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		 12.02% 0
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James		 11.27% 0
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William		 9.01% 0
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Robert		 6.35% 0
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David		 4.54% +2
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Alexander		 4.52% 0
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Thomas		 4.33% -2
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George		 4.14% 0
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Ian		 2.14% +1
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Andrew		 2.12% -1
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Peter		 1.75% 0
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Charles		 1.55% 0
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Hugh		 1.43% +1
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Joseph		 1.32% -1
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Ronald		 1.30% +2
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Michael		 1.18% +4
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Donald		 1.17% -2
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Edward		 1.11% -2
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Francis		 0.98% -1
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Henry		 0.92% -1
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Gordon		 0.91% +1
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Kenneth		 0.90% -1
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Douglas		 0.89% +1
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Patrick		 0.85% -1
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Brian		 0.74% +8
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Norman		 0.70% +2
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Archibald		 0.68% -2
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Alan		 0.68% +1
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Richard		 0.67% -3
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Allan		 0.66% 0
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Daniel		 0.64% -4
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Duncan		 0.60% 0
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Samuel		 0.58% -2
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Arthur		 0.51% 0
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Alistair		 0.50% +4
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Angus		 0.48% +2
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Walter		 0.47% -2
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Neil		 0.46% -2
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Colin		 0.46% -2
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Malcolm		 0.41% +1
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Albert		 0.38% +3
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Eric		 0.38% -1
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Frederick		 0.36% 0
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Anthony		 0.35% +2
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Matthew		 0.33% -6
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Iain		 0.30% -1
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Stewart		 0.29% +1
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Frank		 0.28% +2
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Derek		 0.28% +9
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Alastair		 0.28% -4
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Leslie		 0.27% -2
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Raymond		 0.26% +4
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Harry		 0.24% -1
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Christopher		 0.23% +1
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Alfred		 0.22% +5
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Ernest		 0.22% +1
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Bernard		 0.22% -4
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Stanley		 0.21% +4
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Adam		 0.20% -8
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Philip		 0.19% +6
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Bruce		 0.19% +14
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Martin		 0.19% +4
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Dennis		 0.17% +6
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Stephen		 0.17% +6
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Gerald		 0.17% -6
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Denis		 0.17% +1
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Graham		 0.16% -3
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Jack		 0.16% -4
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Terence		 0.16% +4
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Roy		 0.16% +3
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Gilbert		 0.16% +4
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Lawrence		 0.16% -4
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Roderick		 0.15% -19
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Gavin		 0.15% -5
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Stuart		 0.15% -14
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Leonard		 0.13% +2
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Victor		 0.13% -5
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Robin		 0.12% +6
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Hector		 0.11% +1
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Paul		 0.10% +9
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Gerard		 0.10% +4
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Harold		 0.10% +2
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Alister		 0.09% -8
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Maurice		 0.09% +10
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Owen		 0.09% +3
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Roger		 0.09% +12
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Alasdair		 0.07% +4
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Benjamin		 0.07% new
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Herbert		 0.07% +2
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Hamish		 0.07% -9
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Ralph		 0.07% +1
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Edwin		 0.07% -10
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Bryan		 0.07% new
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Laurence		 0.06% 0
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Sydney		 0.06% -9
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Keith		 0.06% +4
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Reginald		 0.06% new
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Campbell		 0.06% -19
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Cornelius		 0.06% 0
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Murray		 0.06% new
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Margaret		 10.43% 0
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Mary		 7.16% 0
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Elizabeth		 6.92% 0
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Catherine		 3.55% 0
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Helen		 3.21% 0
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Agnes		 3.00% 0
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Jean		 2.65% 0
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Patricia		 1.95% +4
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Annie		 1.95% -1
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Janet		 1.90% 0
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Anne		 1.87% 0
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Isabella		 1.83% -3
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Irene		 1.69% 0
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Ann		 1.58% 0
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Marion		 1.35% +2
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Jane		 1.30% -1
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Christina		 1.22% -1
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Maureen		 1.19% +1
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Sarah		 1.19% 0
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Sheila		 1.16% +1
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Dorothy		 1.01% +1
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Jessie		 1.01% -2
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Joan		 0.98% +1
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Kathleen		 0.89% -1
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Frances		 0.74% 0
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Isobel		 0.72% +1
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Moira		 0.66% -1
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June		 0.65% +3
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Barbara		 0.61% -1
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Jeanie		 0.59% 0
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Ellen		 0.58% -2
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Alice		 0.57% 0
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Evelyn		 0.57% +2
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Grace		 0.52% -1
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Christine		 0.51% +6
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Eleanor		 0.51% +11
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Rose		 0.50% 0
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Janette		 0.49% +2
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Joyce		 0.49% -2
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Rosemary		 0.47% +5
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Georgina		 0.45% -2
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Eileen		 0.45% -7
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Susan		 0.44% +4
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Williamina		 0.44% 0
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Jeanette		 0.44% +5
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Martha		 0.39% -4
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Sheena		 0.39% +12
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Doreen		 0.37% -4
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Norma		 0.37% -12
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Morag		 0.36% -2
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Sandra		 0.36% +10
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Josephine		 0.35% 0
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Alison		 0.34% +3
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Sylvia		 0.33% +9
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Edith		 0.33% -4
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Isabel		 0.32% -7
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Muriel		 0.31% -2
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Violet		 0.29% -4
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Winifred		 0.29% +7
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Valerie		 0.28% +21
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Euphemia		 0.28% -9
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Marjory		 0.28% +6
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May		 0.27% -5
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Wilma		 0.27% -3
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Aileen		 0.27% +9
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Roberta		 0.26% 0
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Charlotte		 0.25% +4
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Robina		 0.25% -11
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Ruth		 0.25% +13
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Phyllis		 0.24% +24
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Marie		 0.24% +2
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Alexandra		 0.23% -10
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Hazel		 0.23% +3
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Anna		 0.22% -10
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Bridget		 0.22% -8
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Fiona		 0.22% +16
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Elsie		 0.22% +17
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Flora		 0.22% +7
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Heather		 0.21% new
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Lilian		 0.21% -2
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Florence		 0.20% -9
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Caroline		 0.20% +7
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Linda		 0.20% new
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Rachel		 0.20% +2
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Henrietta		 0.19% +4
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Marjorie		 0.19% -10
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Veronica		 0.19% -9
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Lorna		 0.19% -8
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Elspeth		 0.18% +10
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Myra		 0.18% new
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Gladys		 0.18% -22
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Annette		 0.18% -5
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Theresa		 0.18% 0
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Pamela		 0.17% new
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Hannah		 0.17% -9
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Jacqueline		 0.17% new
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Olive		 0.17% new
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Audrey		 0.17% 0
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Esther		 0.16% -22
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Doris		 0.16% -19
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Popularity extremes for Scotland