Top 100 baby girl names for births in Scotland during year 1986

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Laura	1,038
2	2Claire	876
3	3Nicola	813
4	4Jennifer	782
5	5Sarah	698
6	6Emma	667
7	7Kirsty	633
8	8Lisa	555
9	9Michelle	519
10	10Louise	513
11	11Ashley	467
12	12Amanda	463
13	13Samantha	425
14	14Stephanie	418
15	15Fiona	386
16	16Stacey	370
17	17Karen	360
18	18Gemma	349
19	19Lauren	336
20	20Gillian	329
21	21Natalie	296
22	22Kerry	271
23	23Victoria	264
24	24Cheryl	263
25	25Amy	262
26	26Heather	259
27	27Kelly	249
28	28Rachel	240
29	29Lynsey	238
30	30Leanne	232
31	31Donna	227
32	32Charlene	219
33	33Rebecca	218
34	34Alison	217
35	35Julie	215
36	36Susan	205
37	37Angela	197
38	38Joanne	195
39	39Pamela	193
40	40Deborah	189
41	41Nicole	188
42	42Catherine	185
43	43Danielle	184
44	44Elizabeth	175
45	45Jenna	169
46	46Jacqueline	165
47	47Caroline	159
48	48Suzanne	159
49	49Kimberley	154
50	50Elaine	150
51	51Debbie	149
52	52Katie	148
53	53Siobhan	146
54	54Natasha	140
55	55Clare	134
56	56Lesley	134
57	57Helen	133
58	58Hannah	127
59	59Sharon	127
60	60Lindsay	126
61	61Lynn	121
62	62Ashleigh	116
63	63Jade	115
64	64Lucy	112
65	65Christine	110
66	66Dawn	110
67	67Lynne	110
68	68Kayleigh	105
69	69Lorna	105
70	70Hayley	102
71	71Rachael	102
72	72Tracy	102
73	73Paula	99
74	74Christina	95
75	75Margaret	95
76	76Melissa	94
77	77Catriona	90
78	78Lorraine	89
79	79Holly	87
80	80Shona	87
81	81Jillian	85
82	82Nikki	84
83	83Hazel	83
84	84Kathryn	83
85	85Stacy	83
86	86Joanna	82
87	87Mhairi	81
88	88Tracey	81
89	89Sara	80
90	90Jemma	79
91	91Kirsten	79
92	92Lyndsay	78
93	93Katherine	77
94	94Kim	76
95	95Vicky	76
96	96Yvonne	76
97	97Alana	75
98	98Kathleen	75
99	99Anna	74
100	100Katrina	74

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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