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		 11.02% 0
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James		 9.61% 0
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William		 7.64% 0
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Robert		 5.67% 0
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David		 4.93% 0
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Thomas		 3.79% 0
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Alexander		 3.69% 0
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George		 3.29% 0
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Ian		 2.92% 0
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Brian		 2.05% +2
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Andrew		 2.03% -1
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Peter		 1.79% -1
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Ronald		 1.63% +1
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Kenneth		 1.52% +2
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Michael		 1.50% -2
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Charles		 1.38% -1
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Alan		 1.37% +6
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Gordon		 1.25% 0
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Donald		 1.15% +2
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Douglas		 1.10% +2
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Joseph		 1.10% -1
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Hugh		 1.00% -5
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Edward		 0.97% -4
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Francis		 0.83% +1
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Allan		 0.80% +1
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Richard		 0.80% -2
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Norman		 0.79% 0
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Henry		 0.73% 0
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Alistair		 0.64% +5
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Patrick		 0.64% -1
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Colin		 0.61% -1
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Raymond		 0.58% 0
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Daniel		 0.55% -2
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Archibald		 0.50% -1
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Eric		 0.50% +1
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Neil		 0.50% +2
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Derek		 0.50% 0
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Iain		 0.49% -2
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Duncan		 0.49% -1
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Arthur		 0.44% +1
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Angus		 0.43% +3
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Stuart		 0.42% +10
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Walter		 0.41% 0
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Samuel		 0.41% +3
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Anthony		 0.41% +4
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Stewart		 0.39% +7
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Alastair		 0.39% +3
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Leslie		 0.38% -7
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Malcolm		 0.38% -5
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Graham		 0.38% -3
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Dennis		 0.34% 0
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Albert		 0.31% +4
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Frank		 0.31% +6
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Frederick		 0.30% -8
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Matthew		 0.27% +3
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Stanley		 0.27% +5
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Gerald		 0.26% -3
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Bruce		 0.25% +6
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Stephen		 0.24% +14
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Bernard		 0.24% +2
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Christopher		 0.24% -4
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Martin		 0.24% -5
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Philip		 0.22% +4
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Roderick		 0.22% -4
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Harry		 0.22% -2
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Roy		 0.21% +1
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Alfred		 0.21% -2
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Terence		 0.19% +1
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Ernest		 0.19% +3
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Denis		 0.18% -4
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Jack		 0.18% +5
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Paul		 0.17% +2
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Leonard		 0.16% -2
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Gavin		 0.15% +4
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Lawrence		 0.15% +1
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Victor		 0.15% -36
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Keith		 0.15% -1
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Roger		 0.14% +3
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Adam		 0.13% -10
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Robin		 0.13% 0
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Graeme		 0.12% +13
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Bryan		 0.11% +1
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Gilbert		 0.11% -5
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Alister		 0.10% +4
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Harold		 0.10% +2
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Edwin		 0.10% +6
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Hamish		 0.09% -5
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Gerard		 0.09% -5
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Laurence		 0.08% -2
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Russell		 0.08% +8
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Maurice		 0.08% +8
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Alasdair		 0.08% -3
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Vincent		 0.08% 0
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Geoffrey		 0.07% -4
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Murdo		 0.07% +4
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Hector		 0.07% +1
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Jan		 0.07% new
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Barry		 0.07% -2
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Reginald		 0.07% new
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Edmund		 0.06% new
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Margaret		 8.68% 0
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Elizabeth		 5.78% 0
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Mary		 5.76% 0
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Catherine		 3.26% 0
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Helen		 2.63% 0
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Patricia		 2.54% +1
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Anne		 2.36% -1
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Jean		 2.07% +1
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Agnes		 1.99% -1
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Irene		 1.76% 0
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Ann		 1.73% 0
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Janet		 1.56% +1
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Maureen		 1.54% -1
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Sandra		 1.50% 0
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Sheila		 1.45% 0
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Kathleen		 1.34% 0
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Isabella		 1.29% 0
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Marion		 1.16% +2
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Joan		 1.14% +2
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Annie		 1.14% -2
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Jane		 1.11% -2
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Christine		 1.00% +2
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Christina		 0.91% 0
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Dorothy		 0.89% -2
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Frances		 0.85% 0
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Eileen		 0.81% 0
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Sarah		 0.80% 0
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June		 0.79% +2
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Linda		 0.75% +8
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Carol		 0.72% +5
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Barbara		 0.71% +2
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Isobel		 0.67% -3
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Jessie		 0.67% -5
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Moira		 0.67% -3
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Joyce		 0.66% +2
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Evelyn		 0.65% -4
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Doreen		 0.62% +8
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Rosemary		 0.57% +1
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Norma		 0.57% +6
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Susan		 0.57% +4
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Janette		 0.57% -7
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Morag		 0.53% +7
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Eleanor		 0.51% -7
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Jennifer		 0.50% -2
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Jeanette		 0.47% +7
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Ellen		 0.46% -5
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Sheena		 0.46% -4
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Alice		 0.45% 0
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Valerie		 0.45% -1
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Alison		 0.43% +3
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Sylvia		 0.41% +5
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Alexandra		 0.41% -2
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Grace		 0.40% -14
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Georgina		 0.37% -4
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Jacqueline		 0.37% +22
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Wilma		 0.37% +2
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Lorna		 0.35% -2
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Heather		 0.35% +7
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Janice		 0.35% +6
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Pamela		 0.35% +8
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Fiona		 0.34% 0
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Jeanie		 0.34% -5
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Rose		 0.33% -10
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Martha		 0.32% +15
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Muriel		 0.31% +7
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Williamina		 0.30% -3
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Marie		 0.30% -1
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Isabel		 0.29% -9
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Caroline		 0.28% +5
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Hazel		 0.28% -8
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Aileen		 0.28% -3
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Edith		 0.27% -2
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Josephine		 0.27% -12
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Anna		 0.26% -7
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Phyllis		 0.26% +16
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Lesley		 0.26% +10
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Ruth		 0.26% -4
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Elaine		 0.25% +10
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Brenda		 0.25% +3
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Yvonne		 0.25% -1
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Violet		 0.25% +3
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Carole		 0.24% -7
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Veronica		 0.24% -1
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Marjory		 0.24% -13
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Marlene		 0.24% -4
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Roberta		 0.22% -5
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Bridget		 0.21% new
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Winifred		 0.21% +2
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Annette		 0.21% +4
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Marjorie		 0.20% -15
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May		 0.20% new
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Maria		 0.19% -5
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Audrey		 0.19% new
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Esther		 0.18% +4
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Euphemia		 0.18% -1
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Gladys		 0.18% -4
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Lilian		 0.18% -6
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Katherine		 0.18% new
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Marilyn		 0.18% new
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Robina		 0.17% -2
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Theresa		 0.17% -4
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Popularity extremes for Scotland