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		 7.68% 0
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David		 6.30% +1
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James		 6.07% -1
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William		 4.53% 0
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Robert		 3.88% 0
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Andrew		 3.20% 0
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Thomas		 2.47% 0
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Stephen		 2.36% +2
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Michael		 2.29% +3
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Ian		 2.24% -2
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Brian		 2.16% 0
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Alan		 2.13% -3
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Alexander		 2.05% 0
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Colin		 1.86% +3
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Paul		 1.83% +4
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Kenneth		 1.81% -1
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George		 1.70% -3
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Gordon		 1.69% -2
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Peter		 1.60% -1
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Steven		 1.48% +1
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Derek		 1.39% -1
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Stuart		 1.32% +2
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Graham		 1.14% -1
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Mark		 1.13% +5
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Kevin		 1.08% +5
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Douglas		 1.05% -3
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Neil		 1.00% +4
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Iain		 0.95% 0
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Gary		 0.92% +5
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Joseph		 0.89% -3
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Martin		 0.89% +6
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Charles		 0.86% -7
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Richard		 0.84% 0
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Graeme		 0.80% +1
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Allan		 0.78% -3
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Donald		 0.77% -10
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Raymond		 0.76% +2
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Edward		 0.74% +2
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Ronald		 0.73% -3
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Hugh		 0.68% -2
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Anthony		 0.67% +1
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Keith		 0.57% +4
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Patrick		 0.57% +2
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Christopher		 0.56% +1
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Alistair		 0.55% -2
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Scott		 0.55% +10
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Francis		 0.52% -1
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Stewart		 0.51% -7
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Gerard		 0.50% -1
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Daniel		 0.48% -1
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Duncan		 0.47% -1
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Craig		 0.46% +1
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Malcolm		 0.42% -2
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Philip		 0.41% -2
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Norman		 0.36% -2
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Alastair		 0.34% +1
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Gavin		 0.34% +4
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Gerald		 0.34% +1
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Henry		 0.32% +4
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Roderick		 0.30% +7
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Eric		 0.29% -6
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Leslie		 0.28% -3
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Garry		 0.27% +3
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Samuel		 0.26% +1
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Matthew		 0.25% -3
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Bruce		 0.25% -6
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Angus		 0.24% -4
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Grant		 0.23% 0
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Archibald		 0.20% 0
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Calum		 0.19% +12
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Ross		 0.19% +1
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Walter		 0.18% -2
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Ewan		 0.18% +4
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Fraser		 0.18% +19
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Arthur		 0.17% -5
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Russell		 0.17% 0
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Frank		 0.17% -4
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Cameron		 0.16% +11
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Roy		 0.16% -4
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Vincent		 0.16% +13
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Alasdair		 0.14% -2
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Terence		 0.14% -7
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Nicholas		 0.14% +5
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Simon		 0.14% +10
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Callum		 0.14% -1
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Robin		 0.14% -5
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Barry		 0.13% -3
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Jeffrey		 0.12% +6
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Lindsay		 0.12% +10
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Bryan		 0.12% -12
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Adam		 0.12% -2
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Bernard		 0.12% -11
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Jonathan		 0.11% +5
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Lawrence		 0.11% -10
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Nigel		 0.11% +2
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Albert		 0.11% -12
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Campbell		 0.10% 0
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Frederick		 0.10% -14
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Desmond		 0.09% new
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Murray		 0.09% new
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Margaret		 3.96% 0
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Linda		 3.12% +1
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Jacqueline		 3.07% +1
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Elizabeth		 3.06% -2
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Karen		 2.92% +1
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Mary		 2.27% -1
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Fiona		 2.17% +2
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Susan		 2.15% 0
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Anne		 2.09% -2
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Catherine		 1.96% 0
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Elaine		 1.90% 0
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Carol		 1.87% 0
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Alison		 1.64% 0
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Lorraine		 1.58% +6
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Sandra		 1.57% 0
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Angela		 1.55% +6
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Helen		 1.49% -3
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Ann		 1.42% -2
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Caroline		 1.31% -1
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Lesley		 1.28% +1
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Christine		 1.24% -4
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Patricia		 1.22% -3
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Jane		 1.03% +1
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Janet		 0.96% -1
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Yvonne		 0.95% +4
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Heather		 0.94% +1
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Gillian		 0.93% +1
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Maureen		 0.92% -3
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Lynn		 0.88% +2
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Janice		 0.86% -4
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Kathleen		 0.84% +4
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Sharon		 0.74% +34
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Shirley		 0.73% 0
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Marion		 0.70% 0
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Jean		 0.69% -5
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Irene		 0.68% -4
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Pauline		 0.67% +8
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Agnes		 0.67% -2
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Lorna		 0.64% -2
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Audrey		 0.64% -2
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June		 0.63% -2
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Shona		 0.59% +1
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Valerie		 0.59% 0
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Marie		 0.57% +3
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Diane		 0.56% +4
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Joyce		 0.55% -6
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Frances		 0.55% -7
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Jennifer		 0.55% +9
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Joan		 0.55% -2
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Julie		 0.53% +1
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Wendy		 0.53% +16
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Pamela		 0.53% -2
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Brenda		 0.50% +1
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Moira		 0.50% -1
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Sheila		 0.48% -13
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Aileen		 0.47% +2
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Morag		 0.47% -5
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Eileen		 0.46% -3
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Carole		 0.45% -11
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Donna		 0.45% 0
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Gail		 0.45% +2
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Deborah		 0.44% +13
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Hazel		 0.44% +2
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Lynne		 0.43% +8
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Barbara		 0.42% -8
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Dorothy		 0.41% -8
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Christina		 0.41% +1
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Ruth		 0.40% +2
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Laura		 0.39% +9
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Louise		 0.39% -5
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Carolyn		 0.38% 0
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Denise		 0.38% +6
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Rosemary		 0.37% -10
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Evelyn		 0.37% -5
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Sarah		 0.35% 0
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Kim		 0.34% -2
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Janette		 0.32% -4
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Isabella		 0.31% -17
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Isobel		 0.31% +4
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Catriona		 0.29% +15
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Theresa		 0.29% +2
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Rhona		 0.28% +8
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Ellen		 0.27% +1
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Wilma		 0.27% -4
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Amanda		 0.27% new
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Dawn		 0.27% +11
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Annette		 0.26% new
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Avril		 0.26% 0
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Jill		 0.26% new
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Alexandra		 0.25% -1
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Doreen		 0.25% -5
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Eleanor		 0.25% -13
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Sheena		 0.24% -12
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Teresa		 0.24% -1
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Josephine		 0.23% new
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Norma		 0.22% -2
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Suzanne		 0.22% new
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Allison		 0.22% +1
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Rose		 0.21% -8
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Veronica		 0.21% new
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Popularity extremes for Scotland