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The Most Popular Names in Scotland 2007

Number of Forenames

Additional names

The number of forenames given in 2007 is summarised in the chart below. Eighty-three per cent of boys and seventy-six per cent of girls registered in 2007 have more than one forename.

Number of forenames, Scotland, 2007

Number of forenames, Scotland, 2007 chart

The following table shows the relative popularity of second names:

Most popular second forenames, Scotland, 2007

Boys

 

Girls

 Rank

Name

Count

 

 Rank

Name

Count

1

James

2015

 

1

Elizabeth

1001

2

John

1469

 

2

Louise

956

3

William

1033

 

3

Jane

607

4

Alexander

839

 

4

Rose

535

5

David

834

 

5

Margaret

532

6

Thomas

693

 

6

Anne

502

7

Robert

665

 

7

Grace

429

8

Andrew

545

 

8

Mary

425

9

George

411

 

9

Ann

424

10

Michael

376

 

10

Catherine

387

11

Joseph

283

 

11

Marie

313

12

Scott

278

 

12

May

252

13

Peter

228

 

13

Jean

212

14

Daniel

206

 

14

Helen

195

15

Paul

205

 

15

Sarah

187

16

Patrick

199

 

16

Isabella

164

17

Alan

196

 

17

Leigh

124

18

Jack

191

 

18

Anna

120

19

Ian

189

 

19

Nicole

116

20

Stephen

178

 

20

Mae

111

It is clear that second names are more "traditional", reflecting the names of previous generations in many cases. There are few changes in the lists of second names from year to year, with James and John, and Elizabeth and Louise being consistently popular. In 2007 the top ten second names for boys and girls are the same as last year with just a few minor changes in ranking.

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