Top 100 baby girl names for births in Scotland during year 1976

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Nicola	839
2	2Karen	767
3	3Claire	759
4	4Angela	672
5	5Fiona	664
6	6Susan	551
7	7Jennifer	540
8	8Julie	538
9	9Gillian	524
10	10Michelle	494
11	11Sharon	486
12	12Sarah	477
13	13Louise	458
14	14Donna	454
15	15Laura	445
16	16Amanda	376
17	17Alison	366
18	18Lisa	366
19	19Caroline	358
20	20Kirsty	347
21	21Jacqueline	344
22	22Elaine	343
23	23Lesley	323
24	24Lynn	321
25	25Deborah	319
26	26Elizabeth	316
27	27Joanne	311
28	28Emma	301
29	29Tracy	283
30	30Lorraine	275
31	31Lynne	264
32	32Margaret	264
33	33Heather	262
34	34Carol	252
35	35Lorna	249
36	36Pauline	242
37	37Kelly	240
38	38Helen	238
39	39Catherine	232
40	40Linda	221
41	41Victoria	219
42	42Suzanne	217
43	43Kerry	216
44	44Pamela	210
45	45Lee	209
46	46Wendy	204
47	47Jane	201
48	48Yvonne	193
49	49Tracey	187
50	50Anne	185
51	51Clare	171
52	52Mary	163
53	53Diane	162
54	54Christine	156
55	55Lynsey	153
56	56Samantha	150
57	57Shona	149
58	58Andrea	147
59	59Marie	145
60	60Gail	136
61	61Melanie	135
62	62Dawn	128
63	63Ann	127
64	64Paula	122
65	65Jill	119
66	66Ruth	119
67	67Leigh	118
68	68Hazel	117
69	69Debbie	110
70	70Joanna	109
71	71Denise	108
72	72Lindsay	106
73	73Gayle	104
74	74Patricia	104
75	75Catriona	99
76	76Kathleen	96
77	77Sandra	92
78	78Leanne	91
79	79Stephanie	91
80	80Rachel	88
81	81Katrina	85
82	82Shirley	85
83	83Kirsteen	82
84	84Janet	81
85	85Arlene	80
86	86Zoe	80
87	87Jillian	79
88	88Anna	74
89	89Judith	74
90	90Mhairi	74
91	91Natalie	74
92	92Audrey	72
93	93Carolyn	71
94	94Morag	71
95	95Aileen	70
96	96Cheryl	69
97	97Rebecca	69
98	98Allison	68
99	99Barbara	66
100	100Mandy	65

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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