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		 11.67% 0
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James		 10.47% 0
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William		 8.38% 0
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Robert		 6.06% 0
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David		 4.45% 0
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Thomas		 4.22% 0
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George		 3.98% +1
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Alexander		 3.97% -1
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Ian		 2.46% 0
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Andrew		 2.20% 0
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Peter		 1.91% 0
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Charles		 1.52% 0
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Ronald		 1.42% +2
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Michael		 1.37% +2
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Hugh		 1.26% -2
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Edward		 1.23% +2
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Joseph		 1.23% -2
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Donald		 1.13% -1
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Kenneth		 1.11% 0
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Gordon		 1.07% +3
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Brian		 1.05% +1
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Douglas		 0.99% -2
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Francis		 0.91% -2
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Henry		 0.85% 0
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Alan		 0.83% +1
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Patrick		 0.78% -1
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Allan		 0.75% +3
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Richard		 0.73% 0
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Norman		 0.72% -2
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Archibald		 0.62% -1
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Daniel		 0.61% 0
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Colin		 0.56% +2
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Alistair		 0.54% +2
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Samuel		 0.52% +2
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Eric		 0.48% +2
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Walter		 0.46% +1
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Arthur		 0.44% -5
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Duncan		 0.44% -5
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Neil		 0.43% 0
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Malcolm		 0.42% 0
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Angus		 0.42% +3
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Iain		 0.40% +1
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Frederick		 0.39% -1
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Alastair		 0.37% +5
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Matthew		 0.35% -1
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Raymond		 0.34% +1
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Leslie		 0.33% +4
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Anthony		 0.32% -7
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Albert		 0.31% -3
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Derek		 0.30% +1
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Stewart		 0.29% -1
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Frank		 0.29% -4
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Gerald		 0.29% 0
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Stuart		 0.27% +1
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Dennis		 0.24% +6
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Graham		 0.24% +5
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Martin		 0.24% +8
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Bernard		 0.23% +1
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Christopher		 0.23% -4
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Stanley		 0.23% -5
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Jack		 0.22% +11
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Roderick		 0.22% 0
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Alfred		 0.21% +4
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Harry		 0.20% -10
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Roy		 0.20% +10
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Philip		 0.19% +5
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Adam		 0.18% -9
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Bruce		 0.18% +1
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Denis		 0.18% +6
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Ernest		 0.17% -6
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Terence		 0.16% -5
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Stephen		 0.16% -9
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Victor		 0.16% -4
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Gavin		 0.16% +5
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Lawrence		 0.15% +2
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Gilbert		 0.15% -3
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Leonard		 0.14% -8
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Gerard		 0.11% +6
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Robin		 0.11% -3
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Hamish		 0.10% +3
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Alasdair		 0.09% +16
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Edwin		 0.09% +18
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Harold		 0.09% -5
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Paul		 0.09% -2
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Campbell		 0.09% +9
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Graeme		 0.09% +9
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Laurence		 0.09% -1
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Maurice		 0.09% +5
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Owen		 0.09% +5
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Alister		 0.08% -6
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Bryan		 0.08% +6
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Ralph		 0.08% +1
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Murdo		 0.08% new
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Sydney		 0.08% -4
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Clifford		 0.07% new
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Keith		 0.07% -14
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Hector		 0.07% -4
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Sidney		 0.07% new
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Vincent		 0.07% new
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Herbert		 0.07% -16
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Roger		 0.07% -21
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Margaret		 10.03% 0
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Mary		 6.72% 0
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Elizabeth		 6.45% 0
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Catherine		 3.37% 0
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Helen		 2.87% 0
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Agnes		 2.60% 0
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Jean		 2.39% 0
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Patricia		 2.20% 0
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Anne		 2.19% 0
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Irene		 1.76% +1
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Janet		 1.71% -1
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Ann		 1.61% 0
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Annie		 1.60% 0
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Maureen		 1.56% +1
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Isabella		 1.48% -1
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Jane		 1.28% 0
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Marion		 1.23% -1
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Kathleen		 1.17% +4
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Sheila		 1.16% -1
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Christina		 1.06% -1
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Dorothy		 1.06% +4
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Joan		 0.99% -2
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Sarah		 0.99% 0
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Jessie		 0.88% -3
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Frances		 0.81% 0
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Sandra		 0.79% +4
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Isobel		 0.70% -1
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Eileen		 0.67% +7
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Barbara		 0.67% -1
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Moira		 0.66% +2
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Evelyn		 0.64% -3
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June		 0.63% -5
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Ellen		 0.62% -2
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Christine		 0.61% 0
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Joyce		 0.59% -2
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Eleanor		 0.59% 0
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Janette		 0.58% +5
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Jeanette		 0.51% +8
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Alice		 0.51% -1
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Doreen		 0.50% +1
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Norma		 0.50% +7
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Georgina		 0.48% -3
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Grace		 0.48% -6
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Rosemary		 0.46% +6
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Jeanie		 0.44% -5
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Sylvia		 0.42% +5
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Alexandra		 0.41% +6
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Susan		 0.41% -5
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Morag		 0.39% 0
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Sheena		 0.39% -4
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Rose		 0.39% -8
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Williamina		 0.37% -5
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Martha		 0.37% +7
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Alison		 0.36% +2
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Valerie		 0.36% 0
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Wilma		 0.33% +2
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Josephine		 0.32% +2
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Linda		 0.32% +16
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Violet		 0.32% -4
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Aileen		 0.29% +2
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Edith		 0.29% +4
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Isabel		 0.29% -8
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Hazel		 0.28% +19
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Fiona		 0.28% -1
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Anna		 0.28% +1
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Jennifer		 0.27% +5
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Caroline		 0.26% +13
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Euphemia		 0.26% +2
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Marjory		 0.25% -8
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Carol		 0.25% new
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Ruth		 0.25% -5
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Veronica		 0.24% -5
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Robina		 0.24% +13
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Winifred		 0.24% +3
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Heather		 0.24% +4
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Janice		 0.23% new
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Marie		 0.23% +6
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Marjorie		 0.23% +16
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Pamela		 0.23% +14
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Roberta		 0.23% -7
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Jacqueline		 0.23% 0
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May		 0.22% -7
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Flora		 0.22% -14
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Muriel		 0.22% -26
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Lorna		 0.21% -14
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Yvonne		 0.20% +2
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Brenda		 0.20% new
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Rachel		 0.20% -10
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Phyllis		 0.19% new
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Gladys		 0.19% -7
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Bridget		 0.18% -14
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Iris		 0.18% +3
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Florence		 0.18% +5
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Charlotte		 0.18% -26
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Katherine		 0.17% -1
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Myra		 0.17% new
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Marlene		 0.17% new
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Carole		 0.17% new
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Elsie		 0.16% -13
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Elspeth		 0.16% new
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Popularity extremes for Scotland