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This section presents information on the most popular names given to babies in Scotland during 2006.
The tables below give information on the top 20 boys' and girls' birth names in 2006.
Boys |
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Change in Ranking |
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Girls |
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Change in Ranking |
Rank |
Name |
Count |
2005-06 |
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Rank |
Name |
Count |
2005-06 |
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1 |
Jack |
618 |
+1 |
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1 |
Sophie |
602 |
- |
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2 |
Lewis |
612 |
-1 |
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2 |
Emma |
452 |
- |
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3 |
Callum |
502 |
- |
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3 |
Erin |
443 |
+2 |
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4 |
Ryan |
473 |
+1 |
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4 |
Katie |
441 |
+3 |
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5 |
James |
442 |
-1 |
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5 |
Lucy |
431 |
+1 |
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6 |
Cameron |
400 |
- |
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6 |
Chloe |
425 |
+2 |
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7 |
Jamie |
391 |
+1 |
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7 |
Ellie |
421 |
-4 |
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8 |
Daniel |
372 |
+1 |
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8 |
Amy |
396 |
-4 |
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9 |
Matthew |
367 |
+1 |
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9 |
Olivia |
337 |
+3 |
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10 |
Kyle |
346 |
-3 |
|
10 |
Emily |
336 |
- |
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11 |
Adam |
318 |
+2 |
|
11 |
Hannah |
300 |
- |
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12 |
Ben |
317 |
- |
|
12 |
Rebecca |
298 |
-3 |
|
13 |
Aaron |
315 |
+8 |
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13 |
Jessica |
271 |
+6 |
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14 |
Andrew |
306 |
+3 |
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14 |
Grace |
241 |
+14 |
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15 |
Logan |
304 |
+8 |
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15 |
Megan |
240 |
- |
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16 |
Connor |
300 |
-1 |
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16 |
Leah |
227 |
-2 |
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17 = |
Alexander |
294 |
- |
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17 |
Rachel |
222 |
-4 |
|
17 = |
Dylan |
294 |
-3 |
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18 |
Aimee |
208 |
-2 |
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17 = |
Liam |
294 |
-6 |
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19= |
Abbie |
207 |
-1 |
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17 = |
Thomas |
294 |
+2 |
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19= |
Isla |
207 |
+6 |
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19= |
Sarah |
207 |
+3 |
The tables below have been made available as Excel and can be viewed in Comma Separated Value (CSV) or Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF).
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Table 1 |
Top 100 boys' and girls' names, Scotland, 2006, showing changes since 2005
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Table 2 |
Top 100 boys' and girls' names, Scotland, 2006, showing changes since 2005 (Alphabetical)
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Top 10 forenames given, by Scottish council area, 2006
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Full list of first forenames given, Scotland, 2006
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Extracted from "Scotland's Population 2004 - The Registrar General's Annual Review of Demographic Trends":
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Top ten most popular names registered in Scotland in 1855, 1900, 1950, 1975 and 2004
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