Scotland 2021's most popular baby names and most common registered surnames

The National Records of Scotland (www.nrscotland.gov.uk) has announced that Olivia and Jack were the two most common names given to babies in 2021. 

And remember the good old days when people had really dramatic thunderclap fight-the-gods surnames like 'MacGillivray' - 'mac gille bhreithe', the 'son of the servant of judgment'...?! Well the most common surnames in the birth, marriage and death registers for 2021 were Smith, Brown, and Wilson.

Just another reason to keep on digging into those records...! :)

For more on the story visit the NRS post at https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/news/2022/olivia-and-jack-are-scotlands-top-baby-names.

Chris

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