Top 100 baby boy names for births in Scotland during year 1981

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1David	1,965
2	2John	1,422
3	3Andrew	1,289
4	4Christopher	1,143
5	5James	1,105
6	6Paul	1,039
7	7Steven	920
8	8Craig	887
9	9Michael	853
10	10Scott	843
11	11Kevin	790
12	12Robert	786
13	13Mark	775
14	14Stuart	681
15	15Stephen	618
16	16Gary	617
17	17Alan	604
18	18William	586
19	19Ross	557
20	20Colin	519
21	21Martin	509
22	22Thomas	472
23	23Barry	455
24	24Brian	431
25	25Neil	427
26	26Richard	422
27	27Graeme	417
28	28Peter	379
29	29Iain	368
30	30Gordon	359
31	31Ian	345
32	32Alexander	301
33	33Darren	300
34	34Derek	299
35	35Graham	294
36	36Ryan	294
37	37Jamie	287
38	38Kenneth	286
39	39Allan	285
40	40Gavin	244
41	41Jonathan	241
42	42Daniel	235
43	43George	215
44	44Douglas	195
45	45Stewart	191
46	46Matthew	189
47	47Anthony	177
48	48Keith	177
49	49Grant	176
50	50Sean	170
51	51Simon	162
52	52Gareth	160
53	53Garry	157
54	54Lee	157
55	55Fraser	156
56	56Alistair	148
57	57Adam	145
58	58Joseph	143
59	59Nicholas	142
60	60Bryan	137
61	61Charles	134
62	62Duncan	125
63	63Philip	117
64	64Russell	117
65	65Donald	114
66	66Edward	108
67	67Marc	108
68	68Alastair	106
69	69Greg	106
70	70Euan	104
71	71Raymond	102
72	72Shaun	100
73	73Ewan	91
74	74Jason	88
75	75Patrick	87
76	76Alasdair	78
77	77Gerard	77
78	78Malcolm	77
79	79Calum	76
80	80Liam	73
81	81Bruce	71
82	82Ronald	71
83	83Kris	70
84	84Hugh	67
85	85Lewis	67
86	86Dean	62
87	87Greig	62
88	88Benjamin	61
89	89Wayne	61
90	90Martyn	60
91	91Niall	59
92	92Callum	55
93	93Francis	54
94	94Cameron	52
95	95Gregor	51
96	96Angus	50
97	97Aaron	49
98	98Blair	44
99	99Dale	44
100	100Samuel	41

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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