Babies' First Names 2012
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Last updated: 14 March 2013
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Tables 1 to 3 were published on 20 December 2012. They contain the 'provisional' figures for 2012 which were used to produce the publication, which explains (on page 4 and also in Note 2 on page 9) that the figures are based on data for births that were registered in the first eleven months of the year.
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Table 1 |
Top 100 boys' and girls' first forenames, Scotland, 2012, (provisional) showing changes since 2011 |
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Table 2 |
Top 100 boys' and girls' first forenames, Scotland, 2012, (provisional) showing changes since 2011 (in alphabetical order) |
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Table 3 |
Top ten first forenames given, by Scottish council area, 2012 (provisional) |
Tables 4 and 5 contain the final figures for 2012. They cover all births that were registered in 2012, including those whose details arrived too late to be included in the data that were used to produce the material that was published on 20 December 2012. These two tables were published on 14 March 2013.
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Table 4 |
Full list of first forenames given, Scotland, 2012 (final) in alphabetical order |
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Table 5 |
Full list of first forenames given, Scotland, 2012 (final) in rank order |