Top 100 baby boy names for births in Scotland during year 1987

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1David	1,552
2	2Christopher	1,268
3	3Andrew	1,249
4	4James	1,022
5	5John	1,018
6	6Scott	978
7	7Craig	935
8	8Michael	875
9	9Mark	862
10	10Steven	844
11	11Paul	781
12	12Ross	662
13	13Robert	652
14	14Stuart	615
15	15Ryan	569
16	16Gary	567
17	17Stephen	567
18	18William	547
19	19Jamie	526
20	20Kevin	510
21	21Martin	496
22	22Thomas	461
23	23Daniel	427
24	24Graeme	427
25	25Sean	412
26	26Alan	391
27	27Darren	391
28	28Richard	363
29	29Colin	334
30	30Matthew	296
31	31Lee	279
32	32Iain	277
33	33Graham	268
34	34Alexander	267
35	35Peter	264
36	36Brian	255
37	37Ian	249
38	38Neil	248
39	39Gordon	238
40	40Kyle	233
41	41Adam	224
42	42Jonathan	207
43	43Marc	203
44	44Shaun	200
45	45Fraser	199
46	46Jason	197
47	47Liam	196
48	48Gavin	195
49	49Grant	185
50	50Joseph	184
51	51Anthony	175
52	52Kenneth	172
53	53Stewart	167
54	54Barry	162
55	55Callum	158
56	56Allan	156
57	57Derek	154
58	58George	152
59	59Nicholas	146
60	60Greg	144
61	61Alistair	137
62	62Dean	136
63	63Calum	133
64	64Simon	132
65	65Philip	120
66	66Douglas	112
67	67Duncan	108
68	68Lewis	105
69	69Jordan	104
70	70Bryan	103
71	71Patrick	102
72	72Garry	100
73	73Cameron	95
74	74Edward	89
75	75Keith	89
76	76Euan	86
77	77Martyn	83
78	78Samuel	80
79	79Benjamin	79
80	80Donald	79
81	81Aaron	76
82	82Alasdair	76
83	83Ewan	70
84	84Charles	68
85	85Gareth	67
86	86Alastair	64
87	87Kieran	62
88	88Ben	60
89	89Rory	60
90	90Blair	58
91	91Raymond	58
92	92Jack	57
93	93Dale	54
94	94Bruce	53
95	95Murray	51
96	96Kristopher	50
97	97Mohammed	50
98	98Greig	49
99	99Kris	49
100	100Gregor	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

Share this: