Top 100 baby boy names for births in Scotland during year 1988

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1David	1,577
2	2Christopher	1,248
3	3Scott	1,210
4	4Andrew	1,083
5	5James	1,036
6	6John	924
7	7Craig	894
8	8Michael	867
9	9Mark	846
10	10Steven	772
11	11Paul	760
12	12Ross	754
13	13Robert	604
14	14Stuart	572
15	15Ryan	569
16	16Stephen	569
17	17Gary	532
18	18Jamie	528
19	19Kevin	522
20	20William	482
21	21Sean	462
22	22Darren	457
23	23Martin	433
24	24Daniel	431
25	25Thomas	429
26	26Graeme	419
27	27Alan	331
28	28Jonathan	324
29	29Richard	313
30	30Lee	297
31	31Alexander	292
32	32Colin	290
33	33Jason	279
34	34Iain	272
35	35Liam	270
36	36Matthew	259
37	37Adam	230
38	38Calum	230
39	39Peter	223
40	40Graham	222
41	41Shaun	219
42	42Brian	218
43	43Gavin	217
44	44Ian	214
45	45Marc	212
46	46Neil	199
47	47Grant	195
48	48Kyle	195
49	49Fraser	188
50	50Gordon	188
51	51Callum	185
52	52Dean	182
53	53Nicholas	172
54	54Allan	171
55	55Joseph	161
56	56Lewis	156
57	57Kenneth	152
58	58Stewart	148
59	59Barry	146
60	60Anthony	145
61	61Greg	141
62	62Euan	130
63	63Derek	126
64	64George	119
65	65Simon	119
66	66Alistair	114
67	67Garry	114
68	68Douglas	112
69	69Jordan	112
70	70Duncan	107
71	71Patrick	97
72	72Samuel	97
73	73Aaron	96
74	74Charles	96
75	75Bryan	91
76	76Ewan	91
77	77Philip	91
78	78Benjamin	84
79	79Martyn	83
80	80Kieran	81
81	81Donald	80
82	82Jack	79
83	83Alasdair	78
84	84Cameron	76
85	85Rory	74
86	86Keith	70
87	87Gareth	67
88	88Blair	66
89	89Edward	64
90	90Alastair	62
91	91Luke	61
92	92Dale	59
93	93Kristopher	54
94	94Greig	48
95	95Raymond	48
96	96Gregor	47
97	97Malcolm	47
98	98Ben	45
99	99Niall	45
100	100Sam	43

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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