Top 200 baby girl names for births in Scotland during year 1978

Year

Rank	Name	Births
101	101Allison	61
102	102Lyndsay	61
103	103Janet	60
104	104Aileen	58
105	105Marion	58
106	106Maureen	58
107	107Kim	57
108	108Mairi	57
109	109Vicki	57
110	110Rhona	56
111	111Louisa	55
112	112Judith	54
113	113Julia	54
114	114Zoe	54
115	115Lucy	51
116	116Lynette	51
117	117Frances	49
118	118Kirsten	49
119	119Audrey	48
120	120Mandy	48
121	121Emily	46
122	122Lynda	46
123	123Melissa	46
124	124Barbara	45
125	125Isla	45
126	126Kirsteen	45
127	127Morag	43
128	128Shirley	42
129	129Maria	41
130	130Eleanor	40
131	131Leona	40
132	132Theresa	40
133	133Carole	39
134	134Charlene	39
135	135Lianne	39
136	136Katie	38
137	137Sally	38
138	138Geraldine	37
139	139Naomi	37
140	140Irene	35
141	141Lauren	35
142	142Marianne	35
143	143Siobhan	35
144	144Nichola	34
145	145Valerie	34
146	146Kirstie	33
147	147Alexandra	32
148	148Gemma	32
149	149Janice	32
150	150Lyn	32
151	151Tammy	32
152	152Charlotte	31
153	153Dianne	31
154	154Eilidh	31
155	155Adele	30
156	156Clair	30
157	157Jayne	30
158	158Michele	30
159	159Colette	29
160	160June	29
161	161Kate	29
162	162Kimberley	29
163	163Vikki	29
164	164Agnes	28
165	165Beverley	28
166	166Georgina	28
167	167Nicole	28
168	168Evelyn	27
169	169Hilary	27
170	170Annette	26
171	171Cara	26
172	172Hannah	26
173	173Joan	26
174	174Leeanne	26
175	175Rachael	26
176	176Tanya	26
177	177Danielle	25
178	178Eileen	25
179	179Jean	25
180	180Shelley	25
181	181Susanne	25
182	182Debra	24
183	183Faye	24
184	184Lee-Anne	24
185	185Natasha	24
186	186Rosemary	24
187	187Teresa	24
188	188Brenda	23
189	189Erin	23
190	190Hayley	23
191	191Kay	23
192	192Moira	23
193	193Sheila	23
194	194Alice	22
195	195Kellie	22
196	196Leeann	22
197	197Ailsa	21
198	198Alexis	21
199	199Morven	21
200	200Sheena	21

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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