Popular names in Scotland (United Kingdom)

The latest top baby names and the most common surnames, from National Records of Scotland.

Top baby names

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Girls

  1. 1FreyaNorse
  2. 2IslaScottish
  3. 3OliviaLatin
  4. 4AmeliaGermanic
  5. 5GraceLatin
  6. 6EmilyLatin
  7. 7MillieEnglish
  8. 8LilyEnglish
  9. 9SophiaGreek
  10. 10Rosie

Boys

  1. 1NoahHebrew
  2. 2LucaItalian
  3. 3Rory
  4. 4MuhammadArabic
  5. 5OliverLatin
  6. 6TheoGreek
  7. 7LeoLatin
  8. 8Archie
  9. 9Finlay
  10. 10Harris

Source: National Records of Scotland. Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.

Most common surnames

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RankSurnameOrigin & meaningPeople
1SmithEnglish · “metalworker”2,273
2BrownEnglish · “brown-haired or brown-skinned”1,659
3WilsonEnglish · “son of Will”1,539
4Thomson—1,373
5Robertson—1,370
6CampbellScottish · “crooked mouth”1,361
7StewartScottish · “steward”1,278
8AndersonScottish/Scandinavian · “son of Andrew”1,187
9MacdonaldScottish · “son of Donald”980
10ScottScottish · “a Scot”963

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS). Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.