Rising names
Rising boy names in Scotland
Climbing fastest in Scotland: Reo, not in the 2020 list and number 178 by 2025.
Boy names that climbed furthest in Scotland between 2020 and 2025.
How we define it
Ranked by how many times more often each name was given in 2025 than in 2020, as a share of all boys. Names given to fewer than 20 boys, and to fewer than 20 in every 100,000, in 2025 are left out.
| # | Name | Per 100,000, 2020 → 2025 | Change | Rank 2015–2025 | Rank 2025 | Keep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reo | not listed → 117.1 | new | #178 | ||
| 2 | Rian | not listed → 106.9 | new | #198 | ||
| 3 | Cyrus | not listed → 45.8 | new | #367 | ||
| 4 | Kylian | not listed → 40.7 | new | #400 | ||
| 5 | Malachi | not listed → 40.7 | new | #400 | ||
| 6 | Matthias | not listed → 40.7 | new | #400 | ||
| 7 | Walter | not listed → 40.7 | new | #400 | ||
| 8 | Emmanuel | not listed → 35.6 | new | #441 | ||
| 9 | Yaman | not listed → 35.6 | new | #441 | ||
| 10 | Yousef | not listed → 35.6 | new | #441 | ||
| 11 | August | not listed → 30.5 | new | #495 | ||
| 12 | Eoghan | not listed → 30.5 | new | #495 | ||
| 13 | Gavin | not listed → 30.5 | new | #495 | ||
| 14 | Ilyas | not listed → 30.5 | new | #495 | ||
| 15 | Sanad | not listed → 30.5 | new | #495 | ||
| 16 | Zayd | not listed → 30.5 | new | #495 | ||
| 17 | Edwin | not listed → 25.5 | new | #560 | ||
| 18 | Elio | not listed → 25.5 | new | #560 | ||
| 19 | Lowen | not listed → 25.5 | new | #560 | ||
| 20 | Saif | not listed → 25.5 | new | #560 |
20 more names
| # | Name | Per 100,000, 2020 → 2025 | Change | Rank 2015–2025 | Rank 2025 | Keep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Uriel | not listed → 25.5 | new | #560 | ||
| 22 | Amar | not listed → 20.4 | new | #647 | ||
| 23 | Antonio | not listed → 20.4 | new | #647 | ||
| 24 | Arjan | not listed → 20.4 | new | #647 | ||
| 25 | Artur | not listed → 20.4 | new | #647 | ||
| 26 | Bennett | not listed → 20.4 | new | #647 | ||
| 27 | Bernard | not listed → 20.4 | new | #647 | ||
| 28 | Elis | not listed → 20.4 | new | #647 | ||
| 29 | Gerard | not listed → 20.4 | new | #647 | ||
| 30 | Giovanni | not listed → 20.4 | new | #647 | ||
| 31 | Hayes | not listed → 20.4 | new | #647 | ||
| 32 | Imran | not listed → 20.4 | new | #647 | ||
| 33 | Kabir | not listed → 20.4 | new | #647 | ||
| 34 | Loui | not listed → 20.4 | new | #647 | ||
| 35 | Miran | not listed → 20.4 | new | #647 | ||
| 36 | Oleksandr | not listed → 20.4 | new | #647 | ||
| 37 | Saleh | not listed → 20.4 | new | #647 | ||
| 38 | Silas | not listed → 20.4 | new | #647 | ||
| 39 | Wilfred | not listed → 20.4 | new | #647 | ||
| 40 | Koa | 19 → 147.6 | x7.8 | #152 |
Babies per 100,000 boys in each year. Trend lines: rank each year on one log scale.
Other countries and regions
Source: National Records of Scotland (1974-2025), OGL v3.