Top 100 baby boy names for births in Scotland during year 1978

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1David	1,861
2	2John	1,374
3	3Andrew	1,182
4	4Paul	1,147
5	5James	1,067
6	6Scott	906
7	7Christopher	860
8	8Steven	854
9	9Michael	769
10	10Mark	766
11	11Robert	715
12	12Craig	711
13	13Kevin	678
14	14Stuart	671
15	15Alan	629
16	16Stephen	619
17	17William	576
18	18Ross	514
19	19Colin	475
20	20Brian	462
21	21Richard	461
22	22Barry	456
23	23Neil	446
24	24Derek	433
25	25Gordon	430
26	26Thomas	417
27	27Graeme	406
28	28Martin	402
29	29Peter	388
30	30Gary	362
31	31Iain	340
32	32Graham	319
33	33Ian	314
34	34Kenneth	283
35	35Alexander	278
36	36Allan	272
37	37Jamie	266
38	38Gavin	255
39	39Darren	226
40	40George	222
41	41Douglas	202
42	42Simon	197
43	43Stewart	190
44	44Daniel	189
45	45Keith	183
46	46Lee	179
47	47Ryan	177
48	48Joseph	172
49	49Matthew	156
50	50Grant	151
51	51Anthony	139
52	52Jason	139
53	53Jonathan	136
54	54Duncan	127
55	55Fraser	125
56	56Donald	123
57	57Garry	121
58	58Nicholas	116
59	59Alistair	115
60	60Bryan	114
61	61Charles	114
62	62Raymond	110
63	63Philip	106
64	64Marc	100
65	65Euan	96
66	66Edward	95
67	67Gareth	95
68	68Sean	93
69	69Adam	92
70	70Alasdair	92
71	71Alastair	91
72	72Greig	87
73	73Ronald	87
74	74Malcolm	86
75	75Patrick	84
76	76Ewan	78
77	77Russell	76
78	78Greg	70
79	79Gregor	66
80	80Robin	66
81	81Benjamin	65
82	82Bruce	65
83	83Gerard	64
84	84Francis	61
85	85Hugh	56
86	86Calum	55
87	87Cameron	52
88	88Shaun	48
89	89Wayne	48
90	90Samuel	46
91	91Murray	44
92	92Roderick	44
93	93Barrie	43
94	94Callum	41
95	95Angus	39
96	96Liam	39
97	97Rory	39
98	98Niall	38
99	99Timothy	37
100	100Antony	36

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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