Emma and Lewis keep top name spot

There was very little change in the list for 2004

Lewis and Emma have retained top spot as Scotland's most popular baby names.

The information was revealed in the General Register Office for Scotland's top 100 registered birth names.

For girls, the top five - Emma, Sophie, Ellie, Amy and Chloe - are the same as in 2003, although Sophie has moved from fourth to second.

For boys, top-placed Lewis is followed by Jack in second position. James is in third, up one place, Cameron is fourth and Ryan is fifth.

Keira made a big jump into the top 100 by moving 79 places to 32nd and Leo also proved popular in 2004 by going up 39 places to 83rd.

Boys' names making significant advances in the top 50 are Aiden (up 25 places to 32nd); Sam (up 24 places to 34th); MacKenzie (up 35 places to 93rd); Archie (up 22 places to 81st) and Harris (up five places to 98th).

TOP 10 BOYS' NAMES 1. Lewis 2. Jack 3. James 4. Cameron 5. Ryan 6. Liam 7. Jamie 8. Ben 9. Kyle 10. Callum

After entering the top five last year, Kyle has fallen four places to 9th and Matthew is down two places to 11th.

Boys' names dropping out of the top 100 included Duncan, George, Mohammed, Marcus, Mitchell, Grant, Anthony and Greg.

By mid-December 2004, more than 26,200 boys had been registered, with more than 2,200 different first names being used.

The top 50 names accounted for 55% of the total and more than 1,400 boys were given unique for 2004 first names.

Moving places

The only new entrant to the top 10 girls' names was Hannah, up one place to 10th, which replaced Rachel, down five places from 7th to 12th.

Hayley, Rhiannon, Claire, Jade, Catherine, Orla, Katherine and Alicia have all dropped out of the top 100.

Sinead fell 80 places to 172nd after climbing 69 places the previous year.

By mid-December 2004, more than 24,600 girls had been registered, with more than 3,200 different names being used.

TOP 10 GIRLS' NAMES 1. Emma 2. Sophie 3. Ellie 4. Amy 5. Chloe 6. Katie 7. Erin 8. Emily 9. Lucy 10. Hannah

The top 50 girls' names accounted for 48% of the registrations, and just over 2,000 girls in Scotland were given unique for 2004 names.

For both boys and girls, the range of names has been widening over the last 100 years.

Second names appear to be more traditional - in many cases reflecting the names of previous generations.

There are few changes in the lists of second names from year to year, with James, John, Louise and Elizabeth being consistently popular.

In England and Wales, Jack and Emily were the most popular names for 2004 and in Northern Ireland, Jack and Katie were most popular.

All births have to be registered by law and the records are sent in by local registrars to the General Register Office for Scotland.