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Scottish gems the US hasn't discovered
60 names · 26 girls · 34 boys · records through 2025
Scotland's charts have their own weather: names like Rory and Isla topped lists there years before Americans noticed.
This guide has 60 names: 26 girl names and 34 boy names. Current Scotland top-100 names ranked outside the US top-300 (or unranked). Built from US Social Security birth records through 2025. Tap + beside any name to keep it on your shortlist as you read.
Before the names
These current Scottish top-100 names are still uncommon in the US — distinctive here, beloved there.
Girl names
26 names
- Orla#22 in Scotland · #2514 in the US
- Eilidh#28 in Scotland · #8362 in the US
- Lottie#29 in Scotland · #527 in the US
- Bonnie#32 in Scotland · #396 in the US
- Robyn#44 in Scotland · #1436 in the US
- Jessica#49 in Scotland · #665 in the US
- Florence#54 in Scotland · #391 in the US
- Skye#60 in Scotland · #529 in the US
- Alba#62 in Scotland · #1261 in the US
- Nina#66 in Scotland · #324 in the US
- Maeva#66 in Scotland · #1396 in the US
- Thea#69 in Scotland · #353 in the US
- Fiadh#70 in Scotland · #1990 in the US
- Niamh#74 in Scotland · #3517 in the US
- Holly#77 in Scotland · #416 in the US
- Romy#81 in Scotland · #694 in the US
- Rosa#86 in Scotland · #652 in the US
- Imogen#86 in Scotland · #1117 in the US
- Iona#86 in Scotland · #2645 in the US
- Heidi#91 in Scotland · #340 in the US
- Matilda#93 in Scotland · #364 in the US
- Mollie#94 in Scotland · #1113 in the US
- Flora#94 in Scotland · #607 in the US
- Mirren#99 in Scotland · #7491 in the US
- Darcy#100 in Scotland · #857 in the US
- Billie#100 in Scotland · #691 in the US
Boy names
34 names
- Archie#8 in Scotland · #301 in the US
- Finlay#9 in Scotland · #2604 in the US
- Harris#10 in Scotland · #1297 in the US
- Freddie#12 in Scotland · #1509 in the US
- Brodie#15 in Scotland · #1038 in the US
- Alfie#16 in Scotland · #2056 in the US
- Lewis#22 in Scotland · #433 in the US
- Tommy#26 in Scotland · #657 in the US
- Albie#30 in Scotland · #4050 in the US
- Harry#31 in Scotland · #775 in the US
- Angus#33 in Scotland · #2363 in the US
- Louie#37 in Scotland · #596 in the US
- Reuben#37 in Scotland · #883 in the US
- Blake#41 in Scotland · #316 in the US
- Ruaridh#52 in Scotland · unranked in the US
- Ollie#56 in Scotland · #1056 in the US
- Arran#60 in Scotland · #12008 in the US
- Hamish#62 in Scotland · #6143 in the US
- Blair#62 in Scotland · #2091 in the US
- Cody#70 in Scotland · #318 in the US
- Lochlan#72 in Scotland · #644 in the US
- Joey#75 in Scotland · #874 in the US
- Reggie#75 in Scotland · #1852 in the US
- Jamie#75 in Scotland · #577 in the US
- Lachlan#79 in Scotland · #606 in the US
- Oakley#86 in Scotland · #454 in the US
- Teddy#88 in Scotland · #819 in the US
- Murray#88 in Scotland · #2604 in the US
- Fergus#91 in Scotland · #5045 in the US
- Jax#92 in Scotland · #342 in the US
- Vinnie#95 in Scotland · #5861 in the US
- Frankie#98 in Scotland · #920 in the US
- Robbie#99 in Scotland · #2108 in the US
- Cillian#100 in Scotland · #507 in the US
Every rank and count here is published by the US Social Security Administration and refreshed each year when the new figures land. The method is stated at the top of this page.
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