Top 100 baby boy names for births in Scotland during year 1986

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1David	1,623
2	2Christopher	1,292
3	3Andrew	1,178
4	4James	1,100
5	5John	1,090
6	6Craig	984
7	7Steven	946
8	8Michael	891
9	9Scott	842
10	10Mark	832
11	11Paul	816
12	12Robert	652
13	13Stuart	626
14	14Ross	591
15	15Stephen	580
16	16Gary	577
17	17Kevin	567
18	18William	552
19	19Jamie	465
20	20Martin	456
21	21Ryan	444
22	22Alan	422
23	23Graeme	419
24	24Thomas	419
25	25Daniel	415
26	26Darren	371
27	27Richard	367
28	28Sean	336
29	29Colin	314
30	30Alexander	305
31	31Peter	296
32	32Iain	291
33	33Lee	276
34	34Ian	269
35	35Brian	268
36	36Graham	260
37	37Matthew	258
38	38Gordon	252
39	39Barry	247
40	40Adam	241
41	41Gavin	236
42	42Jonathan	234
43	43Neil	226
44	44Allan	209
45	45Marc	206
46	46Kenneth	196
47	47Kyle	194
48	48Fraser	189
49	49Shaun	187
50	50Jason	183
51	51Derek	180
52	52Grant	180
53	53Liam	176
54	54Anthony	162
55	55Joseph	161
56	56Stewart	153
57	57Greg	146
58	58Douglas	137
59	59Nicholas	135
60	60Calum	132
61	61George	127
62	62Simon	127
63	63Duncan	122
64	64Alistair	119
65	65Callum	116
66	66Dean	116
67	67Bryan	114
68	68Keith	109
69	69Euan	108
70	70Garry	106
71	71Philip	106
72	72Patrick	103
73	73Donald	96
74	74Edward	94
75	75Jordan	89
76	76Cameron	88
77	77Charles	85
78	78Gareth	84
79	79Martyn	81
80	80Lewis	77
81	81Ewan	76
82	82Aaron	73
83	83Benjamin	73
84	84Alastair	72
85	85Raymond	70
86	86Kieran	67
87	87Rory	65
88	88Alasdair	62
89	89Mohammed	59
90	90Samuel	59
91	91Malcolm	58
92	92Murray	55
93	93Blair	54
94	94Niall	54
95	95Kristopher	53
96	96Wayne	53
97	97Bruce	51
98	98Gerard	51
99	99Kris	51
100	100Russell	50

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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