Jack and Sophie are the most popular baby names in Scotland for the sixth year running, according to new figures.
Some 561 boys were named Jack in the first 11 months of this year, while 474 girls were given the name Sophie over the same time.
Jack has been in the top spot for six years in a row and represented 2.1% of the boys’ names registered in 2013. Sophie the first name of 1.9% of newborn girls registered this year has held first place for nine consecutive years.
The statistics, published by National Records of Scotland (NRS), show while the leading names remain constant, there are some notable fluctuations within the table of the top 100 most popular names.
Big climbers in the 2013 top 50 list included Leo and Kai for boys and Poppy and Daisy for girls. Overall, the NRS registered the births of about 26,700 boys and 25,200 girls in the first 11 months of this year.
The top 50 boys’ first names accounted for 42% of all those registered while the top 50 girls’ first names represented 40% of all the names registered.
During the measured period from January until the end of November, parents chose more than 7,400 different first names for their children and about 4,800 of these were unique.
A full list of all the first names given to babies this year will be published in March.
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: “It’s fascinating to see the names proud parents all over Scotland have picked for their wee ones.”