“I am wondering if they’ve grown tired of Great Briton’s group hug with Islam. I know I would be sick of it.”
Not sure about that. I found this article about popular baby first names in Scotland for 2012
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/theme/vital-events/births/popular-names/babies-first-names-2012/index.html
and 2013.
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files2/stats/popular-forenames/2013/babies-first-names-2013.pdf
In 2013 the name Muhammad was #52 but the previous year it was the 68th most popular. It broke into the top 100 in 2003.
At this link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Scotland
it shows that in 2001 there were 42,557 Muzzies. In 2011 it was 76,737.
The population growth rate of Scotland as of 2011 was estimated at 0.6% per annum.
A factor could be that they don’t want the same failed immigration policy that is ruining England to ruin Scotland.
1—As I have said in the other Mohammed name threads, this name only pops into top 100’s with all variants, something you can do with any name.
2—76000 out of 5.5m. I am not breaking out the family claymore quite yet.