Top 100 baby girl names for births in Scotland during year 1979

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Laura	909
2	2Claire	825
3	3Nicola	713
4	4Lisa	708
5	5Louise	693
6	6Michelle	633
7	7Fiona	622
8	8Karen	618
9	9Gillian	563
10	10Jennifer	562
11	11Emma	485
12	12Angela	466
13	13Susan	456
14	14Kelly	453
15	15Julie	447
16	16Donna	446
17	17Sarah	435
18	18Kirsty	429
19	19Sharon	387
20	20Joanne	369
21	21Amanda	348
22	22Tracy	334
23	23Alison	327
24	24Elizabeth	302
25	25Caroline	300
26	26Elaine	300
27	27Jacqueline	298
28	28Lynne	289
29	29Leanne	287
30	30Deborah	285
31	31Lesley	256
32	32Lorraine	252
33	33Victoria	248
34	34Lynn	243
35	35Pamela	243
36	36Kerry	239
37	37Lynsey	236
38	38Lorna	235
39	39Carol	213
40	40Margaret	213
41	41Heather	211
42	42Helen	211
43	43Catherine	206
44	44Suzanne	192
45	45Tracey	189
46	46Yvonne	185
47	47Cheryl	180
48	48Linda	180
49	49Pauline	171
50	50Debbie	166
51	51Jane	166
52	52Dawn	163
53	53Clare	151
54	54Lindsay	151
55	55Mary	148
56	56Shona	148
57	57Anne	146
58	58Rachel	145
59	59Jill	136
60	60Christine	132
61	61Natalie	132
62	62Samantha	131
63	63Diane	130
64	64Lee	130
65	65Wendy	126
66	66Joanna	125
67	67Paula	125
68	68Marie	124
69	69Ann	121
70	70Denise	118
71	71Catriona	116
72	72Gayle	114
73	73Hazel	106
74	74Kathleen	106
75	75Stacey	105
76	76Gail	104
77	77Ashley	100
78	78Andrea	99
79	79Ruth	99
80	80Anna	97
81	81Jillian	97
82	82Leigh	97
83	83Katrina	94
84	84Stephanie	94
85	85Mhairi	92
86	86Katherine	90
87	87Sandra	88
88	88Lyndsey	86
89	89Christina	85
90	90Lucy	85
91	91Patricia	82
92	92Carrie	81
93	93Rebecca	79
94	94Kathryn	77
95	95Lyndsay	77
96	96Melanie	76
97	97Amy	75
98	98Sara	73
99	99Arlene	72
100	100Kirsten	72

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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