Saturday 10 October 2009

Scottish Christian Names:The Top 10

Every so often the General Register Office for Scotland(GROS) http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/ publishes the 100 most common boys and girls names. Here are the top 10 for 2008 and for an interesting comparison those for 1855.


BOYS

2008


  1. Jack

  2. Lewis

  3. David

  4. Liam

  5. James= Ryan

  6. Calum

  7. Login

  8. Matthew

  9. Cameron

1855



  1. John

  2. James

  3. William

  4. Alexander

  5. Robert

  6. Thomas

  7. George

  8. David

  9. Andrew

  10. Peter

GIRLS


2008



  1. Sophie

  2. Emily

  3. Olivia

  4. Chloe

  5. Emma

  6. Lucy

  7. Ava

  8. Katie

  9. Erin

  10. Hannah


1855



  1. Mary

  2. Margaret

  3. Elizabeth

  4. Jane

  5. Janet

  6. Ann

  7. Agnes

  8. Isabella

  9. Helen

  10. Catherine
















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