Popular Names in Scotland

Information from National Records of Scotland
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Boys
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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John		 13.08% 0 +102 +1.7%
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James		 11.42% 0 -33 -0.6%
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William		 9.68% 0 -7 -0.2%
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Robert		 6.45% 0 -22 -0.7%
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Alexander		 4.63% +2 +68 +3.3%
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George		 4.54% 0 -60 -2.8%
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Thomas		 4.53% -2 -124 -5.7%
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David		 4.09% 0 +92 +5.2%
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Andrew		 2.13% 0 -23 -2.3%
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Ian		 1.93% 0 +45 +5.4%
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Charles		 1.80% +1 +74 +9.9%
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Peter		 1.64% -1 -20 -2.6%
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Joseph		 1.56% +1 +29 +4.3%
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Hugh		 1.41% -1 -58 -8.3%
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Ronald		 1.38% +1 +66 +11.8%
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Donald		 1.28% +1 +63 +12.1%
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Edward		 1.21% -2 -94 -14.6%
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Francis		 1.03% 0 -20 -4.1%
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Henry		 1.00% 0 +7 +1.6%
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Patrick		 0.96% 0 +36 +9.0%
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Michael		 0.83% +1 +18 +5.0%
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Gordon		 0.81% +3 +31 +9.1%
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Douglas		 0.81% 0 +18 +5.2%
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Daniel		 0.79% 0 +11 +3.2%
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Kenneth		 0.78% +1 +26 +7.9%
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Archibald		 0.76% -5 -20 -5.5%
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Norman		 0.69% +1 +37 +13.4%
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Samuel		 0.66% +1 +29 +10.7%
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Allan		 0.59% +3 +17 +6.8%
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Richard		 0.56% -3 -28 -10.0%
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Alan		 0.55% 0 -7 -2.7%
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Duncan		 0.52% +1 +1 +0.4%
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Angus		 0.50% +5 +45 +24.6%
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Walter		 0.50% -3 -39 -14.6%
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Arthur		 0.46% -1 -9 -4.1%
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Eric		 0.45% 0 +21 +11.4%
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Neil		 0.43% +3 +22 +12.6%
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Albert		 0.41% -3 -8 -4.2%
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Brian		 0.41% +3 +11 +6.4%
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Matthew		 0.40% -3 -1 -0.5%
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Alistair		 0.40% +1 +13 +7.7%
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Colin		 0.36% +1 0 0.0%
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Malcolm		 0.35% -4 -22 -12.1%
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Alastair		 0.32% +5 +37 +33.9%
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Frederick		 0.30% -1 -22 -14.0%
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Iain		 0.29% 0 +9 +7.4%
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Adam		 0.25% +3 +7 +6.5%
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Frank		 0.24% -3 -35 -24.0%
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Anthony		 0.24% +8 +14 +14.7%
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Stewart		 0.23% +6 +8 +8.2%
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Gerald		 0.23% -1 -4 -3.7%
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Leslie		 0.22% +1 -2 -1.9%
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Philip		 0.22% +16 +40 +64.5%
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Roderick		 0.22% +6 +19 +24.1%
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Harry		 0.21% -1 -6 -5.9%
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Alfred		 0.20% -6 -17 -15.7%
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Bernard		 0.20% -8 -22 -19.5%
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Martin		 0.19% 0 -1 -1.1%
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Stanley		 0.19% -12 -33 -28.0%
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Ernest		 0.17% -5 -22 -22.0%
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Derek		 0.17% +4 +8 +11.9%
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Raymond		 0.17% -2 -5 -6.3%
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Stephen		 0.16% +4 +10 +15.6%
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Stuart		 0.16% +7 +15 +26.3%
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Christopher		 0.15% -1 0 0.0%
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Dennis		 0.15% -4 -9 -11.7%
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Jack		 0.15% +2 +7 +11.7%
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Lawrence		 0.15% -4 -3 -4.3%
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Graham		 0.13% -7 -11 -15.5%
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Gavin		 0.13% 0 -1 -1.7%
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Leonard		 0.12% +4 +7 +14.6%
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Terence		 0.12% +6 +9 +19.6%
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Bruce		 0.12% 0 +3 +6.0%
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Gilbert		 0.12% -7 -13 -19.7%
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Roy		 0.12% 0 +3 +6.0%
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Denis		 0.11% -4 -5 -8.9%
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Hamish		 0.10% +13 +14 +43.8%
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Alister		 0.10% +14 +14 +46.7%
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Gerard		 0.10% +3 +6 +15.8%
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Harold		 0.10% -1 -1 -2.3%
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Hector		 0.08% -1 -2 -5.0%
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Lewis		 0.08% +14 +12 +46.2%
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Owen		 0.08% -7 -11 -23.4%
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Sydney		 0.08% +1 -1 -2.7%
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Ralph		 0.08% +9 +8 +29.6%
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Maurice		 0.08% -8 -11 -24.4%
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Alasdair		 0.07% new new new
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Robin		 0.07% +5 +3 +10.3%
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Edwin		 0.07% -5 -6 -16.2%
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Murdo		 0.07% -1 -2 -6.1%
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Laurence		 0.06% -10 -9 -23.7%
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Benjamin		 0.06% -1 -3 -9.7%
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Herbert		 0.06% -5 -7 -20.0%
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Cornelius		 0.06% new new new
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Reginald		 0.06% new new new
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Victor		 0.06% -13 -12 -31.6%
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Dugald		 0.06% -9 -8 -24.2%
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Bryan		 0.05% new new new
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Finlay		 0.05% new new new
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Fraser		 0.05% new new new
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Roger		 0.05% new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 11.37% 0 +81 +1.7%
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Mary		 8.35% 0 -173 -4.6%
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Elizabeth		 6.98% 0 -195 -6.1%
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Catherine		 3.81% 0 -29 -1.7%
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Agnes		 3.48% 0 +66 +4.6%
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Helen		 3.37% 0 +67 +4.8%
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Jean		 2.72% +1 +97 +9.0%
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Annie		 2.44% -1 -67 -6.0%
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Isabella		 2.16% 0 -80 -7.9%
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Janet		 2.03% 0 -30 -3.3%
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Jane		 1.62% 0 -6 -0.8%
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Anne		 1.38% +5 +84 +16.5%
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Jessie		 1.37% 0 -20 -3.3%
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Ann		 1.35% +6 +101 +20.9%
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Christina		 1.32% -3 -51 -8.2%
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Sheila		 1.31% 0 +37 +7.0%
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Sarah		 1.30% -3 -41 -6.8%
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Patricia		 1.29% 0 +54 +10.8%
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Marion		 1.28% -4 +3 +0.5%
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Irene		 1.17% -2 +3 +0.6%
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Dorothy		 1.01% +1 +14 +3.3%
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Maureen		 0.99% -1 -11 -2.5%
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Kathleen		 0.80% +3 +30 +9.5%
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Joan		 0.77% -1 +1 +0.3%
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Ellen		 0.67% 0 -32 -9.9%
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Jeanie		 0.67% -2 -37 -11.3%
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Frances		 0.67% +4 +33 +12.9%
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Alice		 0.65% +1 +7 +2.6%
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Isobel		 0.64% +4 +33 +13.5%
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Barbara		 0.64% -3 -24 -8.0%
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Grace		 0.64% 0 +12 +4.6%
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Moira		 0.61% -4 -17 -6.0%
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Evelyn		 0.60% -1 +15 +6.1%
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June		 0.59% +1 +19 +8.1%
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Rose		 0.53% -1 -9 -3.8%
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Georgina		 0.48% 0 -3 -1.4%
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Joyce		 0.48% 0 -2 -1.0%
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Susan		 0.46% +4 +24 +13.8%
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Doreen		 0.45% +6 +22 +12.8%
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Eileen		 0.44% -2 -15 -7.3%
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Eleanor		 0.42% +5 +23 +14.5%
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Janette		 0.42% +1 +8 +4.6%
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Martha		 0.42% -3 -14 -7.2%
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Williamina		 0.40% -3 -18 -9.4%
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Isabel		 0.39% -2 -5 -2.9%
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Norma		 0.38% -6 -26 -13.5%
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Christine		 0.36% +16 +44 +40.0%
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Jeanette		 0.36% +5 +22 +16.7%
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Edith		 0.35% -3 -7 -4.4%
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Violet		 0.34% -2 +7 +5.1%
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Morag		 0.33% +2 +15 +11.7%
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Marjory		 0.32% +2 +18 +14.8%
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Euphemia		 0.32% -2 +4 +3.0%
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Winifred		 0.32% +3 +17 +14.2%
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Muriel		 0.30% -7 -9 -6.5%
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May		 0.29% +5 +15 +13.5%
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Josephine		 0.29% -3 +2 +1.6%
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Sylvia		 0.29% +8 +18 +17.0%
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Rosemary		 0.27% -3 -3 -2.5%
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Anna		 0.27% +3 +7 +6.4%
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Bridget		 0.27% +1 +6 +5.4%
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Alison		 0.27% -4 +1 +0.9%
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Flora		 0.26% +11 +27 +31.0%
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Ruth		 0.26% +11 +25 +29.1%
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Robina		 0.25% -6 -5 -4.4%
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Sheena		 0.25% -16 -28 -20.7%
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Gladys		 0.24% +2 +9 +9.4%
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Charlotte		 0.24% -8 -8 -7.1%
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Wilma		 0.23% +16 +22 +28.2%
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Aileen		 0.23% +1 +7 +7.6%
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Marjorie		 0.23% +4 +12 +14.0%
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Elsie		 0.23% -6 -3 -3.0%
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Florence		 0.22% 0 +8 +9.1%
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Rachel		 0.22% -8 -6 -6.0%
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Theresa		 0.22% -4 +1 +1.1%
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Caroline		 0.21% new new new
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Esther		 0.21% +5 +9 +11.3%
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Lilian		 0.21% +5 +9 +11.3%
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Veronica		 0.21% +10 +14 +18.7%
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Jemima		 0.20% -8 -4 -4.4%
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Fiona		 0.20% +19 +24 +39.3%
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Roberta		 0.20% 0 +4 +4.9%
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Hazel		 0.19% +11 +17 +26.2%
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Marie		 0.19% +6 +10 +13.9%
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Cecilia		 0.19% +11 +19 +30.6%
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Ethel		 0.18% -6 -5 -6.0%
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Lily		 0.18% 0 +2 +2.6%
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Audrey		 0.18% -20 -20 -20.6%
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Hannah		 0.18% -10 -7 -8.3%
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Phyllis		 0.18% -8 -4 -5.0%
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Doris		 0.17% -13 -11 -13.1%
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Henrietta		 0.16% -17 -16 -18.6%
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Maria		 0.16% -5 -5 -6.7%
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Elspeth		 0.16% new new new
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Mabel		 0.16% new new new
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Iris		 0.16% new new new
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Sandra		 0.16% new new new
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Betty		 0.15% new new new
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Olive		 0.15% -7 -6 -8.6%
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Hilda		 0.15% new new new
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Popularity extremes for Scotland