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		 10.84% 0
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James		 9.63% 0
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William		 7.65% 0
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Robert		 5.69% 0
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David		 4.94% 0
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Thomas		 3.82% 0
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Alexander		 3.50% 0
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George		 3.45% 0
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Ian		 2.83% 0
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Andrew		 2.01% +1
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Brian		 1.98% -1
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Michael		 1.77% +1
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Peter		 1.72% -1
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Alan		 1.61% +1
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Ronald		 1.59% -1
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Gordon		 1.41% +2
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Charles		 1.39% 0
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Kenneth		 1.35% -2
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Donald		 1.12% +3
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Joseph		 1.11% 0
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Douglas		 1.09% -2
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Hugh		 1.08% -1
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Edward		 1.02% 0
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Francis		 0.87% 0
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Allan		 0.87% +1
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Colin		 0.86% +1
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Richard		 0.81% -2
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Norman		 0.77% 0
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Patrick		 0.68% 0
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Henry		 0.65% 0
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Raymond		 0.63% +2
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Derek		 0.59% +4
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Daniel		 0.58% -1
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Iain		 0.53% +1
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Neil		 0.51% +2
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Alistair		 0.49% -5
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Archibald		 0.48% -3
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Duncan		 0.48% +1
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Stuart		 0.47% +2
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Eric		 0.45% -1
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Malcolm		 0.45% +5
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Stewart		 0.45% -2
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Graham		 0.44% +5
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Alastair		 0.39% +6
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Angus		 0.38% +4
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Arthur		 0.38% 0
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Walter		 0.37% -5
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Samuel		 0.36% -4
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Dennis		 0.35% -2
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Anthony		 0.32% +1
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Leslie		 0.32% -8
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Frederick		 0.32% +1
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Philip		 0.31% -1
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Matthew		 0.29% +3
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Christopher		 0.28% 0
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Martin		 0.28% 0
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Roderick		 0.27% +1
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Frank		 0.27% 0
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Gerald		 0.25% -5
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Stanley		 0.25% +5
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Stephen		 0.24% +2
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Albert		 0.24% -4
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Bernard		 0.23% 0
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Bruce		 0.21% -3
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Denis		 0.21% +2
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Roy		 0.21% +7
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Terence		 0.20% -5
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Keith		 0.20% +3
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Alfred		 0.19% 0
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Lawrence		 0.18% +4
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Adam		 0.17% +1
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Paul		 0.16% -5
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Gerard		 0.15% +8
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Harry		 0.15% -3
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Graeme		 0.14% 0
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Gavin		 0.13% +3
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Jack		 0.13% -8
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Leonard		 0.13% 0
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Ernest		 0.12% -1
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Robin		 0.12% -3
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Hamish		 0.11% +5
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Roger		 0.10% -2
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Bryan		 0.09% +1
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Gilbert		 0.09% -3
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Alasdair		 0.09% +4
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Kevin		 0.09% new
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Harold		 0.09% +5
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Alister		 0.08% +5
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Ralph		 0.08% new
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Victor		 0.08% +3
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Maurice		 0.08% -5
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Fraser		 0.07% new
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Hector		 0.07% new
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Russell		 0.07% 0
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Geoffrey		 0.07% -1
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Ross		 0.07% new
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Campbell		 0.07% +2
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Grant		 0.07% new
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Laurence		 0.07% -14
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Lewis		 0.07% new
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Margaret		 8.75% 0
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Elizabeth		 5.91% 0
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Mary		 5.64% 0
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Catherine		 3.09% 0
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Helen		 2.59% +1
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Patricia		 2.51% -1
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Anne		 2.38% 0
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Jean		 2.16% 0
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Kathleen		 2.04% +2
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Ann		 1.91% 0
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Agnes		 1.83% -2
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Maureen		 1.61% +1
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Irene		 1.59% -1
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Janet		 1.45% +1
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Linda		 1.43% +3
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Sandra		 1.36% -2
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Sheila		 1.33% 0
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Isabella		 1.16% -2
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Marion		 1.07% +1
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Jane		 1.06% -1
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Joan		 1.00% +2
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Christine		 0.99% -1
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Annie		 0.94% +1
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Christina		 0.91% -2
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Frances		 0.83% +3
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Barbara		 0.80% +4
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Eileen		 0.79% -1
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Dorothy		 0.78% -3
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June		 0.76% -2
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Carol		 0.72% +2
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Joyce		 0.71% -2
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Moira		 0.70% -1
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Sarah		 0.70% 0
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Susan		 0.69% +3
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Jennifer		 0.69% +1
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Evelyn		 0.63% -2
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Isobel		 0.61% -2
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Janette		 0.59% +3
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Rosemary		 0.59% +5
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Alison		 0.55% +8
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Jessie		 0.54% -3
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Eleanor		 0.53% 0
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Janice		 0.47% +7
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Doreen		 0.47% -5
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Ellen		 0.46% +1
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Norma		 0.45% +3
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Jacqueline		 0.44% +5
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Fiona		 0.43% +7
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Jeanette		 0.43% -4
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Grace		 0.42% +1
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Morag		 0.41% -11
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Alice		 0.41% -6
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Valerie		 0.41% 0
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Alexandra		 0.41% 0
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Sheena		 0.40% -11
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Rose		 0.38% +4
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Caroline		 0.38% +12
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Hazel		 0.37% +10
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Brenda		 0.37% +2
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Heather		 0.35% -2
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Pamela		 0.35% -2
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Sylvia		 0.35% -5
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Wilma		 0.34% 0
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Georgina		 0.34% -7
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Marie		 0.33% +2
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Marilyn		 0.33% +7
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Lorna		 0.31% -3
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Isabel		 0.31% -6
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Aileen		 0.27% -4
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Josephine		 0.27% +3
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Lesley		 0.27% +9
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Phyllis		 0.27% +7
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Ruth		 0.27% +10
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Marjorie		 0.26% +14
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Anna		 0.26% 0
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Maria		 0.25% +9
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Martha		 0.25% -1
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Muriel		 0.25% -8
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Marlene		 0.25% +5
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Edith		 0.24% -2
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Elaine		 0.24% -9
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Carole		 0.24% +5
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Williamina		 0.23% -9
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Jeanie		 0.23% -18
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Yvonne		 0.22% +3
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Audrey		 0.21% +13
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Marjory		 0.21% -8
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May		 0.21% new
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Violet		 0.21% -7
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Theresa		 0.20% +10
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Angela		 0.20% new
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Winifred		 0.20% -2
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Shirley		 0.19% new
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Annette		 0.19% -1
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Lynda		 0.19% new
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Veronica		 0.19% -10
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Roberta		 0.18% new
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Pauline		 0.18% -6
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Avril		 0.17% -18
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Elspeth		 0.17% -4
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Myra		 0.17% new
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Popularity extremes for Scotland