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		 6.97% 0
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David		 6.22% 0
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James		 5.57% 0
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William		 3.85% 0
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Robert		 3.51% 0
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Andrew		 3.32% 0
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Paul		 2.61% 0
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Alan		 2.56% 0
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Stephen		 2.47% +1
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Brian		 2.27% +3
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Michael		 2.23% +1
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Thomas		 2.23% -3
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Ian		 2.04% -2
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Colin		 1.88% +2
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Alexander		 1.79% 0
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Gordon		 1.63% +2
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Kenneth		 1.62% -3
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George		 1.61% -1
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Peter		 1.51% 0
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Mark		 1.51% +1
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Gary		 1.43% +4
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Derek		 1.41% +1
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Steven		 1.38% -1
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Stuart		 1.35% -4
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Kevin		 1.32% -1
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Neil		 1.07% +2
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Iain		 1.07% +2
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Graham		 1.07% -1
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Douglas		 1.04% -3
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Richard		 1.04% 0
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Graeme		 0.95% +5
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Martin		 0.92% +1
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Joseph		 0.82% -1
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Scott		 0.81% +4
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Allan		 0.79% -4
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Donald		 0.72% -3
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Edward		 0.71% 0
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Charles		 0.70% -3
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Craig		 0.65% 0
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Keith		 0.64% +5
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Ronald		 0.63% +1
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Christopher		 0.59% 0
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Stewart		 0.59% -2
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Anthony		 0.58% -3
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Hugh		 0.58% -1
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Raymond		 0.58% +1
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Patrick		 0.55% 0
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Alistair		 0.54% +1
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Francis		 0.47% -1
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Daniel		 0.42% +2
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Duncan		 0.42% 0
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Grant		 0.40% +6
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Philip		 0.40% +3
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Malcolm		 0.40% -4
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Alastair		 0.37% +6
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Norman		 0.36% +6
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Angus		 0.34% -4
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Gerard		 0.34% -2
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Garry		 0.33% -2
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Gavin		 0.31% -1
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Simon		 0.28% +7
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Bruce		 0.28% -8
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Matthew		 0.26% +4
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Roderick		 0.26% -1
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Sean		 0.25% +14
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Gerald		 0.25% -6
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Eric		 0.24% -1
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Henry		 0.22% -4
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Ross		 0.22% +1
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Fraser		 0.22% +1
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Leslie		 0.21% -2
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Calum		 0.20% -8
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Samuel		 0.20% +1
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Frank		 0.18% +7
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Russell		 0.18% -3
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Cameron		 0.18% -3
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Roy		 0.18% +8
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Ewan		 0.17% +1
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Robin		 0.17% +4
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Alasdair		 0.16% +9
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Jonathan		 0.16% new
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Barry		 0.16% +13
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Walter		 0.16% +1
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Terence		 0.15% -8
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Vincent		 0.15% -6
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Arthur		 0.15% -11
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Murray		 0.14% +4
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Gregor		 0.13% +4
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Nigel		 0.13% +8
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Nicholas		 0.13% -3
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Adrian		 0.13% +7
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Archibald		 0.12% -15
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Adam		 0.11% -12
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Jeffrey		 0.11% -2
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Lawrence		 0.11% -3
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Bernard		 0.10% -10
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Bryan		 0.10% -7
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Callum		 0.10% new
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Shaun		 0.10% new
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Niall		 0.09% new
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Margaret		 3.05% 0
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Karen		 3.00% +1
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Jacqueline		 2.91% -1
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Susan		 2.49% +3
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Elizabeth		 2.48% -1
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Linda		 2.35% -1
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Fiona		 2.28% -1
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Alison		 2.10% +6
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Angela		 2.01% +4
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Elaine		 1.95% -1
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Mary		 1.70% -3
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Carol		 1.66% 0
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Anne		 1.66% -2
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Catherine		 1.62% -4
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Sandra		 1.51% +1
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Gillian		 1.49% +5
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Lorraine		 1.44% -2
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Helen		 1.36% 0
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Lesley		 1.34% +3
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Ann		 1.31% -1
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Caroline		 1.28% -4
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Sharon		 1.18% +5
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Jane		 1.10% 0
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Pauline		 1.04% +1
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Patricia		 1.02% -1
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Donna		 0.96% +2
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Yvonne		 0.94% -1
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Lynn		 0.94% +1
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Diane		 0.93% -9
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Julie		 0.92% +1
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Christine		 0.92% -1
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Lorna		 0.86% 0
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Janice		 0.85% 0
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Shirley		 0.77% +4
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Janet		 0.73% 0
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Heather		 0.73% -2
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Kathleen		 0.71% 0
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Wendy		 0.71% +5
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Maureen		 0.69% -3
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Shona		 0.66% -1
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Audrey		 0.65% -1
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Marie		 0.63% 0
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Pamela		 0.59% +2
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Deborah		 0.58% +2
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Jennifer		 0.57% +2
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Marion		 0.56% -5
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Morag		 0.55% +2
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Laura		 0.55% +12
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Hazel		 0.54% +8
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Amanda		 0.53% +21
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Jean		 0.51% +2
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Allison		 0.50% +37
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Lynne		 0.50% +3
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Denise		 0.49% 0
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Valerie		 0.49% +4
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Irene		 0.48% -9
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June		 0.48% -6
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Dawn		 0.47% +16
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Louise		 0.47% -8
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Eileen		 0.47% +4
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Gail		 0.45% -18
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Brenda		 0.44% -4
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Sarah		 0.44% +3
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Agnes		 0.43% -14
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Joan		 0.41% -2
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Michelle		 0.41% +25
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Tracey		 0.40% +9
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Tracy		 0.40% +2
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Frances		 0.40% -8
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Aileen		 0.39% -8
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Joyce		 0.39% 0
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Moira		 0.37% -3
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Sheila		 0.37% -7
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Ruth		 0.36% -6
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Catriona		 0.33% +4
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Nicola		 0.33% +16
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Barbara		 0.33% -21
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Evelyn		 0.31% -5
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Christina		 0.30% -4
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Carole		 0.30% -14
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Alexandra		 0.29% 0
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Rosemary		 0.28% -4
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Rhona		 0.28% +2
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Carolyn		 0.27% -7
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Suzanne		 0.27% +1
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Maria		 0.26% -4
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Eleanor		 0.26% -3
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Claire		 0.26% new
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Dorothy		 0.26% -8
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Jill		 0.26% +5
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Joanne		 0.26% +9
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Andrea		 0.25% +8
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Mandy		 0.24% +6
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Kim		 0.24% -1
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Isobel		 0.24% 0
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Janette		 0.23% -7
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Lynda		 0.23% -1
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Avril		 0.22% new
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Annette		 0.22% -13
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Theresa		 0.22% -16
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Popularity extremes for Scotland