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		 9.13% 0
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James		 7.84% 0
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William		 6.08% 0
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David		 5.53% 0
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Robert		 4.81% 0
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Thomas		 3.22% 0
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Alexander		 2.65% +1
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Ian		 2.63% +1
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George		 2.60% -2
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Alan		 2.40% 0
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Brian		 2.32% 0
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Michael		 2.21% +1
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Andrew		 2.05% -1
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Peter		 1.87% 0
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Kenneth		 1.76% +1
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Gordon		 1.63% -1
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Colin		 1.56% 0
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Stephen		 1.37% +2
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Charles		 1.27% -1
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Douglas		 1.10% -1
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Donald		 1.07% 0
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Joseph		 1.05% 0
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Ronald		 0.99% +1
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Derek		 0.93% +4
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Graham		 0.93% -1
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Edward		 0.91% +1
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Hugh		 0.89% +2
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Allan		 0.87% -3
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Richard		 0.85% -3
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Neil		 0.84% +4
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Paul		 0.77% -1
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Iain		 0.74% 0
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Francis		 0.73% -2
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Patrick		 0.67% -1
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Martin		 0.64% +3
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Stuart		 0.62% -1
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Alistair		 0.62% 0
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Daniel		 0.60% -2
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Raymond		 0.59% 0
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Anthony		 0.56% +6
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Steven		 0.51% +10
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Stewart		 0.51% +3
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Norman		 0.50% -3
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Malcolm		 0.50% -2
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Christopher		 0.50% +5
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Graeme		 0.50% +3
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Keith		 0.49% +2
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Duncan		 0.44% -5
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Gerard		 0.43% -8
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Henry		 0.42% -6
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Alastair		 0.40% +1
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Gerald		 0.37% +2
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Leslie		 0.37% +3
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Eric		 0.37% 0
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Philip		 0.36% -8
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Gary		 0.34% +8
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Angus		 0.34% -4
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Samuel		 0.34% 0
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Roderick		 0.32% 0
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Matthew		 0.30% +1
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Kevin		 0.29% +4
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Mark		 0.29% +4
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Archibald		 0.27% -5
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Frank		 0.26% -2
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Walter		 0.26% -5
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Arthur		 0.25% -4
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Bruce		 0.24% +1
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Gavin		 0.22% +5
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Bernard		 0.20% -2
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Frederick		 0.19% +1
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Terence		 0.18% -1
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Lawrence		 0.17% +9
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Roy		 0.15% -4
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Garry		 0.15% new
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Scott		 0.15% +1
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Harry		 0.15% -1
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Robin		 0.15% +1
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Russell		 0.14% new
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Dennis		 0.13% +3
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Fraser		 0.13% +13
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Stanley		 0.13% -6
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Ross		 0.13% -5
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Vincent		 0.13% +10
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Alasdair		 0.12% -5
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Bryan		 0.12% +14
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Craig		 0.12% +2
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Grant		 0.12% +5
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Adam		 0.12% -8
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Albert		 0.11% -17
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Nicholas		 0.11% -4
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Simon		 0.10% new
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Jeffrey		 0.10% -2
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Lindsay		 0.10% -8
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Nigel		 0.10% -6
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Alfred		 0.10% -2
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Hamish		 0.10% -5
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Leonard		 0.10% -13
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Cameron		 0.10% -8
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Trevor		 0.09% new
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Denis		 0.09% new
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Ralph		 0.09% -1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Margaret		 5.86% 0
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Elizabeth		 4.52% 0
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Mary		 3.84% 0
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Linda		 3.29% 0
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Anne		 2.79% 0
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Catherine		 2.72% 0
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Helen		 2.05% 0
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Ann		 1.83% 0
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Susan		 1.82% +1
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Patricia		 1.80% -1
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Fiona		 1.75% +6
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Carol		 1.60% 0
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Christine		 1.55% +1
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Jacqueline		 1.52% +7
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Elaine		 1.38% +4
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Maureen		 1.30% +2
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Sandra		 1.29% +3
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Janet		 1.28% -7
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Jane		 1.26% -4
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Jean		 1.15% -7
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Caroline		 1.08% +20
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Kathleen		 1.07% +1
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Janice		 1.06% +2
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Alison		 1.05% 0
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Irene		 1.03% -3
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Agnes		 1.03% -11
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Marion		 0.95% -2
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Sheila		 0.89% -1
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Lorraine		 0.82% +6
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Lesley		 0.78% +6
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Moira		 0.77% -1
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June		 0.76% -3
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Joan		 0.72% -5
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Karen		 0.65% +21
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Isabella		 0.64% -1
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Angela		 0.62% +10
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Yvonne		 0.62% +9
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Barbara		 0.61% -5
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Frances		 0.59% -1
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Joyce		 0.59% -8
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Dorothy		 0.58% -2
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Christina		 0.58% -6
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Eileen		 0.58% -10
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Lorna		 0.57% +4
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Heather		 0.57% -5
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Marie		 0.57% +6
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Valerie		 0.56% -2
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Morag		 0.55% -6
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Evelyn		 0.53% -5
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Rosemary		 0.52% +1
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Sarah		 0.50% -2
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Jennifer		 0.49% -10
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Janette		 0.46% +1
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Shirley		 0.45% +2
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Brenda		 0.45% +2
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Isobel		 0.45% -5
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Audrey		 0.45% +4
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Pauline		 0.45% +10
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Gillian		 0.44% -1
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Pamela		 0.40% +3
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Grace		 0.40% +1
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Sheena		 0.40% -2
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Aileen		 0.40% -3
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Annie		 0.39% -11
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Carole		 0.39% +14
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Diane		 0.39% +16
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Ruth		 0.38% -3
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Eleanor		 0.38% -1
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Rose		 0.38% +4
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Lynn		 0.37% -4
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Hazel		 0.36% -1
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Wilma		 0.35% -2
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Theresa		 0.33% +27
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Ellen		 0.32% -5
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Alice		 0.31% +4
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Alexandra		 0.31% -11
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Norma		 0.31% -2
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Doreen		 0.30% -5
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Gail		 0.30% +4
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Lynne		 0.30% +7
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Maria		 0.29% +1
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Teresa		 0.29% +9
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Isabel		 0.28% -6
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Jeanette		 0.27% +2
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Sylvia		 0.26% -11
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Josephine		 0.25% -8
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Shona		 0.25% +3
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Avril		 0.24% +1
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Laura		 0.24% -1
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Jessie		 0.23% -6
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Annette		 0.23% -6
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Lynda		 0.23% +2
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Carolyn		 0.22% new
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Georgina		 0.22% -18
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Louise		 0.22% 0
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Catriona		 0.20% new
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Veronica		 0.20% 0
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Julia		 0.20% -2
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Denise		 0.19% +1
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Anna		 0.18% -9
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Rhona		 0.18% -1
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Popularity extremes for Scotland