Top 100 baby girl names for births in Scotland during year 1981

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Laura	1,181
2	2Claire	917
3	3Lisa	844
4	4Nicola	786
5	5Emma	690
6	6Louise	682
7	7Jennifer	675
8	8Michelle	666
9	9Sarah	628
10	10Fiona	591
11	11Karen	561
12	12Gillian	525
13	13Kirsty	440
14	14Donna	430
15	15Kelly	413
16	16Pamela	386
17	17Susan	384
18	18Julie	373
19	19Angela	358
20	20Amanda	339
21	21Lynsey	322
22	22Sharon	313
23	23Lynne	296
24	24Deborah	288
25	25Joanne	285
26	26Victoria	285
27	27Caroline	276
28	28Alison	265
29	29Leanne	263
30	30Gemma	259
31	31Elaine	258
32	32Jacqueline	256
33	33Lesley	251
34	34Elizabeth	250
35	35Lorraine	229
36	36Kerry	222
37	37Heather	219
38	38Debbie	215
39	39Catherine	214
40	40Lynn	213
41	41Lorna	212
42	42Tracy	203
43	43Suzanne	199
44	44Yvonne	188
45	45Cheryl	184
46	46Natalie	180
47	47Margaret	174
48	48Lindsay	167
49	49Diane	166
50	50Helen	163
51	51Pauline	163
52	52Ashley	160
53	53Rachel	157
54	54Clare	155
55	55Carol	153
56	56Christine	151
57	57Linda	151
58	58Dawn	144
59	59Rebecca	143
60	60Stephanie	142
61	61Jill	137
62	62Tracey	133
63	63Jane	132
64	64Stacey	130
65	65Paula	129
66	66Shona	128
67	67Anna	126
68	68Charlene	124
69	69Anne	123
70	70Marie	121
71	71Catriona	118
72	72Samantha	116
73	73Joanna	114
74	74Ruth	113
75	75Andrea	110
76	76Mary	109
77	77Denise	104
78	78Kim	101
79	79Mhairi	98
80	80Hazel	97
81	81Lauren	96
82	82Amy	94
83	83Kathryn	94
84	84Carrie	92
85	85Lyndsey	92
86	86Lucy	91
87	87Gail	90
88	88Katherine	90
89	89Christina	89
90	90Linsey	89
91	91Wendy	89
92	92Katrina	86
93	93Kimberley	86
94	94Ann	83
95	95Lee	82
96	96Sara	82
97	97Jillian	81
98	98Melanie	81
99	99Kathleen	80
100	100Lindsey	78

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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