Popular Names in Scotland

Information from National Records of Scotland
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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John		 12.43% 0
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James		 11.38% 0
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William		 9.65% 0
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Robert		 6.39% 0
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Thomas		 4.78% +2
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Alexander		 4.42% -1
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George		 4.38% -1
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David		 4.18% 0
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Andrew		 2.18% 0
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Ian		 2.09% 0
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Peter		 1.74% +1
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Charles		 1.64% -1
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Hugh		 1.47% +1
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Joseph		 1.46% -1
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Ronald		 1.26% 0
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Edward		 1.24% +1
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Donald		 1.19% -1
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Francis		 1.02% 0
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Henry		 0.99% 0
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Patrick		 0.93% 0
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Michael		 0.92% 0
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Gordon		 0.88% 0
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Douglas		 0.85% 0
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Kenneth		 0.79% +1
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Archibald		 0.79% +1
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Daniel		 0.72% -2
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Norman		 0.71% 0
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Alan		 0.62% +3
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Allan		 0.61% 0
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Samuel		 0.60% -2
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Richard		 0.60% -1
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Walter		 0.56% +1
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Brian		 0.55% +5
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Duncan		 0.51% -2
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Arthur		 0.50% 0
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Alistair		 0.48% +5
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Eric		 0.46% -1
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Colin		 0.45% +4
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Neil		 0.45% -2
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Angus		 0.44% -7
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Albert		 0.38% -3
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Matthew		 0.38% -1
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Frederick		 0.36% +2
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Malcolm		 0.34% -1
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Anthony		 0.32% +4
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Bernard		 0.28% +10
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Alastair		 0.28% -3
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Adam		 0.27% -1
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Frank		 0.25% -1
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Iain		 0.25% -3
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Raymond		 0.24% +10
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Alfred		 0.23% +4
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Gerald		 0.22% -2
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Stewart		 0.22% -3
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Dennis		 0.22% +10
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Leslie		 0.21% -4
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Roderick		 0.20% -3
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Harry		 0.19% -3
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Stanley		 0.19% +1
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Ernest		 0.19% 0
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Christopher		 0.18% +4
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Derek		 0.18% 0
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Graham		 0.17% +6
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Philip		 0.16% -12
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Stuart		 0.15% -1
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Gilbert		 0.15% +7
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Denis		 0.14% +9
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Lawrence		 0.14% -1
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Martin		 0.14% -10
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Stephen		 0.14% -7
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Terence		 0.14% 0
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Bruce		 0.13% +1
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Roy		 0.13% 0
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Leonard		 0.12% -3
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Gerard		 0.12% +3
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Jack		 0.11% -9
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Gavin		 0.11% -7
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Harold		 0.10% +2
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Maurice		 0.09% +7
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Benjamin		 0.09% +12
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Campbell		 0.09% new
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Victor		 0.09% +14
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Owen		 0.09% 0
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Edwin		 0.09% +5
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Lewis		 0.09% -3
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Robin		 0.09% +4
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Hamish		 0.08% -10
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Hector		 0.08% -7
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Murdo		 0.08% 0
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Alasdair		 0.07% -3
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Vincent		 0.07% new
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Paul		 0.07% new
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Ralph		 0.07% -7
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Alister		 0.07% -16
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Herbert		 0.06% -3
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Finlay		 0.06% +3
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Laurence		 0.06% -5
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Louis		 0.06% new
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Dugald		 0.05% -2
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Roger		 0.05% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Margaret		 10.97% 0
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Mary		 7.91% 0
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Elizabeth		 7.00% 0
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Catherine		 4.00% 0
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Agnes		 3.25% 0
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Helen		 3.22% 0
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Jean		 2.68% 0
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Annie		 2.35% 0
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Isabella		 2.12% 0
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Janet		 2.00% 0
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Anne		 1.56% +1
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Patricia		 1.46% +6
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Jane		 1.44% -2
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Christina		 1.43% +1
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Irene		 1.43% +5
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Ann		 1.41% -2
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Jessie		 1.35% -4
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Marion		 1.24% +1
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Sarah		 1.23% -2
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Sheila		 1.09% -4
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Maureen		 1.07% +1
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Dorothy		 1.02% -1
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Kathleen		 0.89% 0
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Joan		 0.74% 0
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Moira		 0.73% +7
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Isobel		 0.73% +3
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Barbara		 0.70% +3
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Ellen		 0.67% -3
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Frances		 0.67% -1
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Jeanie		 0.67% -2
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June		 0.61% +3
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Grace		 0.58% -2
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Alice		 0.58% -5
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Evelyn		 0.52% -1
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Eleanor		 0.50% +6
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Joyce		 0.50% +2
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Georgina		 0.48% -1
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Rose		 0.47% -3
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Doreen		 0.46% 0
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Susan		 0.46% -1
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Norma		 0.45% +5
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Williamina		 0.44% +2
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Jeanette		 0.44% +4
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Eileen		 0.44% -4
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Janette		 0.43% -3
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Martha		 0.43% -3
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Christine		 0.42% 0
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Isabel		 0.37% -3
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Morag		 0.36% +2
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Euphemia		 0.34% +3
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Rosemary		 0.32% +8
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Muriel		 0.32% +3
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Sheena		 0.32% +13
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Violet		 0.30% -4
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Wilma		 0.28% +14
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May		 0.28% 0
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Charlotte		 0.28% +11
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Robina		 0.28% +8
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Josephine		 0.28% -2
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Marjory		 0.26% -8
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Edith		 0.26% -12
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Winifred		 0.26% -7
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Alison		 0.26% -1
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Sylvia		 0.25% -7
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Aileen		 0.25% +5
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Ruth		 0.25% -1
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Anna		 0.24% -7
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Florence		 0.24% +6
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Bridget		 0.23% -9
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Hazel		 0.23% +13
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Theresa		 0.22% +3
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Gladys		 0.22% -5
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Flora		 0.21% -10
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Jemima		 0.21% +7
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Elsie		 0.21% -3
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Marie		 0.21% +7
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Sandra		 0.21% +21
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Ethel		 0.21% +8
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Lilian		 0.21% -1
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Hannah		 0.20% +8
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Edna		 0.19% new
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Marjorie		 0.19% -11
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Rachel		 0.19% -9
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Doris		 0.18% +7
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Lily		 0.18% +2
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Alexandra		 0.18% new
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Lorna		 0.18% new
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Olive		 0.18% +12
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Esther		 0.17% -12
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Roberta		 0.17% -8
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Henrietta		 0.17% +1
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Iris		 0.17% +5
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Cecilia		 0.17% -8
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Fiona		 0.17% -12
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Phyllis		 0.17% -3
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Veronica		 0.16% -19
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Elspeth		 0.16% -3
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Maria		 0.16% -5
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Annette		 0.16% new
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Myra		 0.16% new
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Popularity extremes for Scotland