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		 13.08% 0
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James		 11.42% 0
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William		 9.68% 0
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Robert		 6.45% 0
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Alexander		 4.63% +2
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George		 4.54% 0
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Thomas		 4.53% -2
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David		 4.09% 0
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Andrew		 2.13% 0
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Ian		 1.93% 0
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Charles		 1.80% +1
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Peter		 1.64% -1
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Joseph		 1.56% +1
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Hugh		 1.41% -1
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Ronald		 1.38% +1
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Donald		 1.28% +1
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Edward		 1.21% -2
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Francis		 1.03% 0
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Henry		 1.00% 0
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Patrick		 0.96% 0
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Michael		 0.83% +1
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Gordon		 0.81% +3
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Douglas		 0.81% 0
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Daniel		 0.79% 0
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Kenneth		 0.78% +1
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Archibald		 0.76% -5
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Norman		 0.69% +1
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Samuel		 0.66% +1
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Allan		 0.59% +3
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Richard		 0.56% -3
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Alan		 0.55% 0
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Duncan		 0.52% +1
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Angus		 0.50% +5
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Walter		 0.50% -3
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Arthur		 0.46% -1
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Eric		 0.45% 0
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Neil		 0.43% +3
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Albert		 0.41% -3
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Brian		 0.41% +3
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Matthew		 0.40% -3
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Alistair		 0.40% +1
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Colin		 0.36% +1
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Malcolm		 0.35% -4
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Alastair		 0.32% +5
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Frederick		 0.30% -1
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Iain		 0.29% 0
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Adam		 0.25% +3
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Frank		 0.24% -3
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Anthony		 0.24% +8
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Stewart		 0.23% +6
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Gerald		 0.23% -1
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Leslie		 0.22% +1
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Philip		 0.22% +16
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Roderick		 0.22% +6
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Harry		 0.21% -1
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Alfred		 0.20% -6
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Bernard		 0.20% -8
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Martin		 0.19% 0
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Stanley		 0.19% -12
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Ernest		 0.17% -5
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Derek		 0.17% +4
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Raymond		 0.17% -2
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Stephen		 0.16% +4
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Stuart		 0.16% +7
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Christopher		 0.15% -1
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Dennis		 0.15% -4
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Jack		 0.15% +2
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Lawrence		 0.15% -4
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Graham		 0.13% -7
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Gavin		 0.13% 0
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Leonard		 0.12% +4
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Terence		 0.12% +6
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Bruce		 0.12% 0
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Gilbert		 0.12% -7
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Roy		 0.12% 0
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Denis		 0.11% -4
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Hamish		 0.10% +13
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Alister		 0.10% +14
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Gerard		 0.10% +3
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Harold		 0.10% -1
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Hector		 0.08% -1
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Lewis		 0.08% +14
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Owen		 0.08% -7
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Sydney		 0.08% +1
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Ralph		 0.08% +9
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Maurice		 0.08% -8
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Alasdair		 0.07% new
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Robin		 0.07% +5
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Edwin		 0.07% -5
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Murdo		 0.07% -1
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Laurence		 0.06% -10
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Benjamin		 0.06% -1
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Herbert		 0.06% -5
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Cornelius		 0.06% new
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Reginald		 0.06% new
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Victor		 0.06% -13
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Dugald		 0.06% -9
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Bryan		 0.05% new
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Finlay		 0.05% new
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Fraser		 0.05% new
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Roger		 0.05% new
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Margaret		 11.37% 0
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Mary		 8.35% 0
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Elizabeth		 6.98% 0
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Catherine		 3.81% 0
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Agnes		 3.48% 0
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Helen		 3.37% 0
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Jean		 2.72% +1
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Annie		 2.44% -1
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Isabella		 2.16% 0
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Janet		 2.03% 0
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Jane		 1.62% 0
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Anne		 1.38% +5
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Jessie		 1.37% 0
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Ann		 1.35% +6
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Christina		 1.32% -3
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Sheila		 1.31% 0
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Sarah		 1.30% -3
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Patricia		 1.29% 0
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Marion		 1.28% -4
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Irene		 1.17% -2
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Dorothy		 1.01% +1
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Maureen		 0.99% -1
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Kathleen		 0.80% +3
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Joan		 0.77% -1
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Ellen		 0.67% 0
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Jeanie		 0.67% -2
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Frances		 0.67% +4
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Alice		 0.65% +1
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Isobel		 0.64% +4
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Barbara		 0.64% -3
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Grace		 0.64% 0
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Moira		 0.61% -4
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Evelyn		 0.60% -1
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June		 0.59% +1
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Rose		 0.53% -1
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Georgina		 0.48% 0
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Joyce		 0.48% 0
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Susan		 0.46% +4
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Doreen		 0.45% +6
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Eileen		 0.44% -2
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Eleanor		 0.42% +5
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Janette		 0.42% +1
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Martha		 0.42% -3
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Williamina		 0.40% -3
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Isabel		 0.39% -2
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Norma		 0.38% -6
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Christine		 0.36% +16
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Jeanette		 0.36% +5
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Edith		 0.35% -3
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Violet		 0.34% -2
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Morag		 0.33% +2
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Marjory		 0.32% +2
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Euphemia		 0.32% -2
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Winifred		 0.32% +3
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Muriel		 0.30% -7
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May		 0.29% +5
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Josephine		 0.29% -3
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Sylvia		 0.29% +8
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Rosemary		 0.27% -3
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Anna		 0.27% +3
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Bridget		 0.27% +1
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Alison		 0.27% -4
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Flora		 0.26% +11
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Ruth		 0.26% +11
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Robina		 0.25% -6
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Sheena		 0.25% -16
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Gladys		 0.24% +2
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Charlotte		 0.24% -8
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Wilma		 0.23% +16
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Aileen		 0.23% +1
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Marjorie		 0.23% +4
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Elsie		 0.23% -6
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Florence		 0.22% 0
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Rachel		 0.22% -8
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Theresa		 0.22% -4
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Caroline		 0.21% new
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Esther		 0.21% +5
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Lilian		 0.21% +5
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Veronica		 0.21% +10
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Jemima		 0.20% -8
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Fiona		 0.20% +19
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Roberta		 0.20% 0
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Hazel		 0.19% +11
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Marie		 0.19% +6
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Cecilia		 0.19% +11
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Ethel		 0.18% -6
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Lily		 0.18% 0
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Audrey		 0.18% -20
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Hannah		 0.18% -10
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Phyllis		 0.18% -8
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Doris		 0.17% -13
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Henrietta		 0.16% -17
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Maria		 0.16% -5
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Elspeth		 0.16% new
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Mabel		 0.16% new
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Iris		 0.16% new
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Sandra		 0.16% new
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Betty		 0.15% new
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Olive		 0.15% -7
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Hilda		 0.15% new
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Popularity extremes for Scotland