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		 9.64% 0 -199 -4.2%
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James		 8.41% 0 +29 +0.7%
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William		 6.34% 0 -128 -4.1%
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David		 5.77% 0 +71 +2.7%
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Robert		 5.28% 0 -17 -0.7%
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Thomas		 3.71% 0 +53 +3.1%
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Alexander		 2.96% 0 -39 -2.7%
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Ian		 2.85% +1 +34 +2.6%
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George		 2.61% -1 -119 -8.8%
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Brian		 2.26% +3 +115 +12.0%
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Alan		 2.16% -1 -58 -5.3%
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Michael		 2.13% 0 +46 +4.8%
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Andrew		 2.07% -2 -15 -1.5%
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Peter		 2.04% 0 +111 +12.9%
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Gordon		 1.67% 0 -30 -3.6%
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Kenneth		 1.58% 0 -1 -0.1%
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Charles		 1.38% 0 -13 -1.9%
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Colin		 1.20% +3 +62 +12.2%
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Ronald		 1.08% -1 -62 -10.8%
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Joseph		 1.07% -1 -24 -4.5%
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Richard		 0.99% +4 +64 +15.7%
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Douglas		 0.98% 0 -18 -3.7%
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Donald		 0.96% -3 -76 -14.3%
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Allan		 0.93% 0 +20 +4.8%
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Graham		 0.93% +5 +77 +21.2%
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Hugh		 0.92% -3 -38 -8.0%
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Edward		 0.89% -1 +34 +8.7%
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Stephen		 0.89% +3 +82 +24.0%
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Francis		 0.83% -1 +27 +7.4%
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Derek		 0.75% -3 -28 -7.3%
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Iain		 0.73% -1 -8 -2.2%
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Patrick		 0.69% +1 +25 +8.2%
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Alistair		 0.68% +3 +43 +15.2%
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Neil		 0.67% -2 -14 -4.2%
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Norman		 0.62% 0 +8 +2.8%
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Raymond		 0.59% +1 +10 +3.7%
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Daniel		 0.58% -3 -26 -8.6%
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Paul		 0.56% 0 +8 +3.1%
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Stuart		 0.55% +1 +31 +13.4%
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Henry		 0.51% -1 -2 -0.8%
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Martin		 0.50% 0 +13 +5.8%
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Stewart		 0.47% +3 +22 +10.9%
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Duncan		 0.45% 0 +5 +2.4%
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Malcolm		 0.44% -1 0 0.0%
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Anthony		 0.43% +2 +15 +8.0%
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Gerard		 0.43% -3 -5 -2.4%
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Alastair		 0.42% -1 +5 +2.6%
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Christopher		 0.40% 0 +5 +2.7%
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Angus		 0.39% +8 +39 +26.4%
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Eric		 0.39% -1 +7 +3.9%
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Leslie		 0.37% 0 +7 +4.1%
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Graeme		 0.37% +4 +22 +14.5%
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Keith		 0.36% +6 +32 +23.0%
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Philip		 0.35% -1 +4 +2.5%
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Archibald		 0.34% -5 -15 -8.4%
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Samuel		 0.34% -2 0 0.0%
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Gerald		 0.32% -6 -15 -8.9%
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Walter		 0.32% 0 +5 +3.4%
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Arthur		 0.29% -4 -19 -12.2%
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Matthew		 0.27% 0 -3 -2.3%
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Frederick		 0.27% +4 +34 +36.6%
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Roderick		 0.26% -1 +24 +23.8%
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Frank		 0.26% +1 +27 +28.4%
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Steven		 0.25% +2 +28 +30.8%
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Bernard		 0.21% -3 +1 +1.0%
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Gary		 0.20% +10 +28 +40.6%
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Terence		 0.18% -4 -11 -11.2%
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Kevin		 0.18% +3 +6 +7.5%
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Bruce		 0.17% +1 -5 -5.9%
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Gavin		 0.17% -3 -11 -12.2%
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Robin		 0.16% +7 +16 +26.2%
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Mark		 0.16% +11 +24 +46.2%
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Scott		 0.14% +10 +16 +30.8%
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Adam		 0.14% 0 -5 -7.0%
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Lawrence		 0.14% -2 -15 -19.0%
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Albert		 0.13% -7 -26 -29.2%
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Stanley		 0.13% +1 -3 -4.5%
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Jack		 0.13% +4 +7 +13.2%
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Roy		 0.13% -7 -20 -25.0%
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Dennis		 0.12% -13 -33 -36.7%
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Harry		 0.12% -6 -14 -19.7%
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Leonard		 0.12% +15 +15 +36.6%
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Bryan		 0.11% -4 -6 -10.2%
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Denis		 0.11% +2 +5 +10.4%
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Jeffrey		 0.11% +3 +6 +12.8%
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Alasdair		 0.11% -5 -3 -5.5%
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Vincent		 0.11% +8 +10 +23.8%
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Garry		 0.10% +1 +1 +2.2%
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Simon		 0.10% new new new
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Alfred		 0.10% -10 -11 -19.3%
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Hamish		 0.09% +6 +2 +4.9%
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Maurice		 0.09% +1 0 0.0%
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Nigel		 0.09% +3 +1 +2.4%
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Campbell		 0.09% new new new
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Roger		 0.09% -2 -1 -2.3%
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Alister		 0.09% new new new
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Laurence		 0.09% -7 -5 -10.9%
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Nicholas		 0.09% +4 +2 +5.1%
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Ross		 0.08% -13 -8 -17.0%
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Geoffrey		 0.08% new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 6.66% 0 -101 -3.3%
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Elizabeth		 5.13% 0 -78 -3.3%
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Mary		 4.09% 0 -198 -9.7%
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Linda		 3.39% 0 +65 +4.4%
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Anne		 3.10% 0 +26 +1.9%
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Catherine		 2.91% 0 +30 +2.3%
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Helen		 2.31% 0 -72 -6.5%
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Patricia		 1.96% +1 +23 +2.7%
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Ann		 1.87% -1 -28 -3.2%
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Susan		 1.51% +6 +121 +21.7%
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Janet		 1.42% +4 +38 +6.3%
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Agnes		 1.38% +2 +2 +0.3%
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Maureen		 1.38% -2 -54 -8.0%
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Christine		 1.36% -4 -78 -11.3%
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Jean		 1.35% -3 -60 -9.0%
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Irene		 1.28% -3 -61 -9.6%
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Jane		 1.23% +2 +24 +4.5%
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Carol		 1.20% 0 +8 +1.5%
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Sandra		 1.18% +1 +5 +0.9%
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Kathleen		 1.13% +1 -8 -1.6%
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Elaine		 1.12% +3 +89 +21.4%
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Fiona		 1.10% +1 +61 +14.1%
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Sheila		 1.09% -1 +42 +9.3%
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Alison		 1.06% +2 +92 +24.0%
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Marion		 1.04% -8 -74 -13.6%
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June		 0.91% +3 +44 +12.1%
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Moira		 0.88% -2 +4 +1.0%
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Janice		 0.86% +4 +58 +17.6%
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Joan		 0.81% -1 -13 -3.4%
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Jacqueline		 0.81% +5 +47 +14.9%
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Barbara		 0.76% -4 -42 -11.0%
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Isabella		 0.74% +1 +10 +3.1%
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Dorothy		 0.73% -3 -36 -9.9%
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Joyce		 0.72% -3 -17 -5.0%
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Frances		 0.66% +3 +9 +3.1%
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Eileen		 0.65% +1 -12 -3.9%
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Evelyn		 0.65% +7 +35 +13.6%
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Lesley		 0.64% -4 -27 -8.5%
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Sarah		 0.64% +7 +55 +23.8%
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Christina		 0.62% -4 -35 -11.1%
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Lorna		 0.61% +10 +58 +26.6%
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Jennifer		 0.60% -1 +8 +3.1%
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Rosemary		 0.58% -4 -6 -2.2%
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Caroline		 0.56% +4 +24 +10.6%
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Valerie		 0.55% +1 +15 +6.5%
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Marie		 0.54% +3 +19 +8.5%
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Annie		 0.54% -5 -18 -6.9%
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Brenda		 0.53% +4 +22 +10.2%
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Morag		 0.52% -5 -12 -4.9%
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Pamela		 0.51% +7 +34 +17.5%
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Isobel		 0.50% -6 -16 -6.6%
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Janette		 0.48% -2 -2 -0.9%
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Lorraine		 0.48% +3 +14 +6.9%
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Yvonne		 0.46% +3 +14 +7.2%
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Heather		 0.45% 0 -2 -1.0%
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Eleanor		 0.43% -3 -15 -7.2%
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Angela		 0.43% +3 +14 +7.9%
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Audrey		 0.42% +10 +34 +21.9%
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Aileen		 0.41% +6 +16 +9.5%
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Sheena		 0.39% -7 -34 -16.3%
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Alice		 0.38% +8 +19 +12.4%
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Gillian		 0.38% +16 +51 +42.5%
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Rose		 0.38% +5 +14 +8.9%
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Shirley		 0.37% +15 +47 +39.5%
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Norma		 0.36% -5 -15 -8.4%
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Grace		 0.36% +5 +15 +10.3%
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Ellen		 0.35% -4 -18 -10.3%
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Pauline		 0.35% +14 +44 +38.9%
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Hazel		 0.35% +3 +14 +9.9%
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Ruth		 0.34% +2 +11 +7.7%
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Alexandra		 0.32% -2 -8 -5.2%
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Karen		 0.32% +26 +65 +81.3%
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Doreen		 0.31% -9 -29 -17.1%
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Wilma		 0.31% -8 -18 -11.4%
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Carole		 0.31% +16 +48 +53.3%
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Sylvia		 0.30% +1 +13 +10.6%
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Jessie		 0.30% -18 -49 -26.8%
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Josephine		 0.27% +5 +16 +15.0%
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Isabel		 0.27% -4 -16 -11.7%
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Maria		 0.27% -3 -9 -6.9%
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Diane		 0.27% +5 +19 +18.8%
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Georgina		 0.27% +1 +11 +10.1%
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Annette		 0.26% +1 +11 +10.6%
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Lynn		 0.25% +5 +19 +20.2%
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Jeanette		 0.24% -11 -29 -20.9%
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Shona		 0.23% new new new
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Janis		 0.23% new new new
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Lynda		 0.22% -8 -14 -12.2%
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Williamina		 0.22% 0 +5 +5.2%
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Anna		 0.22% -3 +3 +3.1%
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Teresa		 0.21% -6 -6 -5.9%
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Gail		 0.21% +7 +17 +21.8%
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Marilyn		 0.21% -31 -83 -47.2%
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May		 0.20% new new new
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Louise		 0.19% +1 +6 +7.4%
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Avril		 0.19% -6 -6 -6.5%
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Martha		 0.19% +3 +8 +10.3%
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Lynne		 0.19% -5 +2 +2.4%
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Carolyn		 0.18% new new new
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Laura		 0.18% new new new
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Theresa		 0.18% -7 -2 -2.4%
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Popularity extremes for Scotland