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For both boys and girls, the range of names used has been consistently widening over the last 100 years. Parents are increasingly selecting names which are different. The following table illustrates this trend.
Top ten names, as a percentage of all names, selected years, Scotland
|
|
Boys |
Girls |
|
1900 |
68.4 |
58.1 |
|
1950 |
53.3 |
36.3 |
|
1975 |
32.6 |
20.2 |
|
2000 |
21.7 |
20.4 |
|
2008 |
16.1 |
15.2 |
Another aspect of the changing range of names is an increasing variation in spelling. The tables presented here count different spellings separately. If combined, Callum/Calum would be in third place and Aimee/Amy would be second.
Page last updated: 15 December 2008
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