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