top Scottish boy's names

[OC Richard]

I came across this online. I don't know what source it's based on.

But for us in the Scottish diaspora (like myself, an American who has spent the vast majority of my life in the Scottish-American community) it makes for interesting reading:

"These are the most popular boys' names in Scotland for 2015
1 Jack
2 Oliver
3 James
4 Lewis
5 Alexander
6 Charlie
7 Lucas
8 Logan
9 Harris
10 Daniel
11 Finlay
12 Jacob
13 Leo
14 Mason
15 Noah
16 Harry
17 Alfie
18 Max
19 Callum
20 Aaron
21 Adam
22 Thomas
23 Ethan
24 Rory
25 Cameron
26 Archie
27 Oscar
28 Matthew
29 Nathan
30 Joshua
31 Brodie
32 William
33 Liam
34 Ryan
35 Jamie
36 Harrison
37 Joseph
38 Dylan
39 Samuel
40 Riley
41 David
42 Ollie
43 Andrew
44 Connor
45 Luke
46 Muhammad
47 Jaxon
48 Kyle
49 Benjamin
50 Michael
51 Caleb
52 Jackson
53 George
54 Finn
55 Leon
56 Fraser
57 Murray
58 Jake
59 John
60 Arran
61 Angus
62 Cole
63 Robert
64 Cooper
65 Isaac
66 Jayden
67 Aiden
68 Kai
69 Theo
70 Jude
71 Ben
72 Tyler
73 Ruaridh
74 Owen
75 Blake
76 Freddie
77 Euan
78 Josh
79 Blair
80 Robbie
81 Hamish
82 Kian
83 Sam
84 Aidan
85 Jay
86 Christopher
87 Reuben
88 Cody
89 Luca
90 Lachlan
91 Elliot
92 Evan
93 Sonny
94 Calum
95 Henry
96 Rhys
97 Carson
98 Harvey
99 Calvin
100 Callan"

I think it's nice to see distinctively Scottish names like Finlay, Angus, Rory/Ruaridh, Cameron, Fraser, Murray, Euan, Blair, Hamish, Lachlan, and Callum make the list.

And some Scottish place-names like Kyle, Harris, and Arran.

I notice something that always shows up on US baby names lists: people naming their babies with nicknames rather than the full original names, on this list for example Jack, Charlie, Leo, Archie, Jamie, Ben, Freddie, Sam, Robbie, Max, Josh, Alfie, and Theo.

In this way both Harry and Harrison, Jack and John make the list.

I notice some Irish and Welsh names appearing, though of course there are Celtic names common to the three countries(often with a change in spelling) giving us Euan and Owen.