Popular Names in Scotland

Boys
Rank Name Pct.
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John
13.12%
2.
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James
12.07%
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William
10.15%
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Robert
6.73%
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Alexander
4.82%
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Thomas
4.82%
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George
4.77%
8.
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David
3.80%
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Andrew
2.14%
10.
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Charles
1.83%
11.
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Peter
1.71%
12.
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Ian
1.62%
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Joseph
1.59%
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Ronald
1.43%
15.
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Hugh
1.41%
16.
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Edward
1.16%
17.
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Donald
1.13%
18.
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Francis
1.06%
19.
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Henry
0.99%
20.
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Archibald
0.85%
21.
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Daniel
0.83%
22.
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Patrick
0.82%
23.
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Gordon
0.76%
24.
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Kenneth
0.75%
25.
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Douglas
0.74%
26.
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Michael
0.67%
27.
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Norman
0.67%
28.
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Richard
0.66%
29.
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Samuel
0.60%
30.
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Walter
0.59%
31.
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Arthur
0.52%
32.
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Duncan
0.52%
33.
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Allan
0.50%
34.
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Angus
0.47%
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Eric
0.41%
36.
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Neil
0.39%
37.
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Matthew
0.38%
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Alistair
0.37%
39.
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Albert
0.36%
40.
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Frederick
0.35%
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Alan
0.35%
42.
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Malcolm
0.34%
43.
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Stanley
0.33%
44.
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Colin
0.28%
45.
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Adam
0.27%
46.
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Alfred
0.27%
47.
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Frank
0.25%
48.
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Brian
0.24%
48.
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Leslie
0.24%
50.
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Bernard
0.22%
51.
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Harry
0.22%
52.
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Alastair
0.22%
53.
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Stewart
0.21%
54.
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Iain
0.20%
55.
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Martin
0.19%
56.
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Dennis
0.18%
56.
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Gerald
0.18%
58.
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Anthony
0.18%
59.
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Lawrence
0.18%
60.
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Philip
0.17%
61.
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Roy
0.17%
62.
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Ernest
0.16%
62.
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Roderick
0.16%
64.
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Christopher
0.14%
64.
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Graham
0.14%
66.
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Derek
0.13%
66.
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Gilbert
0.13%
68.
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Jack
0.13%
68.
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Maurice
0.13%
68.
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Raymond
0.13%
71.
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Stuart
0.12%
72.
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Stephen
0.12%
73.
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Hector
0.11%
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Leonard
0.11%
75.
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Edwin
0.11%
75.
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Sydney
0.11%
77.
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Denis
0.10%
78.
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Gavin
0.10%
79.
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Terence
0.10%
80.
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Benjamin
0.09%
80.
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Victor
0.09%
82.
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Hamish
0.09%
82.
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Harold
0.09%
84.
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Owen
0.08%
84.
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Ralph
0.08%
86.
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Bruce
0.08%
87.
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Alister
0.08%
87.
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Lewis
0.08%
89.
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Herbert
0.07%
90.
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Campbell
0.07%
90.
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Finlay
0.07%
90.
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Laurence
0.07%
90.
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Vincent
0.07%
94.
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Gerard
0.06%
95.
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Dugald
0.06%
95.
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Murdo
0.06%
97.
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Alasdair
0.06%
98.
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Ewen
0.06%
99.
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Cornelius
0.05%
100.
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Sidney
0.05%
Girls
Rank Name Pct.
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Margaret
11.28%
2.
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Mary
9.39%
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Elizabeth
7.24%
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Catherine
4.16%
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Agnes
3.70%
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Helen
3.28%
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Annie
2.97%
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Jean
2.65%
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Isabella
2.51%
10.
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Janet
2.32%
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Jane
1.70%
12.
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Sarah
1.66%
13.
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Jessie
1.57%
14.
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Christina
1.47%
15.
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Marion
1.23%
16.
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Sheila
1.21%
17.
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Patricia
1.09%
18.
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Irene
1.03%
19.
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Anne
0.99%
20.
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Jeanie
0.95%
21.
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Ann
0.94%
22.
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Dorothy
0.85%
23.
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Joan
0.80%
24.
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Kathleen
0.74%
25.
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Grace
0.73%
26.
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Alice
0.70%
27.
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Barbara
0.69%
28.
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Maureen
0.65%
29.
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Isobel
0.65%
30.
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Rose
0.63%
31.
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Ellen
0.61%
32.
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Evelyn
0.58%
33.
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Martha
0.54%
34.
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Frances
0.54%
35.
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Georgina
0.52%
36.
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Moira
0.50%
37.
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Susan
0.50%
38.
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June
0.49%
39.
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Joyce
0.46%
40.
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Doreen
0.43%
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Williamina
0.43%
42.
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Eileen
0.39%
43.
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Euphemia
0.39%
44.
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Edith
0.39%
45.
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Shirley
0.39%
46.
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Audrey
0.37%
47.
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Violet
0.37%
48.
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Muriel
0.34%
48.
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Norma
0.34%
50.
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Robina
0.32%
51.
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Isabel
0.32%
52.
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Flora
0.30%
53.
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Winifred
0.30%
54.
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May
0.30%
55.
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Bridget
0.29%
56.
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Marjory
0.28%
57.
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Charlotte
0.28%
58.
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Eleanor
0.27%
59.
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Hannah
0.25%
60.
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Josephine
0.25%
60.
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Morag
0.25%
62.
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Doris
0.25%
63.
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Jemima
0.24%
63.
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Ruth
0.24%
65.
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Gladys
0.23%
66.
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Theresa
0.22%
67.
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Elsie
0.22%
68.
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Janette
0.22%
69.
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Florence
0.21%
70.
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Anna
0.21%
70.
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Marjorie
0.21%
72.
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Christine
0.20%
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Edna
0.20%
74.
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Rosemary
0.20%
75.
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Rachel
0.19%
75.
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Sylvia
0.19%
77.
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Lilian
0.19%
78.
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Esther
0.19%
79.
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Marie
0.18%
80.
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Emily
0.18%
80.
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Sheena
0.18%
82.
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Henrietta
0.18%
82.
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Iris
0.18%
82.
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Mabel
0.18%
82.
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Maria
0.18%
86.
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Alison
0.18%
87.
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Aileen
0.17%
87.
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Cecilia
0.17%
87.
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Veronica
0.17%
90.
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Jeanette
0.17%
90.
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Lily
0.17%
92.
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Betty
0.17%
92.
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Elspeth
0.17%
94.
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Rebecca
0.16%
95.
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Olive
0.16%
95.
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Phyllis
0.16%
97.
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Hazel
0.16%
97.
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Hilda
0.16%
99.
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Beatrice
0.15%
99.
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Caroline
0.15%