Top 100 baby girl names for births in Scotland during year 1980

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Laura	1,023
2	2Claire	852
3	3Lisa	741
4	4Nicola	737
5	5Louise	707
6	6Karen	653
7	7Fiona	615
8	8Jennifer	612
9	9Michelle	609
10	10Emma	548
11	11Sarah	545
12	12Gillian	531
13	13Kelly	467
14	14Susan	459
15	15Angela	454
16	16Donna	429
17	17Kirsty	390
18	18Julie	386
19	19Pamela	376
20	20Joanne	350
21	21Caroline	339
22	22Amanda	316
23	23Tracy	310
24	24Sharon	305
25	25Lynne	298
26	26Elaine	294
27	27Deborah	293
28	28Jacqueline	288
29	29Alison	286
30	30Lynsey	283
31	31Victoria	280
32	32Kerry	277
33	33Leanne	273
34	34Lorraine	258
35	35Lesley	249
36	36Elizabeth	247
37	37Lorna	238
38	38Catherine	224
39	39Lynn	209
40	40Suzanne	208
41	41Heather	193
42	42Helen	187
43	43Lindsay	187
44	44Margaret	187
45	45Clare	185
46	46Cheryl	182
47	47Debbie	182
48	48Pauline	175
49	49Dawn	174
50	50Carol	167
51	51Mary	159
52	52Natalie	156
53	53Linda	154
54	54Jane	151
55	55Diane	150
56	56Stacey	150
57	57Carrie	149
58	58Yvonne	144
59	59Rebecca	143
60	60Christine	142
61	61Marie	138
62	62Charlene	134
63	63Rachel	133
64	64Anne	131
65	65Tracey	130
66	66Jill	121
67	67Samantha	121
68	68Ashley	120
69	69Paula	119
70	70Joanna	118
71	71Stephanie	112
72	72Andrea	111
73	73Shona	111
74	74Denise	109
75	75Anna	107
76	76Hazel	107
77	77Katrina	105
78	78Ruth	102
79	79Gayle	100
80	80Lee	97
81	81Sara	97
82	82Catriona	96
83	83Kathryn	94
84	84Leigh	94
85	85Mhairi	94
86	86Wendy	93
87	87Amy	92
88	88Jillian	89
89	89Katherine	88
90	90Gail	87
91	91Linsey	84
92	92Christina	83
93	93Lucy	82
94	94Melanie	82
95	95Sandra	79
96	96Ann	78
97	97Kathleen	78
98	98Shelley	77
99	99Kirsten	76
100	100Kim	75

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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