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		 10.38% 0 -209 -4.1%
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James		 9.17% 0 -63 -1.4%
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William		 6.91% 0 -168 -4.9%
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Robert		 5.79% 0 -73 -2.6%
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David		 5.29% 0 -71 -2.8%
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Thomas		 3.60% 0 -99 -5.6%
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Alexander		 3.23% 0 -79 -5.0%
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George		 3.05% 0 -61 -4.1%
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Ian		 2.74% 0 +12 +0.9%
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Andrew		 2.03% +1 -53 -5.3%
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Brian		 1.96% -1 -116 -11.2%
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Michael		 1.91% 0 -6 -0.7%
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Alan		 1.91% 0 0 0.0%
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Peter		 1.87% 0 +5 +0.6%
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Gordon		 1.82% +2 +136 +19.0%
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Charles		 1.53% -1 -45 -5.9%
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Ronald		 1.49% -1 -28 -3.9%
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Kenneth		 1.37% 0 -9 -1.4%
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Douglas		 1.22% +2 +50 +9.6%
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Joseph		 1.08% -1 -22 -4.2%
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Donald		 1.06% -1 -31 -5.9%
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Allan		 0.99% +3 +35 +8.2%
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Hugh		 0.99% 0 -26 -5.3%
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Edward		 0.97% -2 -47 -9.4%
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Colin		 0.96% -1 -36 -7.5%
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Richard		 0.85% 0 -7 -1.7%
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Francis		 0.83% 0 -9 -2.3%
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Patrick		 0.69% 0 -33 -9.3%
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Alistair		 0.64% +3 +10 +3.4%
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Derek		 0.64% 0 -7 -2.3%
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Raymond		 0.63% -2 -18 -5.8%
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Norman		 0.62% +2 +23 +8.6%
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Daniel		 0.60% 0 -3 -1.1%
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Graham		 0.59% +3 +16 +6.2%
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Iain		 0.59% +1 +11 +4.2%
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Neil		 0.58% -1 +5 +1.9%
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Henry		 0.57% -6 -33 -11.0%
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Duncan		 0.50% 0 -17 -6.8%
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Stewart		 0.49% 0 +3 +1.3%
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Stephen		 0.47% +4 +42 +23.6%
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Archibald		 0.47% -1 0 0.0%
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Stuart		 0.46% 0 +3 +1.4%
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Malcolm		 0.41% 0 -3 -1.6%
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Paul		 0.40% +17 +63 +50.4%
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Eric		 0.39% -4 -33 -15.2%
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Alastair		 0.38% +3 +6 +3.5%
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Samuel		 0.37% -1 -1 -0.6%
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Arthur		 0.36% +4 +7 +4.3%
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Martin		 0.36% +8 +29 +20.7%
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Philip		 0.36% -3 -6 -3.4%
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Leslie		 0.34% +3 +6 +3.9%
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Anthony		 0.34% -7 -18 -10.2%
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Dennis		 0.32% -3 -18 -10.7%
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Angus		 0.32% -7 -24 -13.8%
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Christopher		 0.32% -1 -9 -5.7%
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Walter		 0.31% -5 -21 -12.6%
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Gerald		 0.31% -1 +3 +2.1%
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Frank		 0.27% -1 -15 -10.7%
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Frederick		 0.26% +1 -6 -4.7%
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Roderick		 0.26% -5 -32 -21.2%
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Matthew		 0.25% -2 -21 -15.1%
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Terence		 0.25% +2 +14 +13.6%
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Gerard		 0.24% +5 +23 +25.3%
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Graeme		 0.24% +9 +34 +43.6%
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Denis		 0.23% +2 +13 +14.1%
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Bernard		 0.21% -3 -6 -5.8%
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Bruce		 0.21% -2 -4 -4.0%
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Keith		 0.20% -6 -11 -10.5%
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Lawrence		 0.20% +8 +24 +34.3%
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Albert		 0.18% -4 -13 -13.5%
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Roy		 0.18% +4 +10 +13.7%
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Stanley		 0.18% +1 +1 +1.2%
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Harry		 0.17% -4 -5 -5.8%
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Alfred		 0.14% +4 +6 +9.8%
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Gavin		 0.14% 0 -6 -8.3%
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Adam		 0.13% -7 -24 -27.9%
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Robin		 0.12% 0 -8 -12.5%
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Jack		 0.12% -6 -26 -32.5%
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Leonard		 0.11% +1 -6 -10.2%
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Ernest		 0.10% -2 -13 -21.3%
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Kevin		 0.10% +12 +12 +33.3%
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Steven		 0.10% new new new
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Desmond		 0.09% +12 +8 +22.9%
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Gilbert		 0.09% -2 -3 -6.5%
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Harold		 0.09% +9 +7 +19.4%
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Victor		 0.09% +6 +5 +13.2%
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Vincent		 0.09% new new new
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Bryan		 0.09% -2 +2 +5.1%
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Alasdair		 0.09% -4 0 0.0%
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Alister		 0.08% +5 +4 +11.4%
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Mark		 0.08% new new new
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Lindsay		 0.08% new new new
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Maurice		 0.08% -10 -5 -11.6%
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Owen		 0.08% +6 +5 +15.2%
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Campbell		 0.08% new new new
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Geoffrey		 0.08% -5 -1 -2.7%
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Craig		 0.08% new new new
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Fraser		 0.08% -15 -8 -18.6%
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Hamish		 0.08% -11 -4 -10.3%
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Roger		 0.07% -1 +2 +6.3%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 7.65% 0 -211 -5.9%
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Elizabeth		 5.37% 0 -236 -9.1%
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Mary		 4.92% 0 -169 -7.3%
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Anne		 3.22% +1 +227 +19.1%
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Catherine		 3.02% -1 -74 -5.3%
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Linda		 2.98% 0 +167 +14.6%
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Helen		 2.45% 0 +55 +5.4%
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Patricia		 2.41% 0 +95 +9.9%
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Irene		 2.27% 0 +136 +15.8%
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Ann		 1.83% +3 +54 +7.2%
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Agnes		 1.78% -1 -42 -5.1%
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Jean		 1.77% 0 -23 -2.9%
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Kathleen		 1.58% -2 -119 -14.6%
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Maureen		 1.50% 0 -43 -6.1%
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Janet		 1.42% 0 +4 +0.6%
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Christine		 1.35% +2 +62 +11.7%
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Sandra		 1.28% -1 -22 -3.8%
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Marion		 1.10% +1 -30 -5.8%
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Sheila		 1.09% -2 -69 -12.6%
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Jane		 1.07% 0 -40 -7.9%
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Isabella		 1.01% +1 +4 +0.9%
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Moira		 0.95% -1 -67 -13.8%
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Joan		 0.91% 0 -21 -5.0%
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Annie		 0.88% +3 +21 +5.7%
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Carol		 0.88% +3 +23 +6.3%
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Barbara		 0.84% +4 +13 +3.7%
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Frances		 0.83% -2 -21 -5.5%
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Susan		 0.82% +4 +23 +6.8%
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Christina		 0.81% -3 -13 -3.5%
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Dorothy		 0.78% +1 -6 -1.7%
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Alison		 0.77% +10 +96 +40.0%
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June		 0.77% -7 -69 -17.0%
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Eileen		 0.75% 0 -4 -1.2%
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Evelyn		 0.68% +2 +13 +4.6%
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Isobel		 0.67% +5 +53 +21.9%
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Jennifer		 0.67% -7 -66 -18.3%
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Joyce		 0.67% -2 -12 -3.9%
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Sarah		 0.59% -4 -52 -16.7%
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Janice		 0.57% -1 -6 -2.3%
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Jacqueline		 0.52% +3 +11 +5.0%
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Fiona		 0.52% +5 +22 +10.7%
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Rosemary		 0.52% -5 -47 -17.2%
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Janette		 0.50% -4 -23 -9.4%
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Morag		 0.49% +1 +1 +0.5%
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Heather		 0.46% +5 +17 +9.1%
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Caroline		 0.46% +7 +19 +10.3%
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Jessie		 0.46% -4 -23 -10.2%
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Marilyn		 0.46% 0 +10 +5.2%
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Marie		 0.44% +18 +39 +25.5%
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Brenda		 0.43% -3 -10 -5.1%
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Eleanor		 0.42% -7 -28 -13.1%
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Valerie		 0.41% 0 -3 -1.6%
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Alice		 0.41% -4 -7 -3.7%
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Doreen		 0.41% +8 +14 +8.4%
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Norma		 0.41% -5 -8 -4.3%
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Elaine		 0.40% +4 +4 +2.3%
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Sheena		 0.40% +6 +11 +6.6%
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Lesley		 0.39% +10 +26 +17.9%
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Lorna		 0.39% -2 -10 -5.6%
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Pamela		 0.36% -5 -24 -13.1%
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Jeanette		 0.36% -2 -17 -9.7%
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Ellen		 0.36% -9 -27 -14.7%
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Rose		 0.35% 0 -10 -6.1%
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Hazel		 0.35% 0 -1 -0.6%
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Yvonne		 0.34% +4 +13 +9.5%
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Grace		 0.34% -8 -31 -17.4%
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Georgina		 0.32% -3 -13 -8.4%
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Aileen		 0.32% +4 +8 +6.1%
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Alexandra		 0.32% -13 -44 -24.0%
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Josephine		 0.31% +3 +14 +11.3%
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Wilma		 0.31% -7 -19 -12.3%
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Ruth		 0.29% +2 +9 +7.7%
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Maria		 0.25% +7 +11 +11.0%
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Annette		 0.25% +6 +8 +8.0%
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Pauline		 0.24% +12 +12 +12.8%
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Shirley		 0.24% +7 +5 +5.1%
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Marlene		 0.23% +10 +8 +8.5%
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Martha		 0.23% +17 +15 +17.4%
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Muriel		 0.23% +18 +16 +19.0%
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Edith		 0.23% +5 +3 +3.1%
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Sylvia		 0.23% -5 -17 -14.7%
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Williamina		 0.23% -3 -10 -9.2%
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Angela		 0.22% +3 +3 +3.2%
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Jeanie		 0.22% -6 -10 -9.3%
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Lynda		 0.22% -15 -40 -29.2%
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Isabel		 0.21% -17 -43 -31.4%
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Marjory		 0.21% -7 -8 -7.8%
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May		 0.21% new new new
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Anna		 0.20% +2 -2 -2.2%
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Audrey		 0.20% 0 -4 -4.3%
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Janis		 0.20% +1 -2 -2.2%
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Phyllis		 0.19% -16 -25 -22.7%
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Veronica		 0.19% -13 -16 -16.0%
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Avril		 0.19% -7 -11 -11.7%
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Gillian		 0.19% -1 -5 -5.7%
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Lorraine		 0.19% -10 -15 -15.3%
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Theresa		 0.19% -1 -5 -5.7%
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Carole		 0.18% +1 +3 +3.9%
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Katherine		 0.18% -3 -6 -7.0%
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Marjorie		 0.18% -3 -7 -8.3%
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Violet		 0.18% -1 0 0.0%
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Popularity extremes for Scotland