National Records of Scotland · 2025

Popular boy names in Scotland, 2025

Name: Popular boy names in Scotland, 2025
Creator: National Records of Scotland
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Noah is number one in Scotland in 2025, given to 318 boys. That is 1 in 62 of the boys counted there that year.

The 100 most common boys' names registered in Scotland in 2025, as published by National Records of Scotland.

1 Noah 318 boys
2 Luca 302 boys
3 Rory 301 boys

11,222 boys got one of these 100 names in 2025.
Vinnie climbed 70 places to #95, the biggest rise on 2024.

Full list: the publisher lists nearly every name given, so the counts are real totals.

Popular boy names in Scotland, 2025
Rank	Name	Boys	vs 2024	E&W 2025	Ontario 2024
1	Noah	318	no change	2	1
2	Luca	302	up 4	4	15
3	Rory	301	no change	17	97
4	Muhammad	291	down 2	1	9
5	Oliver	269	up 2	6	4
6	Theo	243	down 2	12	33
7	Leo	236	down 2	3	10
8	Archie	222	up 2	11	261
9	Finlay	216	up 2	175	963
10	Harris	211	down 1	396	906
11	Jude	206	up 1	14	147
12	Freddie	201	up 13	10	1,516
13	Jack	200	down 6	24	5
14	James	199	no change	42	11
15	Brodie	194	up 1	158	906
16	Alfie	167	down 1	16	·
16	Charlie	167	up 3	22	71
18	Finn	159	down 1	74	174
19	Arthur	158	up 5	5	50
20	Oscar	157	up 2	8	159

80 more names

Popular boy names in Scotland, 2025
Rank	Name	Boys	vs 2024	E&W 2025	Ontario 2024
21	Thomas	155	down 1	35	24
22	Alexander	151	down 10	40	25
22	Lewis	151	up 6	231	261
24	Arlo	146	down 6	15	122
25	Max	143	up 4	48	69
26	Harrison	137	up 14	50	79
26	Sonny	137	up 18	45	306
26	Tommy	137	down 6	44	478
29	Lucas	131	down 6	32	8
30	Albie	123	up 2	21	·
31	Harry	120	no change	19	445
32	Adam	114	up 10	26	13
33	Angus	112	up 5	325	793
33	Roman	112	up 13	27	75
35	Logan	111	down 6	87	22
36	Callan	109	no change	650	352
37	Louie	107	up 8	28	366
37	Reuben	107	up 1	29	503
39	Theodore	102	down 3	9	3
40	Kai	101	up 16	78	38
41	Blake	100	no change	144	159
41	Mason	100	down 16	77	32
43	Daniel	99	up 9	62	19
43	Myles	99	down 8	67	41
45	Jacob	98	down 18	41	23
46	Hudson	96	up 8	43	20
47	Rowan	94	up 18	30	52
48	Cameron	92	down 15	216	84
49	Caleb	91	down 7	82	44
50	George	88	down 2	7	94
51	Liam	81	down 4	68	2
52	Ruaridh	80	up 33	1,466	·
52	William	80	up 14	25	12
54	Hunter	79	down 2	91	111
55	Ethan	78	down 1	54	17
56	Isaac	77	down 7	36	31
56	Nathan	77	up 6	99	16
56	Ollie	77	down 22	123	1,032
59	Elijah	76	up 17	23	26
60	Arran	75	down 9	1,226	·
60	Ronan	75	up 15	215	241
62	Blair	74	down 3	1,307	·
62	Hamish	74	up 7	484	·
64	Cole	73	up 2	179	132
65	Joseph	71	up 17	59	49
65	Michael	71	up 1	85	50
65	Samuel	71	up 4	66	36
68	Callum	70	down 6	251	96
68	Grayson	70	down 6	104	68
70	Cody	69	up 10	102	458
70	Luke	69	down 20	131	34
72	Lochlan	68	down 12	257	397
73	Nico	67	up 31	165	168
73	Ruairidh	67	down 17	2,131	·
75	Jamie	66	up 12	245	278
75	Joey	66	up 28	163	503
75	Joshua	66	down 15	53	72
75	Reggie	66	up 16	37	·
79	Carter	65	down 7	97	55
79	Cooper	65	up 42	105	84
79	Lachlan	65	up 9	283	258
79	Matthew	65	down 6	153	41
83	Louis	64	up 15	49	130
83	Riley	64	up 2	83	168
85	Elliot	62	up 17	94	99
86	Oakley	61	up 24	33	295
86	Robert	61	down 6	164	164
88	Henry	60	up 7	13	6
88	Murray	60	no change	2,012	·
88	Teddy	60	down 12	34	793
91	Fergus	59	up 13	396	·
92	Austin	58	down 8	86	30
92	David	58	down 21	73	46
92	Jax	58	down 1	145	330
95	Aaron	56	up 19	180	98
95	Vinnie	56	up 70	58	·
97	Leon	55	down 41	101	122
98	Frankie	54	no change	56	·
99	Robbie	52	down 1	563	1,354
100	Cillian	51	down 17	217	397

Change in rank since 2024. “new” means the name was not in the 2024 list at all.

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Source: National Records of Scotland (1974-2025), OGL v3.