Top 100 baby girl names for births in Scotland during year 1985

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Laura	1,266
2	2Claire	956
3	3Nicola	826
4	4Jennifer	765
5	5Michelle	669
6	6Sarah	620
7	7Lisa	598
8	8Emma	573
9	9Louise	573
10	10Kirsty	571
11	11Fiona	468
12	12Gemma	448
13	13Gillian	400
14	14Karen	394
15	15Samantha	371
16	16Amanda	346
17	17Ashley	342
18	18Lynsey	313
19	19Stacey	309
20	20Natalie	307
21	21Stephanie	301
22	22Victoria	296
23	23Donna	277
24	24Kelly	269
25	25Alison	260
26	26Cheryl	258
27	27Pamela	253
28	28Amy	252
29	29Rachel	252
30	30Lauren	249
31	31Charlene	238
32	32Heather	238
33	33Joanne	238
34	34Angela	234
35	35Julie	233
36	36Jenna	229
37	37Susan	224
38	38Leanne	221
39	39Deborah	214
40	40Catherine	204
41	41Kimberley	195
42	42Suzanne	195
43	43Jacqueline	190
44	44Kerry	190
45	45Elizabeth	173
46	46Danielle	164
47	47Debbie	162
48	48Caroline	161
49	49Nicole	149
50	50Lesley	148
51	51Paula	145
52	52Lynne	144
53	53Elaine	143
54	54Clare	142
55	55Sharon	140
56	56Lorna	136
57	57Lindsay	135
58	58Yvonne	133
59	59Lorraine	130
60	60Dawn	127
61	61Helen	122
62	62Rebecca	122
63	63Siobhan	122
64	64Tracy	117
65	65Katie	116
66	66Margaret	114
67	67Catriona	112
68	68Christine	109
69	69Joanna	108
70	70Lynn	108
71	71Alana	101
72	72Hayley	99
73	73Hazel	96
74	74Anna	95
75	75Kathryn	95
76	76Hannah	93
77	77Katherine	93
78	78Lyndsey	93
79	79Tracey	93
80	80Diane	92
81	81Natasha	92
82	82Christina	91
83	83Lucy	91
84	84Katrina	89
85	85Rachael	89
86	86Zoe	88
87	87Pauline	87
88	88Carol	86
89	89Kirsten	85
90	90Lyndsay	85
91	91Ruth	85
92	92Stacy	83
93	93Kim	81
94	94Holly	80
95	95Ashleigh	79
96	96Sara	78
97	97Shona	78
98	98Melissa	77
99	99Jillian	76
100	100Linda	76

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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