Top 100 baby girl names for births in Scotland during year 1982

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Laura	1,111
2	2Claire	982
3	3Lisa	808
4	4Nicola	726
5	5Michelle	704
6	6Sarah	683
7	7Jennifer	648
8	8Louise	645
9	9Emma	599
10	10Kirsty	510
11	11Fiona	498
12	12Karen	479
13	13Gillian	476
14	14Donna	378
15	15Kelly	373
16	16Victoria	348
17	17Susan	342
18	18Julie	338
19	19Gemma	329
20	20Angela	314
21	21Amanda	313
22	22Lynsey	313
23	23Alison	285
24	24Pamela	280
25	25Leanne	278
26	26Caroline	273
27	27Sharon	265
28	28Natalie	255
29	29Suzanne	253
30	30Elaine	249
31	31Jacqueline	249
32	32Joanne	249
33	33Lesley	230
34	34Deborah	228
35	35Catherine	224
36	36Cheryl	219
37	37Elizabeth	208
38	38Lynne	201
39	39Kerry	198
40	40Lorraine	185
41	41Tracy	181
42	42Lindsay	179
43	43Rebecca	179
44	44Charlene	178
45	45Lorna	174
46	46Rachel	171
47	47Clare	170
48	48Heather	169
49	49Lynn	169
50	50Debbie	167
51	51Stephanie	162
52	52Kimberley	161
53	53Stacey	142
54	54Christine	140
55	55Helen	139
56	56Margaret	139
57	57Yvonne	138
58	58Lauren	136
59	59Carol	133
60	60Samantha	133
61	61Dawn	132
62	62Amy	126
63	63Pauline	125
64	64Linda	122
65	65Paula	122
66	66Ashley	120
67	67Catriona	112
68	68Diane	110
69	69Shona	109
70	70Lyndsey	108
71	71Anne	106
72	72Jill	105
73	73Mary	105
74	74Anna	100
75	75Hazel	98
76	76Sara	98
77	77Jane	96
78	78Kathryn	95
79	79Tracey	95
80	80Denise	94
81	81Ruth	92
82	82Kim	89
83	83Marie	89
84	84Kathleen	88
85	85Andrea	87
86	86Joanna	86
87	87Linsey	86
88	88Katrina	84
89	89Carrie	82
90	90Danielle	82
91	91Katherine	82
92	92Mhairi	81
93	93Christina	78
94	94Lucy	77
95	95Jillian	75
96	96Melanie	73
97	97Lee	72
98	98Natasha	72
99	99Gail	71
100	100Eilidh	70

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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