Top 20 Boys' and Girls' Names 2005 and Detailed Tables
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This section presents information on the most popular names given to babies in Scotland during 2005.
The tables below give information on the top 20 boys' and girls' birth names in 2005.
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Boys |
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Change in Ranking |
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Girls |
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Change in Ranking |
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Rank |
Name |
Count |
2004-05 |
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Rank |
Name |
Count |
2004-05 |
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1 |
Lewis |
661 |
- |
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1 |
Sophie |
587 |
+1 |
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2 |
Jack |
584 |
- |
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2 |
Emma |
523 |
-1 |
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3 |
Callum |
489 |
+7 |
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3 |
Ellie |
437 |
- |
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4 |
James |
459 |
- |
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4 |
Amy |
435 |
- |
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5 |
Ryan |
458 |
- |
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5 |
Erin |
402 |
+2 |
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6 |
Cameron |
448 |
-3 |
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6 |
Lucy |
398 |
+2 |
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7 |
Kyle |
424 |
2 |
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7 |
Katie |
395 |
-1 |
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8 |
Jamie |
414 |
-2 |
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8 |
Chloe |
362 |
-3 |
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9 |
Daniel |
406 |
+2 |
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9 |
Rebecca |
361 |
+2 |
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10 |
Matthew |
400 |
+2 |
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10 |
Emily |
358 |
-2 |
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11 |
Ben |
366 |
-4 |
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11 |
Hannah |
317 |
-1 |
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12 |
Liam |
361 |
-4 |
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12 |
Olivia |
271 |
+4 |
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13 |
Adam |
352 |
+1 |
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13 |
Rachel |
266 |
-1 |
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14 |
Dylan |
349 |
+2 |
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14 |
Leah |
260 |
+6 |
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15 |
Connor |
314 |
-2 |
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15 |
Megan |
246 |
- |
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16 |
Andrew |
309 |
-1 |
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16= |
Aimee |
231 |
+1 |
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17 |
Alexander |
293 |
+8 |
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16= |
Holly |
231 |
+3 |
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18 |
Aidan |
288 |
-1 |
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18 |
Abbie |
229 |
-5 |
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19 |
Thomas |
287 |
+2 |
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19 |
Jessica |
228 |
+4 |
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20 |
Aiden |
285 |
+9 |
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20 |
Lauren |
227 |
-6 |
Detailed Tables
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Table 1 |
Top 100 boys' and girls' names, Scotland, 2005, showing changes since 2004
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Table 2 |
Top 100 boys' and girls' names, Scotland, 2005, showing changes since 2004 (Alphabetical)
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Table 3 |
Top 10 forenames given, by Scottish council area, 2005
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Table 4 |
Full list of first forenames given, Scotland, 2005
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Extracted from 'Scotland's Population 2004 - The Registrar General's Annual Review of Demographic Trends':
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Table 2.1 |
Top ten most popular names registered in Scotland in 1855, 1900, 1950, 1975 and 2004 |