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		 6.76% 0
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David		 5.99% 0
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James		 5.08% 0
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William		 3.54% 0
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Andrew		 3.43% +1
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Robert		 3.41% -1
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Alan		 2.60% +1
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Paul		 2.53% -1
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Stephen		 2.51% 0
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Brian		 2.35% 0
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Michael		 2.24% 0
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Ian		 1.92% +1
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Colin		 1.90% +1
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Mark		 1.89% +6
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Thomas		 1.88% -3
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Gary		 1.73% +5
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Kevin		 1.61% +8
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Alexander		 1.59% -3
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Gordon		 1.57% -3
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Steven		 1.57% +4
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Kenneth		 1.54% -4
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Derek		 1.50% 0
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Stuart		 1.49% +1
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George		 1.49% -6
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Peter		 1.36% -6
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Scott		 1.22% +8
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Iain		 1.20% 0
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Neil		 1.16% -2
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Graham		 1.10% -1
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Richard		 1.06% 0
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Douglas		 0.97% -2
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Martin		 0.94% 0
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Graeme		 0.92% -2
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Craig		 0.84% +5
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Allan		 0.84% 0
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Donald		 0.78% 0
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Charles		 0.69% +1
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Christopher		 0.69% +4
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Edward		 0.68% -2
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Joseph		 0.68% -7
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Anthony		 0.62% +3
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Keith		 0.60% -2
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Stewart		 0.57% -1
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Raymond		 0.54% +1
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Ronald		 0.52% -4
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Alistair		 0.49% +2
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Hugh		 0.48% -2
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Philip		 0.44% +4
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Francis		 0.43% 0
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Patrick		 0.43% -3
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Malcolm		 0.41% +3
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Grant		 0.40% 0
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Duncan		 0.40% -2
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Garry		 0.40% +5
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Daniel		 0.38% -5
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Fraser		 0.31% +14
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Gavin		 0.31% +3
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Angus		 0.30% -1
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Norman		 0.30% -2
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Sean		 0.30% +5
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Alastair		 0.29% -6
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Bruce		 0.29% +1
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Gerald		 0.29% +3
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Gerard		 0.29% -6
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Roderick		 0.28% -1
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Ross		 0.26% +2
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Simon		 0.26% -6
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Calum		 0.24% +4
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Cameron		 0.24% +7
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Matthew		 0.24% -7
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Eric		 0.23% -4
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Henry		 0.21% -4
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Jonathan		 0.21% +8
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Barry		 0.20% +8
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Ewan		 0.19% +3
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Leslie		 0.19% -4
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Alasdair		 0.18% +3
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Russell		 0.18% -3
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Samuel		 0.18% -5
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Roy		 0.17% -4
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Robin		 0.17% -2
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Nicholas		 0.16% +8
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Archibald		 0.15% +9
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Adam		 0.14% +9
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Frank		 0.14% -11
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Gregor		 0.14% +2
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Vincent		 0.14% -3
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Murray		 0.13% -1
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Terence		 0.13% -5
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Adrian		 0.13% +1
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Bryan		 0.12% +5
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Nigel		 0.11% -4
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Bernard		 0.11% +3
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Lindsay		 0.11% new
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Trevor		 0.11% new
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Jeffrey		 0.10% -2
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Shaun		 0.10% -1
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Alister		 0.10% new
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Arthur		 0.10% -13
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Campbell		 0.09% new
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Rodney		 0.09% new
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Walter		 0.09% -17
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Karen		 2.94% +1
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Jacqueline		 2.90% +1
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Margaret		 2.55% -2
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Alison		 2.52% +4
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Elizabeth		 2.40% 0
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Fiona		 2.32% +1
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Angela		 2.30% +2
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Susan		 2.22% -4
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Linda		 2.13% -3
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Elaine		 1.87% 0
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Lesley		 1.74% +8
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Carol		 1.62% 0
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Mary		 1.52% -2
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Gillian		 1.51% +2
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Catherine		 1.51% -1
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Anne		 1.47% -3
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Helen		 1.43% +1
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Lorraine		 1.42% -1
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Jane		 1.30% +4
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Sharon		 1.29% +2
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Julie		 1.17% +9
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Sandra		 1.17% -7
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Ann		 1.13% -3
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Caroline		 1.07% -3
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Lynn		 1.06% +3
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Pauline		 1.06% -2
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Yvonne		 1.06% +1
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Diane		 0.89% +1
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Donna		 0.89% -3
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Heather		 0.87% +6
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Christine		 0.84% 0
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Patricia		 0.82% -7
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Lorna		 0.81% -1
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Deborah		 0.78% +10
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Wendy		 0.74% +3
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Audrey		 0.74% +5
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Michelle		 0.72% +29
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Janice		 0.70% -5
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Amanda		 0.68% +11
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Shona		 0.67% 0
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Maureen		 0.67% -2
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Pamela		 0.66% +1
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Jennifer		 0.63% +2
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Gail		 0.63% +17
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Janet		 0.63% -9
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Morag		 0.61% +1
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Shirley		 0.61% -12
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Kathleen		 0.59% -11
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Allison		 0.56% +3
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Laura		 0.56% -2
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Lynne		 0.55% +1
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Tracey		 0.55% +15
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Louise		 0.55% +6
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Sarah		 0.54% +9
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Marion		 0.51% -9
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Tracy		 0.48% +12
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Hazel		 0.48% -8
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Denise		 0.48% -4
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Kim		 0.47% +35
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Dawn		 0.46% -2
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Marie		 0.46% -18
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Jean		 0.45% -11
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Irene		 0.43% -7
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Valerie		 0.43% -9
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Nicola		 0.42% +11
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Aileen		 0.41% +4
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Brenda		 0.41% -5
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Frances		 0.40% +1
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June		 0.39% -12
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Barbara		 0.39% +7
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Eileen		 0.39% -11
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Ruth		 0.37% +2
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Moira		 0.36% -1
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Agnes		 0.34% -10
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Joan		 0.34% -10
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Sheila		 0.33% -4
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Maria		 0.33% +9
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Carolyn		 0.32% +6
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Joyce		 0.31% -8
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Christina		 0.30% -1
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Claire		 0.30% +7
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Suzanne		 0.29% +3
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Rhona		 0.28% 0
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Mandy		 0.27% +9
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Jill		 0.27% +3
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Catriona		 0.26% -11
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Annette		 0.26% +12
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Carole		 0.26% -7
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Andrea		 0.26% +3
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Rosemary		 0.26% -7
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Evelyn		 0.25% -13
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Joanne		 0.25% -4
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Judith		 0.25% new
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Clare		 0.24% new
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Arlene		 0.24% new
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Eleanor		 0.23% -9
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Anna		 0.23% new
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Lynda		 0.21% -1
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Paula		 0.21% new
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Dorothy		 0.21% -12
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Michele		 0.21% new
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Popularity extremes for Scotland