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		 10.26% 0 -100 -2.1%
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James		 8.88% 0 -176 -4.1%
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William		 6.67% 0 -143 -4.4%
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David		 5.51% +1 +78 +3.2%
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Robert		 5.45% -1 -184 -6.8%
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Thomas		 3.63% 0 -2 -0.1%
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Alexander		 3.24% 0 -5 -0.3%
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George		 2.97% 0 -51 -3.6%
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Ian		 2.70% 0 -34 -2.7%
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Brian		 2.04% +1 +28 +3.1%
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Andrew		 2.03% -1 -6 -0.6%
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Michael		 2.02% 0 +42 +4.7%
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Gordon		 2.00% +2 +73 +8.6%
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Alan		 1.93% -1 -1 -0.1%
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Peter		 1.86% -1 -10 -1.1%
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Charles		 1.48% 0 -29 -4.1%
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Kenneth		 1.43% +1 +22 +3.4%
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Ronald		 1.35% -1 -69 -9.9%
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Colin		 1.17% +6 +93 +20.8%
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Douglas		 1.06% -1 -77 -13.5%
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Joseph		 1.04% -1 -22 -4.4%
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Donald		 1.04% -1 -12 -2.4%
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Edward		 0.99% +1 +5 +1.1%
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Richard		 0.98% +2 +57 +14.3%
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Allan		 0.98% -3 -11 -2.4%
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Hugh		 0.96% -3 -18 -3.9%
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Francis		 0.89% 0 +26 +6.7%
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Patrick		 0.72% 0 +12 +3.8%
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Norman		 0.68% +3 +22 +7.6%
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Derek		 0.66% 0 +5 +1.7%
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Raymond		 0.63% 0 -2 -0.7%
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Neil		 0.60% +4 +6 +2.2%
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Iain		 0.59% +2 -1 -0.4%
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Graham		 0.58% 0 -5 -1.8%
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Henry		 0.58% +2 +1 +0.4%
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Alistair		 0.57% -7 -36 -12.0%
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Daniel		 0.56% -4 -21 -7.5%
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Stephen		 0.54% +2 +30 +13.6%
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Duncan		 0.49% -1 -6 -2.6%
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Stuart		 0.48% +2 +8 +3.7%
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Stewart		 0.44% -2 -23 -10.1%
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Archibald		 0.44% -1 -17 -7.8%
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Malcolm		 0.43% 0 +8 +4.2%
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Paul		 0.42% 0 +6 +3.2%
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Anthony		 0.41% +7 +32 +20.3%
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Philip		 0.41% +4 +21 +12.5%
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Gerald		 0.39% +10 +35 +24.3%
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Martin		 0.39% +1 +9 +5.3%
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Eric		 0.38% -4 -7 -3.8%
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Alastair		 0.37% -4 -7 -3.9%
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Angus		 0.36% +3 +17 +11.3%
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Samuel		 0.34% -5 -17 -9.8%
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Christopher		 0.32% +1 0 0.0%
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Gerard		 0.32% +9 +35 +30.7%
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Walter		 0.32% +1 +1 +0.7%
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Leslie		 0.31% -5 -18 -11.3%
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Arthur		 0.30% -9 -31 -18.2%
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Roderick		 0.29% +2 +16 +13.4%
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Matthew		 0.28% +2 +13 +11.0%
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Frank		 0.26% -2 -4 -3.2%
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Dennis		 0.26% -8 -32 -21.2%
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Keith		 0.24% +6 +19 +20.2%
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Graeme		 0.24% +1 -2 -1.8%
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Frederick		 0.21% -5 -24 -19.7%
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Bernard		 0.21% +1 -1 -1.0%
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Bruce		 0.21% +1 0 0.0%
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Terence		 0.19% -5 -31 -26.5%
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Roy		 0.18% +2 +2 +2.4%
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Albert		 0.18% +1 +1 +1.2%
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Lawrence		 0.18% -1 -10 -10.6%
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Denis		 0.18% -6 -22 -21.0%
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Stanley		 0.16% -2 -8 -9.6%
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Gavin		 0.16% +2 +8 +12.1%
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Harry		 0.15% -1 -14 -17.3%
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Robin		 0.15% +3 +11 +19.6%
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Adam		 0.14% 0 +3 +4.8%
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Alfred		 0.13% -3 -7 -10.4%
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Jack		 0.13% +1 +6 +11.1%
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Alasdair		 0.12% +10 +17 +42.5%
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Bryan		 0.12% +9 +16 +39.0%
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Kevin		 0.12% -1 +7 +14.6%
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Steven		 0.12% 0 +9 +20.0%
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Leonard		 0.11% -4 -2 -3.8%
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Ernest		 0.11% -4 +2 +4.2%
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Hamish		 0.10% +12 +13 +37.1%
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Gilbert		 0.10% -3 +4 +9.3%
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Maurice		 0.10% +5 +8 +21.1%
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Laurence		 0.10% new new new
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Gary		 0.09% new new new
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Desmond		 0.09% -7 -2 -4.7%
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Harold		 0.09% -7 -2 -4.7%
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Grant		 0.09% new new new
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Victor		 0.08% -10 -4 -9.3%
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Edwin		 0.08% new new new
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Geoffrey		 0.08% +2 +2 +5.6%
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Mark		 0.08% -4 -1 -2.6%
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Garry		 0.08% new new new
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Jeffrey		 0.08% new new new
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Nicholas		 0.08% new new new
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Ross		 0.08% new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 7.64% 0 +14 +0.4%
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Elizabeth		 5.68% 0 +149 +6.3%
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Mary		 4.90% 0 +2 +0.1%
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Linda		 3.25% +2 +123 +9.4%
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Anne		 3.18% -1 -9 -0.6%
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Catherine		 3.03% -1 +10 +0.8%
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Helen		 2.40% 0 -20 -1.9%
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Patricia		 2.12% 0 -122 -11.5%
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Ann		 1.80% +1 -7 -0.9%
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Irene		 1.67% -1 -259 -26.0%
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Jean		 1.60% +1 -72 -9.3%
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Agnes		 1.52% -1 -111 -14.2%
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Maureen		 1.48% +1 -5 -0.8%
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Kathleen		 1.41% -1 -71 -10.2%
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Janet		 1.41% 0 -1 -0.2%
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Christine		 1.36% 0 +8 +1.3%
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Sandra		 1.21% 0 -29 -5.2%
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Jane		 1.14% +2 +37 +7.9%
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Carol		 1.07% +6 +85 +22.0%
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Susan		 1.06% +8 +106 +29.4%
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Sheila		 1.05% -2 -16 -3.3%
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Marion		 1.03% -4 -27 -5.6%
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Moira		 0.96% -1 +4 +1.0%
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Joan		 0.93% -1 +13 +3.3%
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Isabella		 0.89% -4 -50 -11.3%
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Frances		 0.80% +1 -9 -2.5%
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Dorothy		 0.79% +3 +7 +2.0%
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Eileen		 0.79% +5 +17 +5.2%
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June		 0.77% +2 +3 +0.9%
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Alison		 0.76% +1 0 0.0%
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Annie		 0.76% -6 -52 -13.4%
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Barbara		 0.76% -6 -32 -8.7%
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Joyce		 0.75% +4 +38 +13.0%
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Christina		 0.73% -5 -33 -9.2%
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Evelyn		 0.67% -1 -2 -0.7%
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Elaine		 0.63% +20 +100 +56.5%
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Jennifer		 0.62% -1 -22 -7.5%
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Morag		 0.58% +6 +42 +19.7%
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Sarah		 0.58% 0 -4 -1.5%
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Isobel		 0.57% -5 -45 -15.3%
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Janice		 0.56% -2 -3 -1.2%
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Valerie		 0.56% +11 +66 +36.3%
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Marilyn		 0.55% +5 +41 +20.3%
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Rosemary		 0.53% -2 +9 +4.0%
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Caroline		 0.53% +1 +32 +15.8%
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Lorna		 0.51% +13 +55 +32.5%
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Janette		 0.50% -4 -1 -0.5%
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Fiona		 0.48% -7 -17 -7.5%
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Brenda		 0.47% +1 +19 +10.1%
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Jacqueline		 0.46% -10 -26 -11.3%
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Heather		 0.46% -6 -1 -0.5%
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Eleanor		 0.45% -1 +15 +8.1%
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Sheena		 0.44% +3 +16 +9.0%
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Ellen		 0.43% +8 +34 +21.7%
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Jessie		 0.43% -9 -14 -6.9%
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Alice		 0.43% -3 +7 +3.9%
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Doreen		 0.41% -4 -1 -0.6%
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Marie		 0.41% -9 -13 -6.8%
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Norma		 0.41% -3 0 0.0%
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Rose		 0.39% +3 +16 +10.4%
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Lesley		 0.38% -3 -2 -1.2%
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Pamela		 0.38% -1 +10 +6.3%
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Hazel		 0.37% +1 +12 +7.8%
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Aileen		 0.37% +4 +22 +15.8%
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Grace		 0.35% +1 +8 +5.4%
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Alexandra		 0.35% +2 +15 +10.8%
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Jeanette		 0.34% -6 -8 -5.1%
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Yvonne		 0.33% -3 -5 -3.3%
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Ruth		 0.30% +3 +7 +5.6%
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Georgina		 0.29% -3 -11 -7.8%
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Lynda		 0.28% +13 +28 +28.9%
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Anna		 0.28% +17 +35 +39.3%
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Josephine		 0.27% -3 -17 -12.3%
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Wilma		 0.27% -2 -14 -10.4%
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Angela		 0.27% +8 +21 +21.4%
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Janis		 0.27% +16 +32 +36.8%
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Lorraine		 0.26% +17 +31 +37.3%
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Maria		 0.25% -5 +1 +0.9%
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Annette		 0.25% -5 +3 +2.8%
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Isabel		 0.25% +6 +14 +14.9%
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Audrey		 0.24% +9 +19 +21.6%
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Pauline		 0.24% -7 0 0.0%
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Diane		 0.24% new new new
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Williamina		 0.24% -4 +5 +5.1%
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Sylvia		 0.22% -5 -1 -1.0%
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Carole		 0.22% +12 +17 +21.3%
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Edith		 0.22% -6 -2 -2.0%
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Martha		 0.22% -10 -5 -5.0%
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Jeanie		 0.22% -5 -2 -2.1%
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Theresa		 0.21% +4 +11 +13.3%
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Shirley		 0.21% -15 -11 -10.6%
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Marlene		 0.20% -15 -14 -13.7%
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Avril		 0.20% +1 +3 +3.6%
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Louise		 0.19% new new new
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Gillian		 0.19% -1 +1 +1.2%
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Teresa		 0.18% new new new
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Muriel		 0.17% -18 -23 -23.0%
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Phyllis		 0.17% -5 -8 -9.4%
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Carolyn		 0.17% new new new
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Veronica		 0.17% -6 -8 -9.5%
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Popularity extremes for Scotland