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		 12.02% 0 -120 -2.1%
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James		 11.27% 0 +36 +0.7%
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William		 9.01% 0 -2 -0.0%
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Robert		 6.35% 0 +48 +1.7%
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David		 4.54% +2 +198 +10.5%
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Alexander		 4.52% 0 +110 +5.6%
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Thomas		 4.33% -2 -89 -4.3%
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George		 4.14% 0 +44 +2.4%
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Ian		 2.14% +1 +124 +14.4%
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Andrew		 2.12% -1 -22 -2.2%
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Peter		 1.75% 0 -17 -2.1%
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Charles		 1.55% 0 -42 -5.5%
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Hugh		 1.43% +1 +56 +9.3%
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Joseph		 1.32% -1 -37 -5.7%
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Ronald		 1.30% +2 +111 +22.7%
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Michael		 1.18% +4 +136 +33.4%
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Donald		 1.17% -2 -42 -7.3%
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Edward		 1.11% -2 -8 -1.5%
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Francis		 0.98% -1 -5 -1.1%
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Henry		 0.92% -1 +3 +0.7%
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Gordon		 0.91% +1 +41 +10.9%
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Kenneth		 0.90% -1 +33 +8.6%
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Douglas		 0.89% +1 +39 +10.5%
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Patrick		 0.85% -1 +18 +4.8%
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Brian		 0.74% +8 +113 +49.1%
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Norman		 0.70% +2 +19 +6.2%
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Archibald		 0.68% -2 -47 -13.0%
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Alan		 0.68% +1 +40 +14.8%
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Richard		 0.67% -3 -11 -3.4%
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Allan		 0.66% 0 +38 +14.4%
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Daniel		 0.64% -4 -17 -5.5%
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Duncan		 0.60% 0 +33 +13.5%
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Samuel		 0.58% -2 +11 +4.3%
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Arthur		 0.51% 0 +21 +9.9%
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Alistair		 0.50% +4 +53 +30.1%
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Angus		 0.48% +2 +40 +22.2%
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Walter		 0.47% -2 +9 +4.3%
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Neil		 0.46% -2 +14 +7.0%
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Colin		 0.46% -2 +28 +15.3%
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Malcolm		 0.41% +1 +22 +13.1%
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Albert		 0.38% +3 +33 +23.1%
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Eric		 0.38% -1 +5 +3.0%
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Frederick		 0.36% 0 +8 +5.1%
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Anthony		 0.35% +2 +39 +32.2%
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Matthew		 0.33% -6 -23 -13.1%
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Iain		 0.30% -1 +10 +7.7%
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Stewart		 0.29% +1 +14 +11.7%
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Frank		 0.28% +2 +23 +21.3%
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Derek		 0.28% +9 +42 +48.3%
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Alastair		 0.28% -4 +6 +5.0%
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Leslie		 0.27% -2 +8 +7.0%
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Raymond		 0.26% +4 +30 +33.7%
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Harry		 0.24% -1 +13 +13.3%
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Christopher		 0.23% +1 +16 +17.8%
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Alfred		 0.22% +5 +20 +24.1%
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Ernest		 0.22% +1 +14 +15.7%
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Bernard		 0.22% -4 +7 +7.4%
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Stanley		 0.21% +4 +14 +17.1%
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Adam		 0.20% -8 -14 -13.5%
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Philip		 0.19% +6 +17 +23.9%
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Bruce		 0.19% +14 +40 +87.0%
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Martin		 0.19% +4 +14 +19.4%
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Dennis		 0.17% +6 +20 +33.3%
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Stephen		 0.17% +6 +20 +33.3%
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Gerald		 0.17% -6 -7 -8.1%
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Denis		 0.17% +1 +13 +20.6%
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Graham		 0.16% -3 0 0.0%
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Jack		 0.16% -4 -1 -1.3%
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Terence		 0.16% +4 +22 +42.3%
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Roy		 0.16% +3 +21 +40.4%
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Gilbert		 0.16% +4 +26 +56.5%
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Lawrence		 0.16% -4 +9 +14.3%
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Roderick		 0.15% -19 -22 -24.2%
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Gavin		 0.15% -5 +8 +13.3%
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Stuart		 0.15% -14 -15 -18.1%
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Leonard		 0.13% +2 +14 +31.1%
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Victor		 0.13% -5 +4 +7.4%
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Robin		 0.12% +6 +16 +43.2%
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Hector		 0.11% +1 +8 +19.0%
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Paul		 0.10% +9 +13 +38.2%
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Gerard		 0.10% +4 +8 +22.2%
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Harold		 0.10% +2 +5 +12.8%
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Alister		 0.09% -8 -3 -6.5%
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Maurice		 0.09% +10 +12 +40.0%
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Owen		 0.09% +3 +7 +20.0%
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Roger		 0.09% +12 +15 +55.6%
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Alasdair		 0.07% +4 +3 +9.7%
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Benjamin		 0.07% new new new
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Herbert		 0.07% +2 +1 +3.1%
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Hamish		 0.07% -9 -9 -22.0%
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Ralph		 0.07% +1 +1 +3.2%
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Edwin		 0.07% -10 -9 -22.5%
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Bryan		 0.07% new new new
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Laurence		 0.06% 0 -1 -3.3%
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Sydney		 0.06% -9 -7 -19.4%
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Keith		 0.06% +4 +5 +21.7%
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Reginald		 0.06% new new new
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Campbell		 0.06% -19 -17 -38.6%
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Cornelius		 0.06% 0 +3 +12.5%
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Murray		 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		 10.43% 0 +37 +0.8%
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Mary		 7.16% 0 -211 -6.3%
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Elizabeth		 6.92% 0 +188 +6.6%
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Catherine		 3.55% 0 -46 -2.9%
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Helen		 3.21% 0 +20 +1.4%
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Agnes		 3.00% 0 +19 +1.5%
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Jean		 2.65% 0 -5 -0.4%
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Patricia		 1.95% +4 +170 +24.9%
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Annie		 1.95% -1 -55 -6.1%
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Janet		 1.90% 0 +15 +1.8%
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Anne		 1.87% 0 +90 +12.4%
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Isabella		 1.83% -3 -53 -6.2%
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Irene		 1.69% 0 +80 +12.2%
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Ann		 1.58% 0 +35 +5.3%
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Marion		 1.35% +2 +60 +11.4%
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Jane		 1.30% -1 -46 -7.5%
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Christina		 1.22% -1 -20 -3.6%
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Maureen		 1.19% +1 +17 +3.4%
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Sarah		 1.19% 0 +2 +0.4%
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Sheila		 1.16% +1 +63 +14.2%
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Dorothy		 1.01% +1 +36 +8.9%
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Jessie		 1.01% -2 -35 -7.4%
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Joan		 0.98% +1 +77 +22.1%
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Kathleen		 0.89% -1 -11 -2.8%
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Frances		 0.74% 0 +24 +8.0%
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Isobel		 0.72% +1 +22 +7.5%
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Moira		 0.66% -1 -8 -2.7%
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June		 0.65% +3 +20 +7.5%
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Barbara		 0.61% -1 -12 -4.3%
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Jeanie		 0.59% 0 -8 -3.0%
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Ellen		 0.58% -2 -20 -7.3%
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Alice		 0.57% 0 -14 -5.4%
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Evelyn		 0.57% +2 +2 +0.8%
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Grace		 0.52% -1 -20 -8.1%
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Christine		 0.51% +6 +33 +17.6%
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Eleanor		 0.51% +11 +52 +30.8%
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Rose		 0.50% 0 +5 +2.3%
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Janette		 0.49% +2 +17 +8.6%
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Joyce		 0.49% -2 -2 -0.9%
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Rosemary		 0.47% +5 +36 +21.2%
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Georgina		 0.45% -2 -9 -4.4%
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Eileen		 0.45% -7 -21 -9.7%
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Susan		 0.44% +4 +33 +20.6%
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Williamina		 0.44% 0 +18 +10.3%
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Jeanette		 0.44% +5 +37 +24.2%
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Martha		 0.39% -4 -8 -4.5%
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Sheena		 0.39% +12 +43 +34.4%
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Doreen		 0.37% -4 -11 -6.3%
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Norma		 0.37% -12 -53 -24.5%
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Morag		 0.36% -2 0 0.0%
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Sandra		 0.36% +10 +34 +28.1%
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Josephine		 0.35% 0 +13 +9.2%
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Alison		 0.34% +3 +13 +9.6%
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Sylvia		 0.33% +9 +36 +33.0%
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Edith		 0.33% -4 -8 -5.3%
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Isabel		 0.32% -7 -16 -10.4%
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Muriel		 0.31% -2 -1 -0.7%
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Violet		 0.29% -4 -14 -10.1%
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Winifred		 0.29% +7 +20 +19.0%
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Valerie		 0.28% +21 +41 +49.4%
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Euphemia		 0.28% -9 -18 -12.8%
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Marjory		 0.28% +6 +22 +22.2%
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May		 0.27% -5 -10 -7.8%
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Wilma		 0.27% -3 -4 -3.3%
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Aileen		 0.27% +9 +26 +28.3%
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Roberta		 0.26% 0 +12 +11.7%
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Charlotte		 0.25% +4 +14 +14.4%
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Robina		 0.25% -11 -27 -20.1%
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Ruth		 0.25% +13 +24 +28.9%
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Phyllis		 0.24% +24 +36 +51.4%
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Marie		 0.24% +2 +10 +10.6%
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Alexandra		 0.23% -10 -9 -8.1%
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Hazel		 0.23% +3 +11 +12.6%
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Anna		 0.22% -10 -9 -8.5%
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Bridget		 0.22% -8 -6 -5.8%
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Fiona		 0.22% +16 +25 +35.2%
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Elsie		 0.22% +17 +24 +34.3%
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Flora		 0.22% +7 +13 +16.0%
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Heather		 0.21% new new new
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Lilian		 0.21% -2 +5 +5.9%
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Florence		 0.20% -9 -9 -9.4%
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Caroline		 0.20% +7 +14 +19.4%
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Linda		 0.20% new new new
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Rachel		 0.20% +2 +6 +7.6%
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Henrietta		 0.19% +4 +12 +16.7%
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Marjorie		 0.19% -10 -5 -5.6%
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Veronica		 0.19% -9 -2 -2.4%
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Lorna		 0.19% -8 -2 -2.4%
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Elspeth		 0.18% +10 +14 +21.2%
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Myra		 0.18% new new new
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Gladys		 0.18% -22 -19 -19.4%
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Annette		 0.18% -5 +3 +4.0%
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Theresa		 0.18% 0 +7 +9.9%
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Pamela		 0.17% new new new
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Hannah		 0.17% -9 -3 -3.9%
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Jacqueline		 0.17% new new new
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Olive		 0.17% new new new
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Audrey		 0.17% 0 +5 +7.5%
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Esther		 0.16% -22 -15 -17.4%
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Doris		 0.16% -19 -13 -15.7%
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Popularity extremes for Scotland