Top 100 baby girl names for births in Scotland during year 1988

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Laura	1,095
2	2Emma	830
3	3Claire	775
4	4Nicola	686
5	5Sarah	680
6	6Kirsty	677
7	7Jennifer	663
8	8Stephanie	580
9	9Lisa	534
10	10Lauren	513
11	11Ashley	494
12	12Louise	460
13	13Stacey	414
14	14Natalie	413
15	15Samantha	351
16	16Fiona	346
17	17Amanda	343
18	18Danielle	334
19	19Kelly	334
20	20Michelle	305
21	21Rachel	295
22	22Gillian	292
23	23Amy	284
24	24Gemma	278
25	25Charlene	274
26	26Kimberley	260
27	27Rebecca	249
28	28Karen	241
29	29Cheryl	238
30	30Leanne	234
31	31Donna	226
32	32Heather	225
33	33Kayleigh	224
34	34Siobhan	222
35	35Victoria	217
36	36Ashleigh	216
37	37Jade	216
38	38Kerry	211
39	39Alison	190
40	40Lynsey	187
41	41Joanne	181
42	42Nicole	181
43	43Hannah	177
44	44Julie	164
45	45Deborah	161
46	46Elizabeth	160
47	47Natasha	158
48	48Catherine	157
49	49Rachael	151
50	50Jacqueline	149
51	51Susan	147
52	52Pamela	146
53	53Debbie	139
54	54Katie	139
55	55Jenna	138
56	56Lindsay	133
57	57Suzanne	130
58	58Caroline	129
59	59Lucy	123
60	60Megan	123
61	61Hayley	119
62	62Lesley	118
63	63Catriona	115
64	64Clare	108
65	65Christine	107
66	66Angela	105
67	67Paula	105
68	68Kylie	104
69	69Melissa	101
70	70Dawn	100
71	71Zoe	100
72	72Kathryn	98
73	73Joanna	96
74	74Lorna	96
75	75Ruth	92
76	76Eilidh	91
77	77Christina	90
78	78Katherine	90
79	79Nikki	89
80	80Helen	88
81	81Linzi	88
82	82Alana	87
83	83Elaine	86
84	84Holly	86
85	85Sharon	86
86	86Kirsten	85
87	87Sara	83
88	88Charlotte	81
89	89Hazel	81
90	90Jane	80
91	91Kimberly	80
92	92Anna	76
93	93Mhairi	76
94	94Yvonne	76
95	95Carly	75
96	96Diane	73
97	97Lynne	73
98	98Tracey	73
99	99Erin	72
100	100Lynn	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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