"Table 2.1 Top ten most popular names registered in Scotland in 1855, 1900, 1950, 1975 and 2004",,,,,,,,,, ,1855,,1900,,1950,,1975,,2004, ,Name,%,Name,%,Name,%,Name,%,Name,% Boys,,,,,,,,,, 1,John,17.7 ,John,13.2 ,John,10.4 ,David,5.1 ,Lewis,2.6 2,James,15.1 ,James,12.2 ,James,9.0 ,John,4.2 ,Jack,2.5 3,William,13.2 ,William,11.4 ,William,7.1 ,Paul,3.4 ,James,1.9 4,Alexander,7.0 ,Robert,6.9 ,Robert,5.9 ,James,3.4 ,Cameron,1.9 5,Robert,6.6 ,Alexander,5.8 ,David,5.5 ,Mark,3.2 ,Ryan,1.9 6,Thomas,5.3 ,George,5.1 ,Thomas,3.8 ,Scott,3.1 ,Liam,1.7 7,George,4.7 ,Thomas,5.1 ,Alexander,3.4 ,Andrew,2.9 ,Jamie,1.7 8,David,4.3 ,David,4.0 ,George,3.2 ,Steven,2.8 ,Ben,1.7 9,Andrew,2.7 ,Andrew,2.5 ,Ian,2.8 ,Robert,2.4 ,Kyle,1.7 10,Peter,2.1 ,Charles,2.2 ,Brian,2.2 ,Stephen,2.1 ,Callum,1.6 Girls,,,,,,,,,, 1,Mary,13.6 ,Mary,11.7 ,Margaret,8.1 ,Nicola,2.8 ,Emma,2.5 2,Margaret,12.5 ,Margaret,9.1 ,Elizabeth,5.9 ,Karen,2.5 ,Sophie,2.2 3,Elizabeth,7.3 ,Elizabeth,7.3 ,Mary,5.3 ,Susan,2.1 ,Ellie,2.2 4,Jane,6.9 ,Annie,4.8 ,Catherine,3.2 ,Claire,2.0 ,Amy,2.1 5,Janet,6.4 ,Jane,4.7 ,Anne,2.7 ,Fiona,2.0 ,Chloe,1.8 6,Ann,5.4 ,Agnes,4.7 ,Linda,2.6 ,Angela,1.9 ,Katie,1.7 7,Agnes,5.1 ,Isabella,4.4 ,Helen,2.4 ,Sharon,1.9 ,Erin,1.7 8,Isabella,5.0 ,Catherine,4.3 ,Patricia,2.2 ,Gillian,1.7 ,Emily,1.6 9,Helen,4.0 ,Janet,3.6 ,Irene,2.0 ,Julie,1.7 ,Lucy,1.5 10,Catherine,3.6 ,Helen,3.5 ,Agnes,1.9 ,Jennifer,1.6 ,Hannah,1.5