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		 9.57% 0 +105 +2.3%
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James		 8.08% 0 -42 -1.1%
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William		 6.16% 0 +1 +0.0%
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David		 5.90% 0 +147 +5.4%
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Robert		 5.10% 0 -9 -0.4%
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Thomas		 3.29% 0 -152 -8.6%
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George		 2.76% +2 +113 +9.1%
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Alexander		 2.72% -1 -75 -5.3%
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Ian		 2.58% -1 -91 -6.7%
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Alan		 2.34% +1 +116 +11.3%
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Brian		 2.28% -1 +44 +4.1%
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Andrew		 2.21% +1 +95 +9.6%
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Michael		 2.10% -1 +17 +1.7%
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Peter		 1.94% 0 -22 -2.3%
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Gordon		 1.72% 0 +48 +6.0%
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Kenneth		 1.62% 0 +42 +5.6%
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Colin		 1.33% +1 +78 +13.7%
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Charles		 1.28% -1 -30 -4.6%
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Douglas		 1.24% +3 +138 +29.6%
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Stephen		 1.16% +8 +145 +34.3%
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Donald		 1.13% +2 +98 +21.5%
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Joseph		 1.06% -2 +12 +2.4%
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Graham		 1.02% +1 +57 +13.0%
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Ronald		 1.01% -5 -16 -3.1%
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Allan		 0.96% -1 +30 +6.8%
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Richard		 0.92% -5 -22 -4.7%
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Edward		 0.90% 0 +17 +4.0%
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Derek		 0.81% +2 +38 +10.7%
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Hugh		 0.79% -3 -52 -11.8%
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Paul		 0.71% +8 +82 +30.7%
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Francis		 0.71% -2 -49 -12.4%
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Iain		 0.69% -1 -10 -2.9%
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Patrick		 0.68% -1 +2 +0.6%
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Neil		 0.66% 0 +3 +0.9%
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Stuart		 0.61% +4 +38 +14.5%
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Daniel		 0.56% +1 +1 +0.4%
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Alistair		 0.56% -4 -50 -15.4%
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Martin		 0.55% +3 +33 +13.9%
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Raymond		 0.54% -3 -12 -4.3%
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Norman		 0.53% -5 -35 -11.9%
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Gerard		 0.50% +4 +43 +21.2%
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Malcolm		 0.50% +2 +36 +17.4%
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Duncan		 0.49% 0 +30 +14.2%
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Henry		 0.49% -4 -4 -1.6%
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Stewart		 0.47% -3 +8 +3.6%
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Anthony		 0.43% -1 +9 +4.4%
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Philip		 0.42% +7 +39 +23.4%
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Graeme		 0.42% +4 +31 +17.8%
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Keith		 0.39% +4 +22 +12.9%
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Christopher		 0.39% -2 +4 +2.1%
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Steven		 0.38% +13 +68 +57.1%
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Alastair		 0.37% -5 -15 -7.6%
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Angus		 0.37% -4 -6 -3.2%
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Eric		 0.36% -4 -12 -6.5%
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Gerald		 0.36% +3 +20 +13.0%
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Leslie		 0.35% -5 -7 -4.0%
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Samuel		 0.34% -1 +8 +5.0%
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Archibald		 0.34% -3 +1 +0.6%
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Roderick		 0.33% +3 +34 +27.2%
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Walter		 0.29% -2 -9 -6.0%
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Matthew		 0.29% -1 +10 +7.7%
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Arthur		 0.27% -3 -4 -2.9%
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Frank		 0.27% +1 +11 +9.0%
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Gary		 0.27% +2 +33 +34.0%
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Kevin		 0.24% +3 +29 +33.7%
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Mark		 0.22% +6 +32 +42.1%
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Bernard		 0.22% -2 +7 +7.0%
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Bruce		 0.21% +1 +24 +30.0%
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Roy		 0.19% +9 +35 +58.3%
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Terence		 0.19% -3 +4 +4.6%
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Frederick		 0.18% -10 -38 -29.9%
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Albert		 0.16% +4 +16 +25.4%
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Gavin		 0.16% -3 -1 -1.3%
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Stanley		 0.15% +2 +11 +17.5%
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Harry		 0.15% +5 +14 +24.6%
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Scott		 0.15% -2 +3 +4.4%
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Ross		 0.14% +22 +30 +76.9%
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Robin		 0.14% -7 -10 -13.0%
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Alasdair		 0.14% +7 +14 +26.9%
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Adam		 0.13% -6 -1 -1.5%
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Lawrence		 0.13% -6 -2 -3.1%
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Dennis		 0.12% -2 +1 +1.8%
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Leonard		 0.12% 0 +2 +3.6%
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Lindsay		 0.11% new new new
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Alister		 0.11% +11 +11 +26.8%
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Craig		 0.10% new new new
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Nicholas		 0.10% +10 +10 +24.4%
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Nigel		 0.10% +5 +8 +18.6%
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Grant		 0.10% new new new
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Cameron		 0.10% new new new
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Hamish		 0.10% +1 +4 +9.3%
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Jeffrey		 0.10% -7 -6 -11.3%
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Alfred		 0.09% -3 -2 -4.3%
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Fraser		 0.09% new new new
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Geoffrey		 0.09% +7 +6 +15.8%
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Jack		 0.09% -15 -16 -26.7%
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Vincent		 0.09% -7 -8 -15.4%
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Bryan		 0.09% -15 -11 -20.8%
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Laurence		 0.08% -3 0 0.0%
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Murray		 0.08% new new new
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Ralph		 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		 6.31% 0 -72 -2.4%
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Elizabeth		 4.84% 0 -65 -2.8%
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Mary		 4.01% 0 +19 +1.0%
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Linda		 3.26% 0 -16 -1.0%
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Anne		 2.98% 0 -15 -1.1%
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Catherine		 2.73% 0 -46 -3.5%
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Helen		 2.13% 0 -50 -4.8%
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Ann		 1.89% +1 +32 +3.8%
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Patricia		 1.88% -1 -11 -1.2%
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Susan		 1.73% 0 +121 +17.8%
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Janet		 1.39% 0 +5 +0.8%
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Carol		 1.38% +6 +98 +18.1%
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Jean		 1.37% +2 +27 +4.5%
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Christine		 1.34% 0 +6 +1.0%
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Agnes		 1.34% -3 -4 -0.6%
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Jane		 1.34% +2 +64 +11.5%
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Fiona		 1.32% +5 +118 +23.8%
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Maureen		 1.32% -5 -10 -1.6%
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Elaine		 1.25% +2 +77 +15.3%
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Sandra		 1.22% -1 +31 +5.8%
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Jacqueline		 1.13% +9 +162 +44.6%
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Irene		 1.10% -6 -62 -10.8%
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Kathleen		 1.06% -3 -18 -3.5%
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Alison		 1.02% 0 -5 -1.1%
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Janice		 0.97% +3 +63 +16.3%
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Marion		 0.97% 0 -20 -4.3%
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Sheila		 0.91% -4 -70 -14.2%
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Joan		 0.89% +1 +50 +13.7%
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June		 0.81% -3 -33 -8.1%
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Moira		 0.80% -3 -28 -7.1%
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Joyce		 0.73% +3 +17 +5.3%
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Eileen		 0.72% +4 +42 +14.3%
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Barbara		 0.70% -2 -19 -5.6%
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Isabella		 0.67% -2 -21 -6.3%
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Lorraine		 0.66% +18 +91 +41.9%
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Christina		 0.66% +4 +26 +9.3%
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Lesley		 0.66% +2 +16 +5.5%
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Frances		 0.65% -3 +2 +0.7%
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Dorothy		 0.64% -6 -32 -9.8%
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Heather		 0.63% +15 +87 +42.6%
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Caroline		 0.60% +3 +30 +12.0%
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Jennifer		 0.59% 0 +4 +1.5%
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Morag		 0.59% +7 +40 +17.2%
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Evelyn		 0.58% -8 -26 -8.9%
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Valerie		 0.56% 0 +14 +5.7%
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Angela		 0.55% +11 +65 +33.9%
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Yvonne		 0.55% +8 +49 +23.6%
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Lorna		 0.55% -7 -21 -7.6%
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Sarah		 0.54% -10 -38 -13.3%
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Isobel		 0.51% +1 +13 +5.8%
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Rosemary		 0.51% -8 -28 -10.6%
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Marie		 0.49% -6 -16 -6.6%
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Annie		 0.48% -6 -20 -8.3%
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Janette		 0.47% -2 -1 -0.5%
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Karen		 0.46% +16 +68 +46.9%
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Shirley		 0.45% +8 +44 +26.5%
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Brenda		 0.44% -9 -35 -14.7%
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Gillian		 0.43% +4 +28 +16.4%
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Sheena		 0.43% +1 +23 +13.1%
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Aileen		 0.43% -1 +12 +6.5%
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Audrey		 0.42% -3 +7 +3.7%
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Grace		 0.42% +4 +32 +19.9%
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Pamela		 0.41% -13 -38 -16.7%
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Ruth		 0.41% +6 +36 +23.5%
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Alexandra		 0.41% +6 +43 +29.7%
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Lynn		 0.39% +18 +69 +61.1%
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Eleanor		 0.38% -11 -17 -8.8%
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Pauline		 0.38% -1 +17 +10.8%
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Ellen		 0.37% -2 +12 +7.6%
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Hazel		 0.35% -1 +6 +3.8%
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Wilma		 0.35% +4 +22 +15.7%
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Rose		 0.34% -10 -12 -7.0%
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Doreen		 0.34% 0 +16 +11.3%
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Sylvia		 0.33% +2 +19 +14.0%
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Norma		 0.33% -10 -12 -7.4%
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Georgina		 0.32% +5 +28 +23.3%
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Isabel		 0.28% +2 +10 +8.3%
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Josephine		 0.28% 0 +6 +4.9%
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Alice		 0.28% -18 -44 -25.6%
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Carole		 0.28% -4 -10 -7.2%
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Diane		 0.27% 0 +7 +5.8%
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Maria		 0.27% -3 +5 +4.1%
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Gail		 0.27% +9 +28 +29.5%
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Jessie		 0.26% -7 -15 -11.2%
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Annette		 0.25% -2 +1 +0.9%
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Jeanette		 0.24% -1 +3 +2.7%
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Lynne		 0.24% +12 +28 +32.9%
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Laura		 0.24% +11 +28 +33.7%
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Avril		 0.23% +7 +19 +22.1%
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Shona		 0.22% -4 -2 -1.9%
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Anna		 0.22% -1 0 0.0%
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Teresa		 0.22% 0 +4 +4.2%
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Lynda		 0.21% -5 -5 -5.0%
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Louise		 0.20% +1 +7 +8.0%
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May		 0.19% -1 +2 +2.3%
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Julia		 0.19% new new new
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Veronica		 0.19% new new new
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Williamina		 0.18% -10 -16 -15.8%
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Rhona		 0.18% new new new
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Denise		 0.17% new new new
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Theresa		 0.17% -1 -3 -3.6%
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Popularity extremes for Scotland