Top 100 baby girl names for births in Scotland during year 1978

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Nicola	797
2	2Claire	722
3	3Laura	707
4	4Karen	629
5	5Michelle	585
6	6Louise	575
7	7Jennifer	566
8	8Fiona	564
9	9Lisa	564
10	10Gillian	548
11	11Angela	543
12	12Julie	502
13	13Susan	494
14	14Sarah	466
15	15Kelly	459
16	16Donna	424
17	17Sharon	422
18	18Emma	414
19	19Caroline	382
20	20Alison	355
21	21Joanne	354
22	22Tracy	343
23	23Kirsty	337
24	24Lynne	332
25	25Amanda	318
26	26Elaine	298
27	27Jacqueline	287
28	28Lesley	285
29	29Kerry	279
30	30Elizabeth	278
31	31Lynn	267
32	32Margaret	237
33	33Deborah	235
34	34Catherine	226
35	35Heather	222
36	36Lorna	219
37	37Yvonne	214
38	38Carol	212
39	39Lorraine	212
40	40Suzanne	211
41	41Lynsey	204
42	42Victoria	204
43	43Helen	193
44	44Linda	184
45	45Pauline	184
46	46Dawn	178
47	47Anne	165
48	48Jane	164
49	49Tracey	163
50	50Clare	153
51	51Mary	153
52	52Diane	147
53	53Jill	143
54	54Denise	142
55	55Lee	142
56	56Leanne	141
57	57Christine	134
58	58Shona	133
59	59Pamela	132
60	60Samantha	132
61	61Paula	131
62	62Joanna	130
63	63Debbie	125
64	64Stacey	124
65	65Hazel	118
66	66Cheryl	116
67	67Lindsay	116
68	68Gail	115
69	69Rachel	112
70	70Marie	111
71	71Ann	101
72	72Catriona	101
73	73Andrea	100
74	74Ruth	100
75	75Kathryn	99
76	76Katrina	97
77	77Mhairi	96
78	78Wendy	96
79	79Leigh	94
80	80Gayle	93
81	81Melanie	93
82	82Sandra	92
83	83Stephanie	92
84	84Anna	88
85	85Jillian	88
86	86Amy	83
87	87Carolyn	82
88	88Patricia	82
89	89Carrie	80
90	90Natalie	80
91	91Kathleen	78
92	92Lyndsey	78
93	93Ashley	70
94	94Rebecca	70
95	95Vicky	70
96	96Christina	69
97	97Lindsey	69
98	98Katherine	67
99	99Arlene	65
100	100Sara	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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