Scottish gems the US hasn't discovered
Scotland's charts have their own weather: names like Rory and Isla topped lists there years before Americans noticed.
These current Scottish top-100 names are still uncommon in the US — distinctive here, beloved there.
Girls
- 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
Boys
- 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
How this list is built: Current Scotland top-100 names ranked outside the US top-300 (or unranked). Source: US Social Security birth records, refreshed yearly.
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