Top 100 baby boy names for births in Scotland during year 1985

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1David	1,769
2	2Christopher	1,355
3	3Andrew	1,230
4	4John	1,188
5	5James	1,122
6	6Steven	947
7	7Craig	944
8	8Paul	932
9	9Michael	912
10	10Mark	838
11	11Scott	794
12	12Robert	674
13	13Stuart	662
14	14Stephen	624
15	15Gary	602
16	16William	599
17	17Kevin	547
18	18Ross	516
19	19Ryan	455
20	20Jamie	442
21	21Richard	439
22	22Alan	413
23	23Thomas	407
24	24Darren	383
25	25Martin	377
26	26Colin	375
27	27Graeme	366
28	28Daniel	359
29	29Brian	328
30	30Alexander	323
31	31Gordon	311
32	32Peter	307
33	33Iain	304
34	34Sean	297
35	35Ian	289
36	36Matthew	259
37	37Barry	258
38	38Jonathan	256
39	39Graham	245
40	40Lee	245
41	41Adam	234
42	42Neil	232
43	43Kenneth	218
44	44Derek	213
45	45Allan	208
46	46Gavin	197
47	47Stewart	190
48	48Grant	187
49	49Fraser	186
50	50Nicholas	177
51	51George	172
52	52Joseph	166
53	53Anthony	159
54	54Douglas	156
55	55Shaun	155
56	56Liam	152
57	57Jason	150
58	58Calum	139
59	59Marc	139
60	60Callum	129
61	61Greg	125
62	62Duncan	122
63	63Alistair	117
64	64Philip	117
65	65Bryan	113
66	66Keith	113
67	67Simon	111
68	68Euan	105
69	69Garry	102
70	70Donald	101
71	71Cameron	99
72	72Edward	96
73	73Ewan	95
74	74Charles	93
75	75Lewis	87
76	76Alasdair	84
77	77Gareth	82
78	78Raymond	82
79	79Alastair	79
80	80Dean	79
81	81Patrick	79
82	82Benjamin	74
83	83Russell	69
84	84Kieran	60
85	85Martyn	60
86	86Samuel	58
87	87Gerard	57
88	88Malcolm	57
89	89Bruce	51
90	90Greig	51
91	91Jordan	50
92	92Kyle	50
93	93Ben	48
94	94Gregor	48
95	95Rory	47
96	96Blair	46
97	97Aaron	45
98	98Murray	44
99	99Niall	44
100	100Wayne	44

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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