Popular Names in Scotland

Information from National Records of Scotland
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Boys
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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John		 11.02% 0 +1,005 +20.4%
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James		 9.61% 0 +905 +21.2%
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William		 7.64% 0 +682 +19.9%
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Robert		 5.67% 0 +555 +22.2%
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David		 4.93% 0 +464 +21.2%
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Thomas		 3.79% 0 +275 +15.6%
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Alexander		 3.69% 0 +274 +16.0%
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George		 3.29% 0 +121 +7.3%
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Ian		 2.92% 0 +451 +40.2%
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Brian		 2.05% +2 +337 +44.0%
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Andrew		 2.03% -1 +183 +20.1%
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Peter		 1.79% -1 +174 +22.1%
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Ronald		 1.63% +1 +204 +30.3%
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Kenneth		 1.52% +2 +172 +26.7%
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Michael		 1.50% -2 +61 +8.2%
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Charles		 1.38% -1 +74 +11.1%
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Alan		 1.37% +6 +267 +57.1%
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Gordon		 1.25% 0 +144 +27.3%
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Donald		 1.15% +2 +123 +24.8%
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Douglas		 1.10% +2 +122 +26.0%
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Joseph		 1.10% -1 +76 +14.8%
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Hugh		 1.00% -5 +3 +0.6%
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Edward		 0.97% -4 +1 +0.2%
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Francis		 0.83% +1 +61 +15.7%
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Allan		 0.80% +1 +79 +22.3%
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Richard		 0.80% -2 +5 +1.2%
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Norman		 0.79% 0 +78 +22.5%
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Henry		 0.73% 0 +64 +19.5%
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Alistair		 0.64% +5 +108 +45.2%
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Patrick		 0.64% -1 +17 +5.2%
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Colin		 0.61% -1 +26 +8.6%
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Raymond		 0.58% 0 +58 +22.7%
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Daniel		 0.55% -2 +38 +14.7%
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Archibald		 0.50% -1 +22 +8.8%
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Eric		 0.50% +1 +43 +18.9%
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Neil		 0.50% +2 +63 +30.6%
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Derek		 0.50% 0 +61 +29.5%
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Iain		 0.49% -2 +39 +17.3%
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Duncan		 0.49% -1 +57 +27.7%
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Arthur		 0.44% +1 +56 +30.9%
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Angus		 0.43% +3 +58 +33.5%
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Stuart		 0.42% +10 +76 +51.0%
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Walter		 0.41% 0 +44 +24.9%
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Samuel		 0.41% +3 +59 +36.6%
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Anthony		 0.41% +4 +62 +39.7%
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Stewart		 0.39% +7 +64 +43.2%
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Alastair		 0.39% +3 +54 +34.8%
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Leslie		 0.38% -7 +26 +14.4%
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Malcolm		 0.38% -5 +33 +19.1%
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Graham		 0.38% -3 +44 +27.3%
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Dennis		 0.34% 0 +31 +20.1%
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Albert		 0.31% +4 +41 +32.5%
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Frank		 0.31% +6 +45 +37.8%
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Frederick		 0.30% -8 -2 -1.2%
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Matthew		 0.27% +3 +21 +17.1%
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Stanley		 0.27% +5 +38 +36.2%
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Gerald		 0.26% -3 -3 -2.1%
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Bruce		 0.25% +6 +46 +52.9%
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Stephen		 0.24% +14 +62 +89.9%
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Bernard		 0.24% +2 +29 +29.0%
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Christopher		 0.24% -4 +3 +2.4%
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Martin		 0.24% -5 -7 -5.1%
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Philip		 0.22% +4 +35 +42.2%
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Roderick		 0.22% -4 +4 +3.5%
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Harry		 0.22% -2 +27 +30.3%
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Roy		 0.21% +1 +32 +38.6%
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Alfred		 0.21% -2 +28 +32.6%
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Terence		 0.19% +1 +21 +25.9%
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Ernest		 0.19% +3 +26 +35.1%
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Denis		 0.18% -4 +14 +16.5%
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Jack		 0.18% +5 +37 +59.7%
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Paul		 0.17% +2 +23 +34.3%
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Leonard		 0.16% -2 +8 +10.3%
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Gavin		 0.15% +4 +29 +53.7%
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Lawrence		 0.15% +1 +20 +32.8%
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Victor		 0.15% -36 -105 -57.1%
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Keith		 0.15% -1 +17 +27.9%
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Roger		 0.14% +3 +25 +51.0%
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Adam		 0.13% -10 -9 -11.1%
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Robin		 0.13% 0 +19 +37.3%
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Graeme		 0.12% +13 +27 +77.1%
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Bryan		 0.11% +1 +12 +25.5%
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Gilbert		 0.11% -5 +3 +5.6%
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Alister		 0.10% +4 +10 +23.8%
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Harold		 0.10% +2 +7 +15.6%
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Edwin		 0.10% +6 +13 +34.2%
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Hamish		 0.09% -5 +2 +4.2%
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Gerard		 0.09% -5 +2 +4.3%
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Laurence		 0.08% -2 +2 +4.7%
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Russell		 0.08% +8 +13 +40.6%
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Maurice		 0.08% +8 +13 +41.9%
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Alasdair		 0.08% -3 +1 +2.4%
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Vincent		 0.08% 0 +4 +10.5%
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Geoffrey		 0.07% -4 +1 +2.6%
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Murdo		 0.07% +4 +8 +25.8%
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Hector		 0.07% +1 +6 +18.8%
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Jan		 0.07% new new new
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Barry		 0.07% -2 +3 +9.1%
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Reginald		 0.07% new new new
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Edmund		 0.06% new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 8.68% 0 +568 +14.9%
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Elizabeth		 5.78% 0 +394 +15.6%
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Mary		 5.76% 0 +403 +16.1%
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Catherine		 3.26% 0 +349 +26.9%
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Helen		 2.63% 0 +220 +19.8%
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Patricia		 2.54% +1 +313 +32.2%
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Anne		 2.36% -1 +184 +18.2%
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Jean		 2.07% +1 +148 +16.5%
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Agnes		 1.99% -1 +80 +8.7%
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Irene		 1.76% 0 +116 +14.9%
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Ann		 1.73% 0 +130 +17.4%
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Janet		 1.56% +1 +143 +22.2%
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Maureen		 1.54% -1 +111 +16.7%
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Sandra		 1.50% 0 +188 +32.9%
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Sheila		 1.45% 0 +172 +30.8%
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Kathleen		 1.34% 0 +132 +24.2%
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Isabella		 1.29% 0 +128 +24.4%
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Marion		 1.16% +2 +117 +24.8%
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Joan		 1.14% +2 +130 +29.0%
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Annie		 1.14% -2 +64 +12.5%
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Jane		 1.11% -2 +90 +19.0%
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Christine		 1.00% +2 +121 +31.4%
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Christina		 0.91% 0 +50 +12.2%
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Dorothy		 0.89% -2 +22 +5.1%
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Frances		 0.85% 0 +72 +20.1%
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Eileen		 0.81% 0 +66 +19.3%
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Sarah		 0.80% 0 +74 +22.5%
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June		 0.79% +2 +88 +28.1%
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Linda		 0.75% +8 +138 +57.0%
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Carol		 0.72% +5 +109 +42.6%
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Barbara		 0.71% +2 +61 +20.4%
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Isobel		 0.67% -3 +27 +8.6%
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Jessie		 0.67% -5 +13 +4.0%
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Moira		 0.67% -3 +26 +8.4%
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Joyce		 0.66% +2 +91 +37.6%
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Evelyn		 0.65% -4 +20 +6.5%
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Doreen		 0.62% +8 +118 +60.8%
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Rosemary		 0.57% +1 +66 +29.5%
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Norma		 0.57% +6 +94 +48.5%
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Susan		 0.57% +4 +92 +47.2%
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Janette		 0.57% -7 +24 +9.2%
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Morag		 0.53% +7 +87 +47.8%
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Eleanor		 0.51% -7 +17 +7.0%
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Jennifer		 0.50% -2 +33 +15.1%
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Jeanette		 0.47% +7 +59 +32.8%
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Ellen		 0.46% -5 +12 +5.5%
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Sheena		 0.46% -4 +22 +10.6%
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Alice		 0.45% 0 +39 +20.6%
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Valerie		 0.45% -1 +38 +20.0%
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Alison		 0.43% +3 +49 +28.8%
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Sylvia		 0.41% +5 +47 +29.0%
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Alexandra		 0.41% -2 +24 +13.3%
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Grace		 0.40% -14 -21 -9.4%
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Georgina		 0.37% -4 +6 +3.3%
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Jacqueline		 0.37% +22 +82 +78.8%
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Wilma		 0.37% +2 +29 +18.5%
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Lorna		 0.35% -2 +11 +6.5%
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Heather		 0.35% +7 +48 +36.9%
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Janice		 0.35% +6 +47 +35.9%
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Pamela		 0.35% +8 +51 +41.1%
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Fiona		 0.34% 0 +20 +13.1%
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Jeanie		 0.34% -5 +14 +8.9%
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Rose		 0.33% -10 -3 -1.8%
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Martha		 0.32% +15 +63 +63.0%
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Muriel		 0.31% +7 +42 +36.5%
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Williamina		 0.30% -3 +8 +5.5%
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Marie		 0.30% -1 +25 +19.7%
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Isabel		 0.29% -9 -9 -5.8%
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Caroline		 0.28% +5 +34 +31.2%
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Hazel		 0.28% -8 -6 -4.1%
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Aileen		 0.28% -3 +17 +13.7%
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Edith		 0.27% -2 +17 +14.3%
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Josephine		 0.27% -12 -19 -12.3%
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Anna		 0.26% -7 +6 +4.8%
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Phyllis		 0.26% +16 +52 +65.8%
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Lesley		 0.26% +10 +42 +47.7%
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Ruth		 0.26% -4 +16 +14.2%
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Elaine		 0.25% +10 +43 +50.6%
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Brenda		 0.25% +3 +35 +38.0%
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Yvonne		 0.25% -1 +25 +24.5%
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Violet		 0.25% +3 +34 +37.4%
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Carole		 0.24% -7 +15 +13.9%
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Veronica		 0.24% -1 +29 +31.5%
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Marjory		 0.24% -13 +2 +1.7%
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Marlene		 0.24% -4 +24 +25.3%
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Roberta		 0.22% -5 +18 +19.4%
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Bridget		 0.21% new new new
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Winifred		 0.21% +2 +24 +29.6%
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Annette		 0.21% +4 +26 +33.3%
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Marjorie		 0.20% -15 -8 -7.4%
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May		 0.20% new new new
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Maria		 0.19% -5 +11 +12.6%
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Audrey		 0.19% new new new
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Esther		 0.18% +4 +24 +34.8%
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Euphemia		 0.18% -1 +16 +21.1%
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Gladys		 0.18% -4 +13 +16.5%
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Lilian		 0.18% -6 +11 +13.6%
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Katherine		 0.18% new new new
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Marilyn		 0.18% new new new
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Robina		 0.17% -2 +19 +27.5%
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Theresa		 0.17% -4 +15 +20.5%
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Popularity extremes for Scotland