Top 100 baby girl names for births in Scotland during year 1987

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Laura	1,119
2	2Claire	810
3	3Nicola	799
4	4Jennifer	724
5	5Sarah	698
6	6Emma	697
7	7Kirsty	665
8	8Stephanie	588
9	9Lisa	565
10	10Ashley	545
11	11Louise	514
12	12Amanda	442
13	13Samantha	418
14	14Michelle	407
15	15Stacey	399
16	16Fiona	377
17	17Gillian	371
18	18Lauren	368
19	19Natalie	330
20	20Karen	319
21	21Gemma	303
22	22Amy	291
23	23Kelly	285
24	24Cheryl	274
25	25Rachel	252
26	26Kimberley	239
27	27Danielle	236
28	28Kerry	233
29	29Victoria	232
30	30Heather	231
31	31Donna	225
32	32Leanne	223
33	33Charlene	212
34	34Alison	206
35	35Rebecca	201
36	36Siobhan	198
37	37Deborah	197
38	38Joanne	190
39	39Angela	185
40	40Julie	183
41	41Catherine	180
42	42Lynsey	170
43	43Pamela	170
44	44Susan	166
45	45Jacqueline	163
46	46Kayleigh	163
47	47Jenna	157
48	48Nicole	155
49	49Hannah	149
50	50Suzanne	147
51	51Ashleigh	145
52	52Debbie	143
53	53Natasha	138
54	54Elizabeth	135
55	55Paula	135
56	56Lindsay	133
57	57Melissa	132
58	58Caroline	126
59	59Katie	126
60	60Lorna	124
61	61Rachael	124
62	62Elaine	122
63	63Hayley	122
64	64Lucy	122
65	65Lesley	120
66	66Dawn	119
67	67Christine	115
68	68Sharon	108
69	69Alana	106
70	70Catriona	105
71	71Christina	98
72	72Clare	98
73	73Sara	98
74	74Eilidh	97
75	75Lynne	97
76	76Nikki	97
77	77Jade	96
78	78Helen	95
79	79Katherine	94
80	80Kathryn	91
81	81Ruth	88
82	82Kim	87
83	83Margaret	85
84	84Mhairi	85
85	85Zoe	85
86	86Lynn	84
87	87Lyndsay	83
88	88Megan	83
89	89Tracy	81
90	90Joanna	80
91	91Stacy	80
92	92Kathleen	79
93	93Charlotte	78
94	94Yvonne	78
95	95Kirsten	77
96	96Emily	75
97	97Katrina	75
98	98Anna	74
99	99Mary	72
100	100Shona	72

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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