew	1,042
6	6Steven	884
7	7Scott	816
8	8Mark	775
9	9Robert	757
10	10Christopher	747
11	11Craig	705
12	12Stuart	683
13	13Kevin	676
14	14Alan	661
15	15Michael	659
16	16Stephen	633
17	17William	597
18	18Colin	495
19	19Brian	477
20	20Neil	463
21	21Richard	451
22	22Ross	433
23	23Thomas	407
24	24Gary	406
25	25Derek	394
26	26Iain	379
27	27Gordon	364
28	28Graeme	363
29	29Martin	352
30	30Barry	342
31	31Gavin	329
32	32Ian	329
33	33Kenneth	327
34	34Alexander	322
35	35Peter	308
36	36Graham	265
37	37Allan	241
38	38Darren	238
39	39Jamie	223
40	40Simon	212
41	41Lee	207
42	42George	199
43	43Keith	199
44	44Stewart	191
45	45Douglas	186
46	46Jonathan	175
47	47Matthew	168
48	48Daniel	160
49	49Grant	158
50	50Joseph	155
51	51Jason	148
52	52Anthony	147
53	53Ryan	141
54	54Edward	140
55	55Fraser	135
56	56Donald	127
57	57Charles	123
58	58Garry	122
59	59Duncan	120
60	60Nicholas	116
61	61Raymond	109
62	62Alistair	105
63	63Bryan	103
64	64Philip	102
65	65Alastair	101
66	66Malcolm	95
67	67Alasdair	87
68	68Russell	86
69	69Patrick	82
70	70Euan	81
71	71Ewan	81
72	72Gareth	79
73	73Bruce	77
74	74Adam	74
75	75Gerard	73
76	76Greig	68
77	77Marc	68
78	78Sean	67
79	79Robin	66
80	80Ronald	64
81	81Benjamin	63
82	82Francis	62
83	83Gregor	60
84	84Greg	55
85	85Hugh	55
86	86Calum	50
87	87Shaun	50
88	88Cameron	47
89	89Roderick	45
90	90Angus	41
91	91Gerald	41
92	92Rory	40
93	93Samuel	40
94	94Wayne	39
95	95Murray	38
96	96Norman	37
97	97Timothy	37
98	98Dean	36
99	99Martyn	34
100	100Roy	33

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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