Top 100 baby girl names for births in Scotland during year 1974

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Nicola	935
2	2Karen	825
3	3Fiona	793
4	4Susan	763
5	5Claire	727
6	6Sharon	720
7	7Angela	660
8	8Gillian	577
9	9Julie	576
10	10Michelle	531
11	11Jacqueline	505
12	12Amanda	502
13	13Tracy	498
14	14Louise	491
15	15Jennifer	470
16	16Alison	453
17	17Sarah	402
18	18Donna	398
19	19Caroline	396
20	20Elaine	390
21	21Lynn	376
22	22Margaret	375
23	23Elizabeth	346
24	24Lesley	341
25	25Deborah	340
26	26Pauline	338
27	27Lorraine	336
28	28Laura	335
29	29Lisa	334
30	30Tracey	334
31	31Carol	319
32	32Linda	316
33	33Lorna	314
34	34Catherine	298
35	35Wendy	290
36	36Lynne	284
37	37Yvonne	284
38	38Pamela	282
39	39Kirsty	281
40	40Jane	274
41	41Emma	264
42	42Joanne	262
43	43Heather	253
44	44Suzanne	253
45	45Anne	238
46	46Diane	229
47	47Helen	219
48	48Victoria	215
49	49Dawn	210
50	50Mary	200
51	51Samantha	200
52	52Marie	190
53	53Kerry	187
54	54Ann	180
55	55Hazel	178
56	56Christine	175
57	57Gail	169
58	58Andrea	158
59	59Clare	157
60	60Sandra	150
61	61Shona	148
62	62Kathleen	143
63	63Paula	137
64	64Shirley	135
65	65Denise	128
66	66Melanie	126
67	67Patricia	123
68	68Audrey	119
69	69Ruth	119
70	70Jill	114
71	71Lee	109
72	72Leigh	109
73	73Catriona	107
74	74Rachel	106
75	75Morag	102
76	76Kirsten	98
77	77Kirsteen	97
78	78Katrina	96
79	79Joanna	94
80	80Lynsey	92
81	81Cheryl	91
82	82Debbie	91
83	83Maureen	90
84	84Janet	88
85	85Aileen	87
86	86Arlene	87
87	87Zoe	87
88	88Lindsay	86
89	89Stephanie	84
90	90Judith	82
91	91Mandy	79
92	92Jillian	78
93	93Mhairi	78
94	94Barbara	75
95	95Carolyn	75
96	96Gayle	74
97	97Maria	74
98	98Valerie	74
99	99Christina	73
100	100Marion	73

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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