Top 100 baby boy names for births in Scotland during year 1983

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1David	1,891
2	2Christopher	1,374
3	3Andrew	1,275
4	4John	1,260
5	5James	1,156
6	6Craig	992
7	7Steven	950
8	8Paul	901
9	9Michael	768
10	10Scott	740
11	11Robert	721
12	12Mark	719
13	13William	658
14	14Kevin	657
15	15Stuart	641
16	16Stephen	584
17	17Alan	562
18	18Gary	522
19	19Ross	509
20	20Colin	467
21	21Richard	451
22	22Martin	446
23	23Thomas	401
24	24Neil	393
25	25Ryan	372
26	26Graeme	343
27	27Brian	341
28	28Peter	335
29	29Gordon	321
30	30Darren	316
31	31Ian	316
32	32Jamie	305
33	33Alexander	303
34	34Iain	303
35	35Graham	284
36	36Barry	278
37	37Allan	266
38	38Jonathan	266
39	39Daniel	257
40	40Gavin	251
41	41Derek	238
42	42Kenneth	235
43	43Sean	214
44	44Matthew	211
45	45Lee	200
46	46George	183
47	47Nicholas	176
48	48Anthony	174
49	49Stewart	174
50	50Fraser	166
51	51Douglas	160
52	52Keith	159
53	53Joseph	149
54	54Grant	145
55	55Marc	134
56	56Adam	127
57	57Simon	123
58	58Alistair	120
59	59Garry	118
60	60Alastair	116
61	61Bryan	113
62	62Liam	109
63	63Jason	107
64	64Duncan	106
65	65Euan	106
66	66Charles	105
67	67Greg	103
68	68Edward	102
69	69Philip	102
70	70Russell	96
71	71Shaun	96
72	72Gareth	93
73	73Ewan	92
74	74Calum	89
75	75Callum	86
76	76Donald	84
77	77Cameron	81
78	78Raymond	81
79	79Patrick	80
80	80Alasdair	79
81	81Dean	70
82	82Greig	67
83	83Lewis	66
84	84Benjamin	65
85	85Malcolm	62
86	86Niall	60
87	87Gerard	58
88	88Martyn	54
89	89Jordan	52
90	90Aaron	50
91	91Francis	50
92	92Hugh	49
93	93Gregor	48
94	94Mohammed	48
95	95Robin	47
96	96Samuel	46
97	97Angus	43
98	98Bruce	43
99	99Kris	40
100	100Ronald	39

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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