Hannah Montana and Wolverine Inspire Scottish Baby Names

Scottish parents opting to pick more traditional names for their children but Miley makes meteoric rise into Top 100.

Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus and other singers Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse seem to have been a source of inspiration for parents in Scotland naming their children in 2009.

Miley was the fastest climber for girls in Scotland, jumping 190 places from last year and into the top 100 girls’ names at 95th on the list. Meanwhile Lily has risen seven places to 16th and Amy four places up to 9th this year.

For the boys, Logan is gaining rapid popularity, inspired by the X-Men character Wolverine, played by Hugh Jackman. Logan was the fifth most popular boys’ name in Scotland this year, ahead of more traditional Scottish names such as Aaron, Cameron and Callum.

Lucas also broke into the top 20 boys’ names, perhaps off the back of BBC MI5 drama Spooks, in which actor Richard Armitage plays a character Lucas North. The name Lucas did not even register in the top 100 names 10 years ago.

Chief executive at the National Childbirth Trust, Belinda Phipps told The Scotsman: “If you look at names over the years they do change with the fashion. Quite often names from films will have caused a name to go up in popularity.”

Traditional Christian names are not lost however to the wave of popular fad; the statistics reveal that Jack and Sophie were the most popular names registered in 2009.

Around 27,800 boys and 26,600 girls names were registered in Scotland in 2009. The Top 10 Boys and Girls names are listed below.