Top 100 baby boy names for births in Scotland during year 1980

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1David	1,988
2	2John	1,478
3	3Andrew	1,293
4	4James	1,194
5	5Christopher	1,071
6	6Paul	1,045
7	7Steven	954
8	8Kevin	825
9	9Robert	813
10	10Scott	813
11	11Craig	805
12	12Michael	775
13	13Mark	738
14	14Stuart	700
15	15Stephen	693
16	16Alan	664
17	17William	601
18	18Gary	559
19	19Ross	545
20	20Colin	542
21	21Brian	479
22	22Barry	471
23	23Richard	464
24	24Martin	458
25	25Thomas	450
26	26Neil	425
27	27Peter	394
28	28Iain	374
29	29Graeme	368
30	30Ian	361
31	31Gordon	359
32	32Alexander	351
33	33Ryan	336
34	34Derek	335
35	35Kenneth	319
36	36Allan	286
37	37Jamie	279
38	38Graham	277
39	39Gavin	271
40	40Darren	270
41	41Stewart	231
42	42Gareth	222
43	43Jonathan	214
44	44Daniel	207
45	45Douglas	203
46	46Grant	199
47	47Lee	196
48	48George	189
49	49Joseph	176
50	50Simon	172
51	51Matthew	170
52	52Keith	166
53	53Anthony	163
54	54Fraser	159
55	55Garry	152
56	56Alistair	142
57	57Bryan	133
58	58Philip	128
59	59Adam	125
60	60Sean	124
61	61Duncan	119
62	62Edward	113
63	63Charles	109
64	64Ewan	108
65	65Russell	105
66	66Donald	104
67	67Patrick	103
68	68Alastair	101
69	69Euan	101
70	70Jason	99
71	71Nicholas	99
72	72Marc	96
73	73Raymond	95
74	74Malcolm	88
75	75Greig	87
76	76Alasdair	85
77	77Greg	80
78	78Liam	80
79	79Shaun	75
80	80Francis	69
81	81Ronald	65
82	82Benjamin	60
83	83Cameron	60
84	84Dean	60
85	85Niall	57
86	86Gerard	56
87	87Murray	54
88	88Robin	54
89	89Timothy	54
90	90Bruce	53
91	91Hugh	53
92	92Calum	52
93	93Kris	51
94	94Wayne	51
95	95Roderick	50
96	96Samuel	50
97	97Martyn	45
98	98Angus	43
99	99Gregor	43
100	100Jon	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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