Unique names for babies in Scotland last year included Banksy, Costly, Pasty, Shady and Demigod

Figures show that Scottish baby names last year included Banksy, Boy and Demigod.

National Records of Scotland (NRS) said the names were among a record number of names given to a child in 2023, with a further 2,362 unique names given to boys including Daemon, Jihad, Howl and Shady.

Among the 2,983 unique names for girls are Alloy, Costly, Pasty, Wynter-J, La and Na.

Luca has become Scotland’s most popular baby boy name for the first time, knocking Noah into second place.

Isla returns to the top of the list of girls’ names for the first time since 2020, with 274 births replacing Olivia.

NRS statistician Phillipa Haxton said there are more names in use today than in previous generations.

She added: “The number of different names given to boys reached an all-time high in 2023, as did the number of unique names given to only one child in a year.

“The same thing happens with girls’ names, and girls still have more variety than boys.”

Luca moved up four spots to take the top spot, with 344 boys given the name.

The NRS believes Pixar film Luca may be responsible for the name’s rise, as it was the 43rd most popular boys’ name in Scotland ahead of the film’s release in 2021.

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Leo remains in third place, while Jack drops out of the top three boys’ names for the first time since 1996, to fourth, with Harris in fifth.

For girls, Freya remains the third most common name, followed by Emily and Amelia.

Movie magic has also been cited as one of the reasons for the rise in names associated with last summer’s blockbusters, with Cillian Murphy rising 24 spots to No. 99 after starring in “Oppenheimer”; After Margot Robbie starred in “Barbie,” Margot rose 57 spots to 106th.

New entrants into the top 100 include Oakley (up 64 spots to 87th) and Mabel (up 102 spots to 93rd).