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		 11.15% 0 +533 +9.0%
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James		 9.53% 0 +354 +6.8%
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William		 7.33% 0 +134 +3.3%
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Robert		 5.81% 0 +318 +10.4%
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David		 4.92% 0 +202 +7.6%
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Thomas		 3.79% 0 +158 +7.7%
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Alexander		 3.59% 0 +94 +4.7%
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George		 3.51% 0 +266 +15.0%
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Ian		 2.85% 0 +80 +5.1%
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Brian		 2.12% 0 +128 +11.6%
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Andrew		 2.01% 0 +69 +6.3%
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Peter		 1.83% 0 +101 +10.5%
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Michael		 1.69% +2 +172 +21.3%
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Ronald		 1.57% -1 +32 +3.6%
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Alan		 1.52% +2 +149 +20.3%
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Kenneth		 1.38% -2 -17 -2.1%
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Charles		 1.35% -1 +39 +5.3%
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Gordon		 1.31% 0 +89 +13.3%
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Douglas		 1.14% +1 +72 +12.2%
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Joseph		 1.13% +1 +65 +11.0%
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Hugh		 1.05% +1 +71 +13.2%
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Donald		 1.04% -3 -14 -2.3%
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Edward		 1.00% 0 +57 +10.9%
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Francis		 0.95% 0 +100 +22.3%
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Richard		 0.88% +1 +82 +19.2%
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Allan		 0.83% -1 +49 +11.3%
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Colin		 0.72% +4 +90 +27.4%
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Norman		 0.67% -1 -37 -8.7%
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Patrick		 0.67% +1 +45 +13.2%
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Henry		 0.67% -2 -6 -1.5%
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Alistair		 0.59% -2 -3 -0.9%
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Daniel		 0.57% +1 +37 +12.5%
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Raymond		 0.55% -1 +5 +1.6%
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Archibald		 0.54% 0 +42 +15.5%
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Iain		 0.52% +3 +40 +15.2%
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Derek		 0.52% +1 +35 +13.1%
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Neil		 0.48% -1 +12 +4.5%
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Duncan		 0.48% +1 +15 +5.7%
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Eric		 0.47% -5 0 0.0%
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Stewart		 0.45% +6 +47 +22.2%
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Stuart		 0.43% +1 +24 +10.7%
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Walter		 0.42% +1 +24 +10.9%
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Leslie		 0.41% +5 +29 +14.0%
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Samuel		 0.39% 0 +4 +1.8%
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Arthur		 0.38% -5 -14 -5.9%
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Malcolm		 0.38% +4 +17 +8.3%
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Dennis		 0.38% +4 +35 +18.9%
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Graham		 0.37% +2 +10 +4.9%
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Angus		 0.37% -8 -19 -8.2%
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Alastair		 0.36% -3 +2 +1.0%
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Anthony		 0.35% -6 -16 -7.3%
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Philip		 0.33% +11 +72 +61.0%
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Frederick		 0.30% +1 +12 +7.4%
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Gerald		 0.28% +3 +21 +14.8%
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Christopher		 0.28% +5 +33 +25.6%
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Martin		 0.27% +4 +29 +22.5%
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Matthew		 0.27% -2 +11 +7.6%
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Albert		 0.24% -6 -28 -16.8%
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Frank		 0.24% -5 -25 -15.2%
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Roderick		 0.24% +6 +22 +18.8%
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Bruce		 0.24% -3 +4 +3.0%
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Terence		 0.23% +6 +31 +30.4%
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Bernard		 0.22% -3 0 0.0%
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Stephen		 0.22% -4 -2 -1.5%
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Stanley		 0.22% -9 -16 -11.2%
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Denis		 0.20% +4 +17 +17.2%
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Paul		 0.20% +5 +25 +27.8%
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Jack		 0.20% +2 +15 +15.2%
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Alfred		 0.20% -2 -1 -0.9%
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Harry		 0.18% -5 -12 -10.3%
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Keith		 0.18% +6 +25 +32.1%
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Adam		 0.17% +7 +29 +40.3%
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Roy		 0.17% -7 -17 -14.8%
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Lawrence		 0.16% +1 +12 +14.8%
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Graeme		 0.15% +6 +23 +37.1%
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Leonard		 0.14% -3 -3 -3.5%
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Robin		 0.14% +3 +11 +15.7%
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Ernest		 0.13% -9 -24 -24.0%
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Gavin		 0.13% -5 -9 -10.8%
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Roger		 0.12% -2 -4 -5.4%
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Gerard		 0.11% +7 +16 +32.7%
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Gilbert		 0.11% +2 +8 +14.0%
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Laurence		 0.10% +6 +15 +33.3%
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Bryan		 0.10% -2 0 0.0%
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Edwin		 0.10% +1 +6 +11.8%
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Barry		 0.09% +12 +18 +50.0%
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Hamish		 0.09% +1 +4 +8.0%
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Maurice		 0.09% +5 +10 +22.7%
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Alasdair		 0.08% +3 +6 +14.3%
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Owen		 0.08% new new new
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Victor		 0.08% -15 -32 -40.5%
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Harold		 0.08% -8 -7 -13.5%
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Alister		 0.08% -9 -8 -15.4%
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Geoffrey		 0.07% 0 +3 +7.5%
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Lindsay		 0.07% new new new
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Russell		 0.07% -5 -2 -4.4%
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Vincent		 0.07% -2 +1 +2.4%
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Rodger		 0.07% new new new
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Campbell		 0.06% new new new
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Murdo		 0.06% -5 -3 -7.7%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 8.80% 0 +466 +10.6%
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Elizabeth		 5.91% 0 +333 +11.4%
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Mary		 5.63% 0 +194 +6.7%
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Catherine		 3.07% 0 +48 +2.9%
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Patricia		 2.57% +1 +129 +10.0%
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Helen		 2.55% -1 +78 +5.9%
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Anne		 2.27% 0 +56 +4.7%
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Jean		 2.21% 0 +172 +16.4%
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Agnes		 1.92% 0 +57 +5.7%
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Ann		 1.78% +1 +107 +12.2%
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Kathleen		 1.72% +5 +269 +39.7%
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Irene		 1.67% -2 +27 +3.0%
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Maureen		 1.66% 0 +137 +17.6%
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Sandra		 1.54% 0 +91 +12.0%
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Janet		 1.52% -3 +50 +6.4%
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Isabella		 1.23% +1 +26 +4.0%
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Sheila		 1.18% -2 -81 -11.1%
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Linda		 1.18% +11 +269 +70.8%
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Jane		 1.12% +2 +57 +10.1%
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Marion		 1.10% -2 +16 +2.7%
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Christine		 1.09% +1 +97 +19.2%
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Christina		 0.99% +1 +87 +19.0%
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Joan		 0.98% -4 -36 -6.2%
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Annie		 0.98% -4 -39 -6.8%
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Dorothy		 0.89% -1 +40 +8.8%
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Eileen		 0.81% 0 +40 +9.8%
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June		 0.79% +1 +37 +9.2%
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Frances		 0.79% -3 +5 +1.2%
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Joyce		 0.77% +6 +91 +27.3%
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Barbara		 0.77% +1 +62 +17.2%
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Moira		 0.75% +3 +77 +22.8%
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Carol		 0.73% -2 +38 +10.4%
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Sarah		 0.73% -6 -2 -0.5%
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Evelyn		 0.68% +2 +49 +15.0%
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Isobel		 0.66% -3 +24 +7.0%
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Jennifer		 0.64% +8 +103 +41.0%
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Susan		 0.63% +3 +59 +20.6%
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Jessie		 0.56% -5 -31 -9.1%
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Doreen		 0.55% -2 -8 -2.6%
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Morag		 0.53% +2 +25 +9.3%
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Janette		 0.53% 0 +6 +2.1%
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Eleanor		 0.49% +1 +11 +4.2%
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Rosemary		 0.49% -5 -20 -6.9%
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Sheena		 0.48% +3 +36 +15.7%
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Jeanette		 0.48% 0 +23 +9.6%
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Alice		 0.46% +2 +26 +11.4%
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Ellen		 0.46% 0 +22 +9.5%
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Alison		 0.46% +2 +34 +15.5%
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Norma		 0.45% -10 -41 -14.2%
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Janice		 0.44% +8 +64 +36.0%
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Grace		 0.44% +2 +38 +18.7%
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Jacqueline		 0.42% +3 +43 +23.1%
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Valerie		 0.41% -5 -1 -0.4%
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Alexandra		 0.41% -2 +19 +9.3%
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Fiona		 0.40% +6 +50 +28.9%
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Sylvia		 0.39% -5 +6 +2.9%
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Georgina		 0.38% -3 +20 +10.7%
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Heather		 0.37% 0 +28 +15.7%
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Pamela		 0.37% +1 +29 +16.6%
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Rose		 0.36% +3 +30 +18.0%
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Brenda		 0.35% +18 +68 +53.5%
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Isabel		 0.33% +6 +37 +25.2%
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Wilma		 0.33% -8 -5 -2.7%
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Lorna		 0.32% -7 -3 -1.7%
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Aileen		 0.31% +6 +28 +19.9%
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Jeanie		 0.31% -4 -3 -1.8%
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Marie		 0.30% 0 +14 +9.2%
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Hazel		 0.30% +2 +23 +16.2%
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Caroline		 0.29% 0 +16 +11.2%
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Muriel		 0.29% -4 +2 +1.3%
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Elaine		 0.28% +7 +28 +21.9%
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Josephine		 0.28% 0 +19 +14.0%
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Marilyn		 0.27% +25 +59 +64.8%
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Williamina		 0.27% -8 -6 -3.9%
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Anna		 0.26% -1 +9 +6.8%
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Martha		 0.25% -12 -24 -14.7%
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Phyllis		 0.25% -1 +8 +6.1%
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Edith		 0.24% -6 -2 -1.5%
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Lesley		 0.24% -2 +4 +3.1%
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Marjory		 0.24% +6 +15 +12.6%
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Avril		 0.23% new new new
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Violet		 0.23% -1 +2 +1.6%
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Ruth		 0.23% -6 -3 -2.3%
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Marlene		 0.22% 0 +4 +3.4%
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Maria		 0.22% +7 +22 +22.4%
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Veronica		 0.22% -3 -2 -1.7%
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Carole		 0.21% -5 -5 -4.1%
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Marjorie		 0.21% +2 +16 +16.0%
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Yvonne		 0.21% -9 -11 -8.7%
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Winifred		 0.21% -3 +8 +7.6%
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Lilian		 0.19% +4 +13 +14.1%
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Pauline		 0.19% new new new
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Annette		 0.18% -4 -5 -4.8%
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Bridget		 0.18% -6 -6 -5.7%
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Elspeth		 0.18% new new new
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Euphemia		 0.17% -1 +4 +4.3%
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Charlotte		 0.17% new new new
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Katherine		 0.17% 0 +2 +2.2%
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Audrey		 0.16% -6 -5 -5.3%
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Theresa		 0.16% 0 -1 -1.1%
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Popularity extremes for Scotland