Top 100 baby boy names for births in Scotland during year 1979

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1David	2,024
2	2John	1,470
3	3Andrew	1,327
4	4Paul	1,149
5	5James	1,108
6	6Christopher	978
7	7Steven	937
8	8Scott	875
9	9Mark	825
10	10Robert	803
11	11Craig	784
12	12Kevin	773
13	13Michael	722
14	14Stuart	721
15	15Stephen	676
16	16Alan	668
17	17Colin	583
18	18William	560
19	19Brian	521
20	20Barry	502
21	21Ross	502
22	22Gary	492
23	23Martin	488
24	24Thomas	467
25	25Richard	448
26	26Graeme	437
27	27Neil	434
28	28Peter	395
29	29Iain	392
30	30Gordon	379
31	31Derek	367
32	32Ian	367
33	33Alexander	355
34	34Kenneth	325
35	35Graham	308
36	36Allan	273
37	37Darren	272
38	38Gavin	262
39	39Jamie	260
40	40Douglas	248
41	41Ryan	242
42	42Simon	239
43	43George	215
44	44Matthew	211
45	45Lee	200
46	46Stewart	192
47	47Keith	187
48	48Daniel	185
49	49Anthony	181
50	50Grant	178
51	51Gareth	177
52	52Jonathan	173
53	53Joseph	157
54	54Alistair	143
55	55Charles	135
56	56Edward	132
57	57Fraser	127
58	58Duncan	124
59	59Garry	123
60	60Bryan	122
61	61Ewan	122
62	62Nicholas	122
63	63Donald	119
64	64Philip	118
65	65Alastair	107
66	66Adam	105
67	67Jason	105
68	68Euan	103
69	69Russell	91
70	70Sean	91
71	71Malcolm	87
72	72Patrick	87
73	73Raymond	87
74	74Alasdair	85
75	75Liam	84
76	76Greig	80
77	77Gregor	73
78	78Ronald	73
79	79Greg	72
80	80Shaun	70
81	81Wayne	67
82	82Bruce	65
83	83Marc	63
84	84Robin	63
85	85Cameron	62
86	86Francis	60
87	87Angus	58
88	88Gerard	58
89	89Kris	58
90	90Calum	57
91	91Benjamin	54
92	92Rory	54
93	93Dean	51
94	94Timothy	48
95	95Samuel	47
96	96Niall	45
97	97Hugh	43
98	98Lewis	43
99	99Murray	42
100	100Justin	38

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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