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		 12.97% 0
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James		 11.60% 0
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William		 9.78% 0
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Robert		 6.56% 0
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Thomas		 4.85% 0
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George		 4.71% +1
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Alexander		 4.52% -1
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David		 3.92% 0
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Andrew		 2.20% 0
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Ian		 1.84% +2
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Peter		 1.70% 0
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Charles		 1.65% -2
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Hugh		 1.55% +2
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Joseph		 1.51% -1
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Edward		 1.43% -1
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Ronald		 1.25% 0
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Donald		 1.15% 0
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Francis		 1.08% 0
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Henry		 1.00% 0
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Patrick		 0.88% +1
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Archibald		 0.81% -1
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Michael		 0.79% +5
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Douglas		 0.77% 0
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Daniel		 0.77% 0
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Gordon		 0.75% 0
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Kenneth		 0.73% -4
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Richard		 0.62% +4
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Norman		 0.61% -2
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Samuel		 0.60% -1
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Walter		 0.59% -1
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Alan		 0.58% +4
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Allan		 0.56% +1
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Duncan		 0.52% -2
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Arthur		 0.48% -4
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Albert		 0.43% +1
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Eric		 0.41% +2
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Matthew		 0.41% 0
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Angus		 0.41% -4
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Malcolm		 0.40% +4
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Neil		 0.39% +1
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Brian		 0.38% +3
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Alistair		 0.38% -2
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Colin		 0.36% -1
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Frederick		 0.35% -5
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Frank		 0.32% +1
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Iain		 0.27% +5
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Stanley		 0.26% -2
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Bernard		 0.25% +1
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Alastair		 0.24% -1
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Adam		 0.24% -3
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Alfred		 0.24% 0
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Gerald		 0.24% +4
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Leslie		 0.23% 0
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Harry		 0.22% +2
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Ernest		 0.22% 0
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Stewart		 0.22% -5
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Anthony		 0.21% +1
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Martin		 0.20% +2
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Raymond		 0.18% +8
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Roderick		 0.18% -3
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Dennis		 0.17% -2
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Graham		 0.16% +3
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Lawrence		 0.16% 0
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Christopher		 0.15% -2
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Derek		 0.15% +9
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Gilbert		 0.15% -2
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Stephen		 0.14% 0
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Philip		 0.14% -3
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Jack		 0.13% -8
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Gavin		 0.13% +2
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Stuart		 0.13% -2
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Denis		 0.12% +3
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Bruce		 0.11% +9
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Roy		 0.11% -4
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Leonard		 0.11% -6
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Owen		 0.10% +6
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Terence		 0.10% +1
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Maurice		 0.10% -1
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Harold		 0.10% +3
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Hector		 0.09% -5
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Gerard		 0.08% +7
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Laurence		 0.08% +17
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Victor		 0.08% -1
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Edwin		 0.08% -11
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Sydney		 0.08% -6
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Campbell		 0.08% +8
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Herbert		 0.08% -6
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Dugald		 0.07% +2
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Murdo		 0.07% +4
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Hamish		 0.07% +1
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Benjamin		 0.07% -3
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Alister		 0.07% -10
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Robin		 0.06% 0
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Ralph		 0.06% -12
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Lewis		 0.06% -13
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Cameron		 0.05% new
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Cecil		 0.05% new
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Vincent		 0.05% -4
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Graeme		 0.04% new
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Hamilton		 0.04% new
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Murdoch		 0.04% new
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Margaret		 11.29% 0
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Mary		 8.83% 0
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Elizabeth		 7.50% 0
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Catherine		 3.92% 0
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Agnes		 3.36% 0
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Helen		 3.25% 0
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Annie		 2.62% 0
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Jean		 2.52% 0
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Isabella		 2.37% 0
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Janet		 2.12% 0
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Jane		 1.65% 0
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Christina		 1.45% 0
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Jessie		 1.43% 0
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Sarah		 1.41% 0
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Marion		 1.29% 0
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Sheila		 1.23% 0
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Anne		 1.19% +3
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Irene		 1.17% +1
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Patricia		 1.17% -1
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Ann		 1.13% -2
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Maureen		 1.02% +2
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Dorothy		 0.98% -1
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Joan		 0.78% +1
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Jeanie		 0.76% -2
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Ellen		 0.75% -1
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Kathleen		 0.74% 0
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Barbara		 0.70% 0
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Moira		 0.66% +5
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Alice		 0.64% +1
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Grace		 0.62% -2
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Frances		 0.60% +1
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Evelyn		 0.58% -1
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Isobel		 0.57% -4
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Rose		 0.56% 0
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June		 0.55% +2
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Georgina		 0.49% 0
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Joyce		 0.48% -2
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Eileen		 0.48% +4
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Martha		 0.46% -1
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Norma		 0.45% +5
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Williamina		 0.45% -1
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Susan		 0.41% +1
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Isabel		 0.40% +3
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Janette		 0.40% +11
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Doreen		 0.40% -6
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Edith		 0.37% +3
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Eleanor		 0.37% +6
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Muriel		 0.32% +2
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Violet		 0.32% -1
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Sheena		 0.32% +19
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Euphemia		 0.31% -3
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Jeanette		 0.31% +31
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Morag		 0.30% +3
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Josephine		 0.29% -1
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Marjory		 0.29% -3
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Rosemary		 0.28% +12
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Winifred		 0.28% -2
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Alison		 0.27% +13
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Robina		 0.26% -2
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Charlotte		 0.26% +6
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Bridget		 0.26% -1
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May		 0.26% -17
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Anna		 0.26% +11
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Christine		 0.26% -4
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Sylvia		 0.25% +16
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Elsie		 0.23% +5
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Rachel		 0.23% +5
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Audrey		 0.23% -28
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Gladys		 0.22% +5
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Theresa		 0.22% 0
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Aileen		 0.22% +8
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Jemima		 0.21% -10
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Florence		 0.21% +4
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Flora		 0.20% -10
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Henrietta		 0.20% +14
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Marjorie		 0.20% +12
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Ruth		 0.20% -15
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Doris		 0.20% -11
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Hannah		 0.20% -21
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Ethel		 0.19% +9
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Roberta		 0.19% +3
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Esther		 0.19% -17
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Lilian		 0.19% -4
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Phyllis		 0.19% +6
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Wilma		 0.18% +7
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Lily		 0.18% -12
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Maria		 0.18% -6
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Veronica		 0.18% -3
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Marie		 0.17% -9
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Teresa		 0.17% new
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Olive		 0.16% +5
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Julia		 0.16% new
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Lorna		 0.16% new
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Hazel		 0.15% +2
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Myra		 0.15% new
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Cecilia		 0.15% new
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Marlene		 0.15% new
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Matilda		 0.15% new
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Rebecca		 0.15% new
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Alexandra		 0.14% new
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Beatrice		 0.14% new
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Fiona		 0.14% new
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Popularity extremes for Scotland