Top 100 baby girl names for births in Scotland during year 1983

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Laura	1,215
2	2Claire	985
3	3Nicola	810
4	4Jennifer	741
5	5Louise	684
6	6Sarah	644
7	7Lisa	621
8	8Michelle	601
9	9Emma	580
10	10Fiona	456
11	11Karen	450
12	12Gillian	448
13	13Gemma	437
14	14Kirsty	435
15	15Lynsey	360
16	16Victoria	355
17	17Donna	352
18	18Kelly	341
19	19Susan	307
20	20Julie	289
21	21Angela	280
22	22Pamela	268
23	23Leanne	267
24	24Amanda	259
25	25Joanne	253
26	26Alison	251
27	27Caroline	244
28	28Heather	243
29	29Jacqueline	234
30	30Suzanne	230
31	31Stephanie	226
32	32Catherine	205
33	33Elaine	205
34	34Natalie	201
35	35Lynne	194
36	36Stacey	194
37	37Lindsay	189
38	38Lauren	187
39	39Cheryl	186
40	40Elizabeth	185
41	41Deborah	184
42	42Lesley	184
43	43Kerry	183
44	44Lorna	183
45	45Charlene	178
46	46Sharon	178
47	47Lorraine	175
48	48Lynn	170
49	49Amy	165
50	50Tracy	159
51	51Clare	158
52	52Rebecca	158
53	53Debbie	153
54	54Samantha	148
55	55Kimberley	145
56	56Rachel	145
57	57Yvonne	142
58	58Helen	140
59	59Margaret	139
60	60Carol	136
61	61Christine	125
62	62Diane	120
63	63Linda	115
64	64Ashley	114
65	65Dawn	114
66	66Paula	114
67	67Marie	112
68	68Pauline	112
69	69Danielle	108
70	70Anna	106
71	71Hazel	104
72	72Jill	104
73	73Shona	102
74	74Catriona	100
75	75Jane	96
76	76Kim	94
77	77Mhairi	94
78	78Anne	93
79	79Tracey	93
80	80Hayley	91
81	81Lyndsey	91
82	82Sara	91
83	83Melissa	90
84	84Kathryn	89
85	85Lyndsay	89
86	86Lucy	87
87	87Ruth	87
88	88Mary	83
89	89Andrea	80
90	90Lindsey	80
91	91Denise	78
92	92Joanna	77
93	93Alana	76
94	94Adele	69
95	95Kathleen	68
96	96Melanie	67
97	97Christina	66
98	98Hannah	66
99	99Kirsten	66
100	100Siobhan	66

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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