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		 10.79% 0
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James		 9.45% 0
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William		 7.23% 0
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Robert		 5.82% 0
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David		 5.01% 0
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Thomas		 3.75% 0
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Alexander		 3.46% 0
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George		 3.26% 0
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Ian		 2.79% 0
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Andrew		 2.02% 0
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Brian		 1.94% 0
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Peter		 1.88% +1
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Michael		 1.82% -1
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Alan		 1.71% 0
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Charles		 1.53% +2
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Ronald		 1.51% -1
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Gordon		 1.42% -1
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Kenneth		 1.31% 0
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Douglas		 1.11% +2
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Donald		 1.11% -1
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Joseph		 1.05% -1
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Hugh		 1.03% 0
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Edward		 0.97% 0
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Allan		 0.93% +1
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Francis		 0.89% -1
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Richard		 0.82% +1
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Colin		 0.80% -1
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Norman		 0.75% 0
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Patrick		 0.74% 0
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Henry		 0.66% 0
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Daniel		 0.61% +2
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Derek		 0.61% 0
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Alistair		 0.58% +3
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Raymond		 0.56% -3
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Neil		 0.53% 0
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Iain		 0.53% -2
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Duncan		 0.50% 0
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Graham		 0.50% +5
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Archibald		 0.48% -2
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Stewart		 0.45% +2
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Eric		 0.45% -1
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Samuel		 0.44% +6
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Arthur		 0.39% +2
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Stuart		 0.39% -5
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Alastair		 0.38% -1
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Malcolm		 0.38% -6
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Dennis		 0.37% +2
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Walter		 0.36% -1
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Angus		 0.33% -4
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Stephen		 0.33% +11
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Leslie		 0.33% 0
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Anthony		 0.32% -2
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Gerald		 0.32% +7
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Christopher		 0.31% +1
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Frederick		 0.31% -2
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Philip		 0.29% -3
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Frank		 0.28% +1
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Roderick		 0.27% -1
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Martin		 0.27% -3
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Matthew		 0.26% -6
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Paul		 0.26% +11
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Bruce		 0.21% +2
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Denis		 0.20% +1
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Albert		 0.20% -2
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Bernard		 0.20% -1
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Terence		 0.19% +1
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Keith		 0.18% +1
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Roy		 0.18% -1
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Stanley		 0.17% -9
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Gavin		 0.17% +6
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Adam		 0.16% 0
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Gerard		 0.16% +1
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Harry		 0.16% +1
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Graeme		 0.16% +1
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Leonard		 0.16% +2
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Jack		 0.14% 0
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Hamish		 0.14% +4
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Lawrence		 0.13% -8
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Robin		 0.13% +2
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Alfred		 0.12% -11
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Ernest		 0.11% -2
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Alister		 0.11% +6
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Roger		 0.10% -1
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Bryan		 0.09% -1
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Barry		 0.09% new
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Harold		 0.09% +2
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Laurence		 0.09% +10
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Vincent		 0.09% new
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Murdo		 0.08% new
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Desmond		 0.08% new
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Lindsay		 0.08% new
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Alasdair		 0.08% -7
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Campbell		 0.08% +4
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Nigel		 0.08% new
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Ross		 0.08% +3
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Gilbert		 0.08% -12
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Russell		 0.08% -2
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Steven		 0.08% new
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Victor		 0.08% -8
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Geoffrey		 0.07% -5
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Margaret		 8.32% 0
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Elizabeth		 5.96% 0
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Mary		 5.29% 0
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Catherine		 3.21% 0
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Helen		 2.63% 0
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Anne		 2.38% +1
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Patricia		 2.27% -1
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Linda		 2.06% +7
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Jean		 1.99% -1
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Kathleen		 1.89% -1
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Ann		 1.82% -1
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Agnes		 1.78% -1
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Irene		 1.69% 0
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Maureen		 1.57% -2
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Janet		 1.50% -1
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Sandra		 1.45% 0
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Sheila		 1.20% 0
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Christine		 1.19% +4
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Isabella		 1.18% -1
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Marion		 1.05% -1
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Jane		 1.05% -1
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Joan		 0.99% -1
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Annie		 0.93% 0
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Christina		 0.89% 0
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June		 0.87% +4
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Eileen		 0.86% +1
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Frances		 0.84% -2
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Carol		 0.83% +2
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Jennifer		 0.81% +6
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Moira		 0.78% +2
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Dorothy		 0.78% -3
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Susan		 0.76% +2
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Barbara		 0.75% -7
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Sarah		 0.71% -1
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Joyce		 0.69% -4
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Isobel		 0.66% +1
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Rosemary		 0.62% +1
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Jessie		 0.58% +3
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Janette		 0.58% -1
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Evelyn		 0.55% -4
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Alison		 0.54% -1
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Jacqueline		 0.48% +5
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Fiona		 0.48% +5
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Valerie		 0.48% +10
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Eleanor		 0.48% -3
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Norma		 0.47% 0
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Janice		 0.47% -4
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Jeanette		 0.46% +1
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Ellen		 0.46% -4
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Morag		 0.46% +2
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Doreen		 0.43% -7
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Brenda		 0.42% +7
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Alice		 0.40% -1
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Caroline		 0.40% +3
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Wilma		 0.40% +9
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Heather		 0.39% +4
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Rose		 0.39% -1
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Grace		 0.37% -8
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Sheena		 0.37% -4
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Elaine		 0.36% +20
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Marie		 0.36% +5
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Hazel		 0.35% -4
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Lorna		 0.35% +4
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Georgina		 0.32% 0
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Jeanie		 0.31% +19
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Pamela		 0.31% -5
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Alexandra		 0.30% -13
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Sylvia		 0.30% -6
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Marilyn		 0.29% -3
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Isabel		 0.28% -2
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Lesley		 0.28% -1
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Aileen		 0.28% -3
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Ruth		 0.28% +1
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Edith		 0.26% +6
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Angela		 0.26% +16
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Williamina		 0.26% +8
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Veronica		 0.25% +19
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Annette		 0.25% +16
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Anna		 0.25% -4
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Yvonne		 0.25% +6
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Josephine		 0.24% -12
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Muriel		 0.24% -4
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Phyllis		 0.23% -14
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Marjorie		 0.23% -10
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Marjory		 0.23% +2
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Martha		 0.21% -9
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Maria		 0.21% -11
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Avril		 0.20% +11
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Carole		 0.19% -7
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Lorraine		 0.19% new
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Pauline		 0.19% +8
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Violet		 0.19% -3
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Marlene		 0.19% -14
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Lilian		 0.19% new
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Theresa		 0.18% -5
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Winifred		 0.18% -4
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Katherine		 0.18% new
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May		 0.18% -11
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Rachel		 0.18% new
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Roberta		 0.18% 0
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Popularity extremes for Scotland