Most popular boys’ names in Scotland, 1979

The official ranking as published, with the number of babies given each name. Names with the same count share a rank.

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	2,024
2	John	1,470
3	Andrew	1,327
4	Paul	1,149
5	James	1,108
6	Christopher	978
7	Steven	937
8	Scott	875
9	Mark	825
10	Robert	803
11	Craig	784
12	Kevin	773
13	Michael	722
14	Stuart	721
15	Stephen	676
16	Alan	668
17	Colin	583
18	William	560
19	Brian	521
20	Barry	502
20	Ross	502
22	Gary	492
23	Martin	488
24	Thomas	467
25	Richard	448

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Graeme	437
27	Neil	434
28	Peter	395
29	Iain	392
30	Gordon	379
31	Derek	367
31	Ian	367
33	Alexander	355
34	Kenneth	325
35	Graham	308
36	Allan	273
37	Darren	272
38	Gavin	262
39	Jamie	260
40	Douglas	248
41	Ryan	242
42	Simon	239
43	George	215
44	Matthew	211
45	Lee	200
46	Stewart	192
47	Keith	187
48	Daniel	185
49	Anthony	181
50	Grant	178
51	Gareth	177
52	Jonathan	173
53	Joseph	157
54	Alistair	143
55	Charles	135
56	Edward	132
57	Fraser	127
58	Duncan	124
59	Garry	123
60	Bryan	122
60	Ewan	122
60	Nicholas	122
63	Donald	119
64	Philip	118
65	Alastair	107
66	Adam	105
66	Jason	105
68	Euan	103
69	Russell	91
69	Sean	91
71	Malcolm	87
71	Patrick	87
71	Raymond	87
74	Alasdair	85
75	Liam	84
76	Greig	80
77	Gregor	73
77	Ronald	73
79	Greg	72
80	Shaun	70
81	Wayne	67
82	Bruce	65
83	Marc	63
83	Robin	63
85	Cameron	62
86	Francis	60
87	Angus	58
87	Gerard	58
87	Kris	58
90	Calum	57
91	Benjamin	54
91	Rory	54
93	Dean	51
94	Timothy	48
95	Samuel	47
96	Niall	45
97	Hugh	43
97	Lewis	43
99	Murray	42
100	Justin	38
100	Roderick	38
102	Barrie	36
102	Dale	36
102	Jon	36
105	Aaron	34
106	Blair	33
107	Gerald	32
108	Antony	31
108	Martyn	31
108	Roy	31
111	Callum	30
111	Mohammed	30
113	Owen	28
114	Ewen	27
114	Frank	27
114	Kristopher	27
117	Gregg	26
117	Hamish	26
117	Nathan	26
120	Norman	25
120	Terence	25
122	Brendan	24
122	Campbell	24
124	Adrian	22
124	Jordan	22
126	Kristofer	21
126	Mohammad	21
128	Gregory	20
128	Henry	20
130	Jeffrey	19
131	Dominic	18
131	Eric	18
131	Frazer	18
131	Lawrence	18
131	Luke	18
131	Trevor	18
137	Leslie	17
137	Oliver	17
139	Damian	16
139	Dennis	16
139	Kieran	16
139	Lindsay	16
139	Marcus	16
139	Phillip	16
139	Vincent	16
146	Christian	15
146	Glen	15
146	Kyle	15
146	Leigh	15
146	Terry	15
151	Guy	14
152	Alisdair	13
152	Arthur	13
152	Bernard	13
152	Drew	13
152	Jay	13
152	Ricky	13
152	Robbie	13
159	Billy	12
159	Chris	12
159	Glenn	12
159	Harry	12
159	Karl	12
159	Louis	12
159	Mathew	12
159	Nigel	12
159	Scot	12
159	Wesley	12
169	Ben	11
169	Finlay	11
169	Innes	11
169	Kerr	11
169	Leon	11
169	Neal	11
169	Sandy	11
169	Shane	11
169	Stefan	11
178	Darryl	10
178	Imran	10
178	Marco	10
178	Neill	10
182	Alister	9
182	Archibald	9
182	Brett	9
182	Evan	9
182	Geoffrey	9
182	Kristoffer	9
182	Magnus	9
182	Ralph	9
182	Roger	9
182	Walter	9
192	Allen	8
192	Austin	8
192	Carl	8
192	Darran	8
192	Desmond	8
192	Fergus	8
192	Kevan	8
192	Leonard	8
192	Murdo	8
192	Rodney	8
192	Ronnie	8
192	Ruairidh	8
192	Stanley	8
192	Tom	8
192	Tony	8
192	Tristan	8
208	Aidan	7
208	Denis	7
208	Dylan	7
208	Jack	7
208	Jaimie	7
208	Johnathan	7
208	Kirk	7
208	Muhammad	7
208	Warren	7
217	Alun	6
217	Damien	6
217	Derrick	6
217	Don	6
217	Eamonn	6
217	Elliot	6
217	Jan	6
217	Jody	6
217	John-Paul	6
217	Laurie	6
217	Leo	6
217	Roddy	6
217	Stephan	6
217	Wai	6
231	Alex	5
231	Bobby	5
231	Bryce	5
231	Carlo	5
231	Edwin	5
231	Erik	5
231	Frederick	5
231	Gerrard	5
231	Grahame	5
231	Jackie	5
231	Jacob	5
231	Jonathon	5
231	Joshua	5
231	Kenny	5
231	Kristian	5
231	Laurence	5
231	Lloyd	5
231	Man	5
231	Maurice	5
231	Mitchell	5
231	Moray	5
231	Nicky	5
231	Nicolas	5
231	Nikki	5
231	Roland	5
231	Ruari	5
231	Ruaridh	5
231	Wilson	5
259	Abdul	4
259	Adriano	4
259	Aiden	4
259	Albert	4
259	Allister	4
259	Anton	4
259	Antonio	4
259	Asif	4
259	Boyd	4
259	Chi	4
259	Christophe	4
259	Clive	4
259	Darrell	4
259	Eugene	4
259	Hector	4
259	Irvine	4
259	Ivan	4
259	Julian	4
259	Kent	4
259	Kristofor	4
259	Lachlan	4
259	Lawrie	4
259	Mario	4
259	Mohamed	4
259	Morgan	4
259	Naveed	4
259	Noel	4
259	Omar	4
259	Quentin	4
259	Ray	4
259	Rizwan	4
259	Ruaraidh	4
259	Russel	4
259	Shahid	4
259	Sinclair	4
259	Taylor	4
259	Zahid	4
296	Ahmad	3
296	Alec	3
296	Allyn	3
296	Arran	3
296	Ashley	3
296	Bradley	3
296	Brent	3
296	Corin	3
296	Damon	3
296	Danilo	3
296	Danny	3
296	Daren	3
296	Darroch	3
296	Derick	3
296	Donny	3
296	Dugald	3
296	Edmond	3
296	Findlay	3
296	Forbes	3
296	Francesco	3
296	Giovanni	3
296	Harold	3
296	Hugo	3
296	Jai	3
296	Jake	3
296	Jethro	3
296	Joel	3
296	Johnny	3
296	Keir	3
296	Kwok	3
296	Lorne	3
296	Luis	3
296	Marshall	3
296	Maxwell	3
296	Michele	3
296	Morris	3
296	Murdoch	3
296	Myles	3
296	Neale	3
296	Ranald	3
296	Rhys	3
296	Rodger	3
296	Ron	3
296	Rowan	3
296	Rupert	3
296	Saeed	3
296	Sam	3
296	Sebastian	3
296	Shawn	3
296	Steve	3
296	Struan	3
296	Tommy	3
296	Torquil	3
296	Victor	3
296	Wallace	3
296	Watson	3
296	Zeeshan	3