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		 11.02% 0 -697 -12.4%
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James		 9.54% 0 -515 -10.8%
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William		 7.67% 0 -515 -13.0%
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Robert		 5.58% 0 -364 -12.7%
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David		 4.89% 0 -177 -7.5%
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Thomas		 3.95% 0 -255 -12.6%
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Alexander		 3.83% 0 -205 -10.7%
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George		 3.69% 0 -102 -5.8%
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Ian		 2.50% 0 -136 -10.8%
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Andrew		 2.04% 0 -168 -15.6%
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Peter		 1.76% 0 -121 -13.3%
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Brian		 1.71% +3 +74 +10.7%
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Michael		 1.66% -1 -53 -6.6%
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Ronald		 1.50% -1 -104 -13.4%
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Charles		 1.49% -1 -53 -7.4%
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Kenneth		 1.44% 0 -4 -0.6%
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Hugh		 1.20% 0 -63 -10.5%
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Gordon		 1.18% +1 -32 -5.7%
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Edward		 1.17% +2 +7 +1.4%
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Joseph		 1.15% -2 -64 -11.1%
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Donald		 1.11% -1 -58 -10.5%
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Douglas		 1.05% 0 -40 -7.9%
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Alan		 1.05% 0 -31 -6.2%
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Richard		 0.95% +4 +77 +22.3%
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Francis		 0.87% -1 -67 -14.7%
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Allan		 0.79% 0 -2 -0.6%
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Norman		 0.78% 0 -7 -2.0%
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Henry		 0.73% -3 -45 -12.1%
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Patrick		 0.73% 0 -10 -3.0%
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Colin		 0.67% 0 -9 -2.9%
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Daniel		 0.58% +2 -38 -12.8%
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Raymond		 0.57% +3 +23 +9.9%
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Archibald		 0.56% -2 -52 -17.3%
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Alistair		 0.53% -2 -60 -20.1%
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Eric		 0.51% -1 -43 -15.9%
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Iain		 0.50% 0 -2 -0.9%
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Derek		 0.46% +9 +25 +13.7%
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Duncan		 0.46% +3 -6 -2.8%
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Neil		 0.46% +4 +4 +2.0%
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Victor		 0.41% +27 +92 +100%
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Arthur		 0.40% -2 -37 -17.0%
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Leslie		 0.40% +6 +4 +2.3%
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Walter		 0.40% +5 +4 +2.3%
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Angus		 0.39% +1 -12 -6.5%
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Malcolm		 0.39% -2 -29 -14.4%
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Frederick		 0.37% -8 -61 -27.1%
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Graham		 0.36% +4 +13 +8.8%
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Samuel		 0.36% -7 -54 -25.1%
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Anthony		 0.35% -5 -35 -18.3%
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Alastair		 0.35% -14 -72 -31.7%
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Dennis		 0.34% +4 +16 +11.6%
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Stuart		 0.33% 0 +2 +1.4%
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Stewart		 0.33% +1 +8 +5.7%
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Gerald		 0.32% +3 +16 +12.4%
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Martin		 0.30% +8 +36 +36.0%
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Albert		 0.28% -7 -36 -22.2%
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Christopher		 0.28% -6 -24 -16.0%
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Matthew		 0.28% -6 -24 -16.3%
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Frank		 0.27% -3 -14 -10.5%
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Roderick		 0.25% -2 -12 -9.6%
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Stanley		 0.24% -1 -12 -10.3%
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Bernard		 0.22% -3 -19 -16.0%
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Harry		 0.20% -1 -12 -11.9%
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Bruce		 0.19% 0 -11 -11.2%
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Alfred		 0.19% -4 -27 -23.9%
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Denis		 0.19% +4 -3 -3.4%
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Philip		 0.19% -1 -11 -11.7%
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Roy		 0.19% +2 -7 -7.8%
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Adam		 0.18% +4 +1 +1.3%
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Terence		 0.18% +3 -4 -4.7%
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Leonard		 0.17% -4 -14 -15.2%
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Ernest		 0.17% +2 -1 -1.3%
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Stephen		 0.15% -2 -17 -19.8%
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Paul		 0.15% +1 -1 -1.5%
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Jack		 0.14% -10 -35 -36.1%
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Keith		 0.14% +5 +5 +8.9%
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Lawrence		 0.14% -1 -7 -10.3%
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Gavin		 0.12% -1 -10 -15.6%
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Gilbert		 0.12% +1 -3 -5.3%
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Robin		 0.11% -2 -10 -16.4%
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Roger		 0.11% +2 -2 -3.9%
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Hamish		 0.11% +3 -2 -4.0%
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Bryan		 0.11% 0 -4 -7.8%
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Gerard		 0.11% +5 +2 +4.4%
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Campbell		 0.10% +3 +1 +2.2%
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Harold		 0.10% -7 -12 -21.1%
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Laurence		 0.10% +3 -1 -2.3%
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Alister		 0.09% -1 -4 -8.7%
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Alasdair		 0.09% -8 -15 -26.8%
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Geoffrey		 0.09% new new new
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Ralph		 0.09% +5 -1 -2.5%
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Edwin		 0.09% +1 -3 -7.3%
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Vincent		 0.09% +4 -1 -2.6%
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Desmond		 0.08% new new new
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Graeme		 0.08% -8 -14 -28.6%
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Barry		 0.07% new new new
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Hector		 0.07% +1 -4 -11.1%
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Russell		 0.07% 0 -6 -15.8%
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Maurice		 0.07% -8 -12 -27.9%
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Murdo		 0.07% -1 -5 -13.9%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 9.06% 0 -514 -11.9%
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Elizabeth		 6.00% +1 -289 -10.3%
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Mary		 5.95% -1 -346 -12.1%
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Catherine		 3.08% 0 -163 -11.2%
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Helen		 2.63% 0 -227 -17.0%
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Anne		 2.40% +1 -56 -5.3%
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Patricia		 2.31% +2 +32 +3.4%
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Agnes		 2.19% 0 -98 -9.6%
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Jean		 2.13% -3 -254 -22.0%
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Irene		 1.84% 0 -1 -0.1%
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Ann		 1.77% 0 -23 -3.0%
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Maureen		 1.58% 0 -81 -10.8%
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Janet		 1.53% 0 -96 -13.0%
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Sandra		 1.36% +7 +61 +11.9%
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Sheila		 1.33% +1 -29 -4.9%
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Kathleen		 1.30% +1 -40 -6.8%
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Isabella		 1.24% -3 -176 -25.1%
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Annie		 1.22% -3 -99 -16.2%
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Jane		 1.12% 0 -72 -13.2%
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Marion		 1.12% -2 -96 -16.9%
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Joan		 1.06% -1 -87 -16.3%
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Dorothy		 1.02% 0 -31 -6.7%
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Christina		 0.97% 0 -43 -9.5%
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Christine		 0.91% +2 -17 -4.2%
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Frances		 0.85% 0 -46 -11.4%
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Eileen		 0.81% -2 -73 -17.6%
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Sarah		 0.78% +1 -37 -10.1%
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Jessie		 0.78% -1 -56 -14.6%
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Isobel		 0.75% -1 -52 -14.2%
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June		 0.74% +2 -8 -2.5%
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Moira		 0.74% +2 +3 +1.0%
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Evelyn		 0.73% -1 -15 -4.7%
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Barbara		 0.71% -3 -33 -9.9%
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Janette		 0.62% 0 -27 -9.3%
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Carol		 0.61% +22 +76 +42.2%
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Eleanor		 0.58% 0 -19 -7.3%
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Joyce		 0.57% -2 -46 -16.0%
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Linda		 0.57% +16 +59 +32.2%
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Grace		 0.53% -1 -29 -11.5%
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Rosemary		 0.53% -2 -36 -13.8%
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Ellen		 0.52% +3 +3 +1.4%
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Jennifer		 0.52% +11 +35 +19.1%
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Sheena		 0.49% +9 +22 +11.8%
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Susan		 0.46% +5 0 0.0%
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Doreen		 0.46% -6 -46 -19.2%
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Norma		 0.46% -5 -45 -18.8%
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Valerie		 0.45% -6 -43 -18.5%
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Alice		 0.45% -5 -32 -14.5%
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Morag		 0.43% +2 -7 -3.7%
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Alexandra		 0.43% -5 -23 -11.3%
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Georgina		 0.43% -4 -22 -10.8%
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Jeanette		 0.43% -10 -42 -18.9%
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Alison		 0.40% +2 -11 -6.1%
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Rose		 0.40% -5 -27 -13.7%
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Lorna		 0.40% +11 +24 +16.7%
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Sylvia		 0.38% -9 -36 -18.2%
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Jeanie		 0.37% +2 -4 -2.5%
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Wilma		 0.37% -7 -35 -18.2%
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Isabel		 0.37% +2 +3 +2.0%
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Josephine		 0.37% +5 +8 +5.4%
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Fiona		 0.36% -3 -19 -11.0%
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Hazel		 0.35% +4 +4 +2.8%
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Williamina		 0.34% -8 -36 -19.9%
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Janice		 0.31% +12 +19 +17.0%
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Heather		 0.31% +5 +3 +2.4%
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Marie		 0.30% -6 -32 -20.1%
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Anna		 0.30% +2 -12 -8.7%
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Aileen		 0.29% -5 -27 -17.9%
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Pamela		 0.29% 0 -19 -13.3%
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Edith		 0.28% +2 0 0.0%
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Marjory		 0.28% +3 0 0.0%
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Muriel		 0.27% -11 -38 -24.8%
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Ruth		 0.27% +1 -4 -3.4%
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Caroline		 0.26% -3 -12 -9.9%
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Carole		 0.26% +3 +1 +0.9%
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Marjorie		 0.26% +3 +1 +0.9%
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Jacqueline		 0.25% 0 -4 -3.7%
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Yvonne		 0.24% +7 +6 +6.3%
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Martha		 0.24% -15 -50 -33.3%
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Marlene		 0.23% +9 +6 +6.7%
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Roberta		 0.22% -1 -12 -11.4%
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Brenda		 0.22% 0 -10 -9.8%
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Veronica		 0.22% 0 -10 -9.8%
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Charlotte		 0.22% +3 +1 +1.1%
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Violet		 0.22% +2 0 0.0%
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Lesley		 0.21% +8 +5 +6.0%
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Maria		 0.21% +4 +1 +1.2%
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Elaine		 0.20% +10 +7 +9.0%
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Lilian		 0.19% -2 -9 -10.0%
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Winifred		 0.19% -5 -19 -19.0%
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Gladys		 0.19% new new new
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Phyllis		 0.19% +6 0 0.0%
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Annette		 0.19% -1 -7 -8.2%
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Euphemia		 0.18% -1 -8 -9.5%
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Rachel		 0.18% -5 -13 -14.9%
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Theresa		 0.17% new new new
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Iris		 0.17% new new new
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Elsie		 0.16% new new new
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Esther		 0.16% new new new
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Pauline		 0.16% new new new
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Robina		 0.16% -25 -49 -41.5%
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Popularity extremes for Scotland