Top 200 baby boy names for births in Scotland during year 1978

Year

Rank	Name	Births
101	101Aaron	35
102	102Eric	35
103	103Dean	34
104	104Kris	34
105	105Norman	33
106	106Gerald	32
107	107Jon	31
108	108Martyn	30
109	109Adrian	29
110	110Brendan	29
111	111Dale	29
112	112Roy	29
113	113Lewis	27
114	114Mohammed	25
115	115Frank	24
116	116Dominic	23
117	117Ewen	23
118	118Oliver	23
119	119Hamish	21
120	120Kristofer	21
121	121Leslie	21
122	122Campbell	20
123	123Damian	20
124	124Alisdair	19
125	125Gregory	19
126	126Justin	19
127	127Marcus	19
128	128Sandy	19
129	129Terry	19
130	130Vincent	19
131	131Kieran	18
132	132Lindsay	17
133	133Mohammad	17
134	134Owen	17
135	135Blair	16
136	136Frazer	16
137	137Henry	16
138	138Leon	16
139	139Terence	16
140	140Walter	16
141	141Gregg	15
142	142Jeffrey	15
143	143Ralph	15
144	144Roger	15
145	145Arthur	14
146	146Ben	14
147	147Dennis	14
148	148Fergus	14
149	149Luke	14
150	150Stefan	14
151	151Tony	14
152	152Trevor	14
153	153Bernard	13
154	154Jack	13
155	155Kristopher	13
156	156Nigel	13
157	157Alister	12
158	158Darran	12
159	159Glenn	12
160	160Laurence	12
161	161Lawrence	12
162	162Robbie	12
163	163Austin	11
164	164Brett	11
165	165Christian	11
166	166Damien	11
167	167Desmond	11
168	168Edwin	11
169	169Frederick	11
170	170Karl	11
171	171Omar	11
172	172Phillip	11
173	173Steve	11
174	174Wesley	11
175	175Chris	10
176	176Geoffrey	10
177	177Grahame	10
178	178Harry	10
179	179Innes	10
180	180Kerr	10
181	181Louis	10
182	182Magnus	10
183	183Nathan	10
184	184Neill	10
185	185Warren	10
186	186Clark	9
187	187Jaimie	9
188	188Jeremy	9
189	189Jordan	9
190	190Kevan	9
191	191Murdo	9
192	192Billy	8
193	193Carl	8
194	194Derrick	8
195	195Drew	8
196	196Elliot	8
197	197Guy	8
198	198Jaime	8
199	199Jay	8
200	200Kieron	8

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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