Most popular baby names in Scotland 2025

In 2025, the most popular baby names in Scotland were Freya, Isla, and Olivia for girls and Noah, Luca, and Rory for boys. Some names are far more common here than UK-wide: Mirren is 13x more common in Scotland than nationally, and Ruairidh is 13x more common in Scotland than nationally. See which names stand out most below, or open the full top 100 lists.

Most distinctive baby names in Scotland

Girls

Most distinctive Emily 2.4x more common ▲30 #6 vs UK #36

Also more common

Millie 2.3x more common ▲27 #7 vs UK #34 Freya 1.9x more common ▲4 #1 vs UK #5 Grace 1.9x more common ▲11 #5 vs UK #16 Rosie 1.7x more common ▲10 #10 vs UK #20

Less common

Florence 1.8x less common ▼48 #54 vs UK #6 Poppy 1.1x less common ▼28 #35 vs UK #7 Isabella 1.0x less common ▼21 #31 vs UK #10

Boys

Most distinctive Harris 10x more common ▲171 #10 vs UK #181

Also more common

Finlay 6.3x more common ▲103 #9 vs UK #112 Rory 2.2x more common ▲14 #3 vs UK #17 Theo 1.4x more common ▲6 #6 vs UK #12 Luca 1.3x more common ▲1 #2 vs UK #3

Less common

George 2.4x less common ▼43 #50 vs UK #7 Theodore 1.8x less common ▼29 #39 vs UK #10 Arthur 1.4x less common ▼13 #19 vs UK #6 Muhammad 1.4x less common ▼3 #4 vs UK #1

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