The most popular baby names in Scotland were announced last week.
According to the General Register Office, the preliminary winners were Jack for boys and Sophie for girls. Jack has been #1 for five years in a row, and Sophie for eight years in a row.
Here are Scotland’s top 20 girl names and top 20 boy names of January-November, 2012:
| Baby Girl Names | Baby Boy Names |
|---|---|
| 1. Sophie 2. Emily 3. Olivia 4. Ava 5. Lucy 6. Isla 7. Lily 8. Jessica 9. Amelia 10. Mia 11. Millie 12. Eva 13. Ellie 14. Chloe 15. Freya 16. Sophia 17. Grace 18. Emma 19. Hannah 20. Holly | 1. Jack 2. Lewis 3. Riley 4. James 5. Logan 6. Daniel 7. Ethan 8. Harry 9. Alexander 10. Oliver 11. Max 12. Tyler 13. Aaron & Charlie [tie] 15. Adam 16. Finlay 17. Alfie 18. Mason 19. Ryan 20. Liam & Lucas [tie] |
Some of the names that increased in popularity from 2011 to 2012:
| Lola (up 24 places to #63) Mollie (up 24 places to #68) Amelia (up 20 places to #9) Orla (up 19 places to #36) Hollie (up 18 places to #39) Georgia (up 13 places to #58) Lexi (up 12 places to #38) Lacey (up 12 places to #41) Poppy (up 11 places to #34) | Harris (up 20 places to #29) Harrison (up 20 places to #53) Tyler (up 20 places to #12) Brodie (up 17 places to #54) Max (up 15 places to #11) Mason (up 13 places to #18) Finn (up 13 places to #66) Riley (up 11 places to #3) |
New to the top 100 are Bella, Darcy, Emelia, Lois, Scarlett and Willow (for girls) and Alex, Blake, Calvin, George, Olly, Sebastian, Shay and Zac (for boys).
Among the names moving downward are Abigail, Chloe, Jasmine and Phoebe (for girls) and Aiden, Jayden and Mohammed for boys. (Aiden is down 16 places to #36; Jayden down 10 places to #40.)
To compare, here’s last year’s post on the top baby names in Scotland.
Scotland’s official rankings will be out after the year ends.
Sources: Jack and Sophie are Scotland’s top baby names, Jack and Sophie top Scots baby names list in 2012, Scotland’s favourite baby names revealed
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