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		 11.37% 0
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James		 9.67% 0
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William		 7.98% 0
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Robert		 5.78% 0
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David		 4.78% 0
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Thomas		 4.09% 0
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Alexander		 3.88% +1
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George		 3.54% -1
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Ian		 2.54% 0
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Andrew		 2.18% 0
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Peter		 1.84% 0
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Michael		 1.61% +2
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Ronald		 1.57% 0
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Charles		 1.45% -2
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Brian		 1.40% +6
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Kenneth		 1.31% +3
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Hugh		 1.21% -2
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Joseph		 1.17% -2
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Gordon		 1.13% +1
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Donald		 1.12% -2
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Edward		 1.04% -5
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Douglas		 1.03% 0
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Alan		 1.01% +2
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Francis		 0.92% -1
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Henry		 0.75% -1
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Allan		 0.72% +1
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Norman		 0.72% +2
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Richard		 0.70% 0
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Patrick		 0.68% -3
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Colin		 0.63% +2
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Archibald		 0.61% -1
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Alistair		 0.60% +1
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Daniel		 0.60% -2
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Eric		 0.55% +1
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Raymond		 0.47% +11
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Alastair		 0.46% +8
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Iain		 0.46% +6
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Frederick		 0.45% +5
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Arthur		 0.44% -2
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Samuel		 0.43% -6
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Duncan		 0.43% -3
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Malcolm		 0.41% -2
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Neil		 0.41% -3
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Anthony		 0.39% +4
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Angus		 0.37% -4
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Derek		 0.37% +4
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Leslie		 0.36% 0
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Walter		 0.35% -12
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Albert		 0.33% 0
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Christopher		 0.30% +9
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Graham		 0.30% +4
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Matthew		 0.30% -7
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Stuart		 0.30% +2
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Stewart		 0.28% -3
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Dennis		 0.28% 0
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Frank		 0.27% -4
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Gerald		 0.26% -4
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Roderick		 0.25% +4
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Bernard		 0.24% -1
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Stanley		 0.24% 0
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Alfred		 0.23% +2
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Harry		 0.20% +2
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Martin		 0.20% -6
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Bruce		 0.20% +3
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Jack		 0.20% -4
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Philip		 0.19% 0
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Leonard		 0.19% +10
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Victor		 0.19% +6
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Roy		 0.18% -5
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Denis		 0.18% -1
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Stephen		 0.17% +1
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Terence		 0.17% -1
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Adam		 0.16% -6
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Ernest		 0.15% -4
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Lawrence		 0.14% 0
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Paul		 0.14% +8
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Gavin		 0.13% -3
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Robin		 0.12% +1
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Gilbert		 0.12% -3
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Harold		 0.12% +4
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Alasdair		 0.11% 0
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Keith		 0.11% +14
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Bryan		 0.10% +8
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Roger		 0.10% +17
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Hamish		 0.10% -5
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Graeme		 0.10% -1
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Alister		 0.09% +3
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Campbell		 0.09% -3
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Gerard		 0.09% -10
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Laurence		 0.09% -5
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Maurice		 0.09% -6
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Clifford		 0.09% +3
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Edwin		 0.08% -12
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Owen		 0.08% -8
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Ralph		 0.08% -4
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Vincent		 0.08% +2
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Russell		 0.08% new
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Hector		 0.07% -1
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Murdo		 0.07% -5
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Reginald		 0.07% new
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Margaret		 9.34% 0
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Mary		 6.15% 0
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Elizabeth		 6.07% 0
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Catherine		 3.15% 0
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Helen		 2.88% 0
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Jean		 2.49% +1
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Anne		 2.30% +2
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Agnes		 2.20% -2
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Patricia		 2.03% -1
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Irene		 1.68% 0
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Ann		 1.66% +1
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Maureen		 1.61% +2
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Janet		 1.60% -2
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Isabella		 1.51% +1
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Annie		 1.32% -2
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Sheila		 1.27% +3
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Kathleen		 1.26% +1
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Marion		 1.22% -1
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Jane		 1.18% -3
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Joan		 1.15% +2
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Sandra		 1.10% +5
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Dorothy		 0.99% -2
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Christina		 0.97% -3
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Eileen		 0.89% +4
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Frances		 0.87% 0
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Christine		 0.87% +8
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Jessie		 0.83% -3
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Isobel		 0.79% -1
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Sarah		 0.79% -5
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Barbara		 0.72% -1
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Evelyn		 0.69% 0
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June		 0.69% 0
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Moira		 0.66% -3
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Janette		 0.62% +3
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Joyce		 0.62% 0
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Eleanor		 0.57% 0
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Rosemary		 0.56% +7
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Grace		 0.55% +5
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Doreen		 0.52% +1
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Norma		 0.52% +1
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Valerie		 0.50% +14
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Jeanette		 0.48% -4
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Alice		 0.48% -4
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Ellen		 0.47% -11
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Alexandra		 0.44% +2
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Georgina		 0.44% -4
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Sylvia		 0.43% -1
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Rose		 0.43% +3
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Susan		 0.42% -1
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Wilma		 0.41% +6
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Morag		 0.41% -2
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Sheena		 0.40% -3
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Jennifer		 0.39% +13
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Linda		 0.39% +5
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Alison		 0.39% -1
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Williamina		 0.39% -3
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Carol		 0.39% +13
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Fiona		 0.37% +6
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Jeanie		 0.35% -14
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Marie		 0.34% +17
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Isabel		 0.33% -1
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Muriel		 0.33% +22
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Aileen		 0.33% -3
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Martha		 0.32% -11
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Josephine		 0.32% -8
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Hazel		 0.31% -3
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Lorna		 0.31% +19
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Pamela		 0.31% +10
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Anna		 0.30% -4
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Heather		 0.27% +5
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Caroline		 0.26% -4
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Edith		 0.26% -12
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Robina		 0.25% 0
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Marjory		 0.25% -5
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Ruth		 0.25% -4
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Janice		 0.24% 0
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Jacqueline		 0.23% +4
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Carole		 0.23% +20
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Marjorie		 0.23% 0
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Roberta		 0.23% -2
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May		 0.22% +1
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Brenda		 0.22% +5
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Veronica		 0.22% -10
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Winifred		 0.22% -11
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Yvonne		 0.21% +1
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Violet		 0.20% -28
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Charlotte		 0.19% +7
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Lilian		 0.19% new
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Marlene		 0.19% +8
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Rachel		 0.19% -3
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Maria		 0.19% new
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Annette		 0.18% new
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Euphemia		 0.18% -25
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Lesley		 0.18% new
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Katherine		 0.18% 0
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Bridget		 0.17% -5
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Phyllis		 0.17% -8
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Elaine		 0.17% new
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Elspeth		 0.17% +1
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Myra		 0.17% -5
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Popularity extremes for Scotland