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		 9.13% 0 -87 -1.9%
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James		 7.84% 0 -7 -0.2%
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William		 6.08% 0 +46 +1.5%
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David		 5.53% 0 -106 -3.7%
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Robert		 4.81% 0 -75 -3.0%
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Thomas		 3.22% 0 +11 +0.7%
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Alexander		 2.65% +1 +6 +0.5%
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Ian		 2.63% +1 +63 +5.0%
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George		 2.60% -2 -42 -3.1%
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Alan		 2.40% 0 +66 +5.8%
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Brian		 2.32% 0 +52 +4.7%
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Michael		 2.21% +1 +83 +8.1%
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Andrew		 2.05% -1 -50 -4.6%
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Peter		 1.87% 0 -5 -0.5%
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Kenneth		 1.76% +1 +93 +11.8%
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Gordon		 1.63% -1 -21 -2.5%
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Colin		 1.56% 0 +138 +21.3%
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Stephen		 1.37% +2 +121 +21.3%
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Charles		 1.27% -1 +13 +2.1%
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Douglas		 1.10% -1 -53 -8.8%
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Donald		 1.07% 0 -14 -2.5%
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Joseph		 1.05% 0 +6 +1.2%
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Ronald		 0.99% +1 +4 +0.8%
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Derek		 0.93% +4 +74 +18.8%
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Graham		 0.93% -1 -29 -5.8%
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Edward		 0.91% +1 +17 +3.9%
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Hugh		 0.89% +2 +61 +15.8%
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Allan		 0.87% -3 -33 -7.0%
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Richard		 0.85% -3 -19 -4.2%
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Neil		 0.84% +4 +103 +32.0%
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Paul		 0.77% -1 +40 +11.5%
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Iain		 0.74% 0 +32 +9.4%
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Francis		 0.73% -2 +21 +6.1%
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Patrick		 0.67% -1 +8 +2.4%
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Martin		 0.64% +3 +52 +19.2%
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Stuart		 0.62% -1 +12 +4.0%
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Alistair		 0.62% 0 +35 +12.7%
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Daniel		 0.60% -2 +25 +9.1%
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Raymond		 0.59% 0 +30 +11.3%
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Anthony		 0.56% +6 +71 +33.5%
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Steven		 0.51% +10 +72 +38.5%
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Stewart		 0.51% +3 +24 +10.4%
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Norman		 0.50% -3 -8 -3.1%
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Malcolm		 0.50% -2 +7 +2.9%
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Christopher		 0.50% +5 +57 +29.7%
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Graeme		 0.50% +3 +44 +21.5%
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Keith		 0.49% +2 +54 +28.0%
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Duncan		 0.44% -5 -23 -9.5%
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Gerard		 0.43% -8 -29 -11.8%
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Henry		 0.42% -6 -26 -10.9%
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Alastair		 0.40% +1 +21 +11.5%
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Gerald		 0.37% +2 +14 +8.0%
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Leslie		 0.37% +3 +16 +9.5%
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Eric		 0.37% 0 +10 +5.7%
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Philip		 0.36% -8 -26 -12.6%
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Gary		 0.34% +8 +42 +32.3%
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Angus		 0.34% -4 -10 -5.5%
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Samuel		 0.34% 0 +3 +1.8%
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Roderick		 0.32% 0 0 0.0%
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Matthew		 0.30% +1 +11 +7.9%
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Kevin		 0.29% +4 +33 +28.7%
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Mark		 0.29% +4 +36 +33.3%
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Archibald		 0.27% -5 -29 -17.7%
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Frank		 0.26% -2 -2 -1.5%
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Walter		 0.26% -5 -12 -8.5%
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Arthur		 0.25% -4 -9 -6.8%
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Bruce		 0.24% +1 +18 +17.3%
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Gavin		 0.22% +5 +33 +42.3%
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Bernard		 0.20% -2 -8 -7.5%
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Frederick		 0.19% +1 +5 +5.6%
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Terence		 0.18% -1 0 0.0%
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Lawrence		 0.17% +9 +21 +33.9%
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Roy		 0.15% -4 -18 -18.9%
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Garry		 0.15% new new new
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Scott		 0.15% +1 +5 +7.0%
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Harry		 0.15% -1 +4 +5.6%
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Robin		 0.15% +1 +6 +9.0%
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Russell		 0.14% new new new
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Dennis		 0.13% +3 +9 +15.5%
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Fraser		 0.13% +13 +22 +50.0%
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Stanley		 0.13% -6 -8 -10.8%
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Ross		 0.13% -5 -4 -5.8%
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Vincent		 0.13% +10 +20 +45.5%
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Alasdair		 0.12% -5 -4 -6.1%
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Bryan		 0.12% +14 +20 +47.6%
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Craig		 0.12% +2 +11 +21.6%
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Grant		 0.12% +5 +14 +29.2%
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Adam		 0.12% -8 -4 -6.2%
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Albert		 0.11% -17 -25 -31.6%
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Nicholas		 0.11% -4 +2 +3.9%
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Simon		 0.10% new new new
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Jeffrey		 0.10% -2 +3 +6.4%
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Lindsay		 0.10% -8 -3 -5.7%
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Nigel		 0.10% -6 -1 -2.0%
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Alfred		 0.10% -2 +5 +11.4%
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Hamish		 0.10% -5 +2 +4.3%
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Leonard		 0.10% -13 -9 -15.5%
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Cameron		 0.10% -8 +1 +2.1%
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Trevor		 0.09% new new new
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Denis		 0.09% new new new
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Ralph		 0.09% -1 +4 +9.8%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Margaret		 5.86% 0 -135 -4.6%
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Elizabeth		 4.52% 0 -91 -4.1%
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Mary		 3.84% 0 -27 -1.5%
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Linda		 3.29% 0 +56 +3.7%
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Anne		 2.79% 0 -52 -3.8%
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Catherine		 2.72% 0 +28 +2.2%
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Helen		 2.05% 0 -13 -1.3%
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Ann		 1.83% 0 -3 -0.3%
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Susan		 1.82% +1 +65 +8.1%
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Patricia		 1.80% -1 -14 -1.6%
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Fiona		 1.75% +6 +219 +35.7%
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Carol		 1.60% 0 +124 +19.4%
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Christine		 1.55% +1 +120 +19.4%
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Jacqueline		 1.52% +7 +200 +38.1%
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Elaine		 1.38% +4 +75 +12.9%
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Maureen		 1.30% +2 +10 +1.6%
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Sandra		 1.29% +3 +51 +9.0%
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Janet		 1.28% -7 -37 -5.7%
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Jane		 1.26% -4 -18 -2.9%
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Jean		 1.15% -7 -87 -13.7%
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Caroline		 1.08% +20 +233 +83.2%
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Kathleen		 1.07% +1 +21 +4.3%
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Janice		 1.06% +2 +53 +11.8%
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Alison		 1.05% 0 +29 +6.2%
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Irene		 1.03% -3 -21 -4.1%
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Agnes		 1.03% -11 -130 -21.0%
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Marion		 0.95% -2 +4 +0.9%
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Sheila		 0.89% -1 +3 +0.7%
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Lorraine		 0.82% +6 +84 +27.3%
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Lesley		 0.78% +6 +64 +20.9%
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Moira		 0.77% -1 -1 -0.3%
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June		 0.76% -3 -16 -4.3%
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Joan		 0.72% -5 -69 -16.7%
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Karen		 0.65% +21 +98 +46.0%
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Isabella		 0.64% -1 -6 -1.9%
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Angela		 0.62% +10 +39 +15.2%
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Yvonne		 0.62% +9 +37 +14.4%
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Barbara		 0.61% -5 -30 -9.3%
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Frances		 0.59% -1 -19 -6.3%
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Joyce		 0.59% -8 -58 -17.1%
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Dorothy		 0.58% -2 -18 -6.1%
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Christina		 0.58% -6 -32 -10.5%
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Eileen		 0.58% -10 -61 -18.2%
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Lorna		 0.57% +4 +18 +7.1%
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Heather		 0.57% -5 -19 -6.5%
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Marie		 0.57% +6 +44 +19.4%
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Valerie		 0.56% -2 +5 +1.9%
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Morag		 0.55% -6 -11 -4.0%
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Evelyn		 0.53% -5 -14 -5.2%
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Rosemary		 0.52% +1 +13 +5.5%
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Sarah		 0.50% -2 -10 -4.0%
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Jennifer		 0.49% -10 -39 -14.3%
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Janette		 0.46% +1 +1 +0.5%
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Shirley		 0.45% +2 +5 +2.4%
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Brenda		 0.45% +2 +11 +5.4%
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Isobel		 0.45% -5 -24 -10.1%
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Audrey		 0.45% +4 +17 +8.7%
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Pauline		 0.45% +10 +38 +21.8%
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Gillian		 0.44% -1 +11 +5.5%
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Pamela		 0.40% +3 0 0.0%
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Grace		 0.40% +1 -4 -2.1%
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Sheena		 0.40% -2 -9 -4.5%
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Aileen		 0.40% -3 -9 -4.6%
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Annie		 0.39% -11 -35 -15.8%
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Carole		 0.39% +14 +56 +43.8%
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Diane		 0.39% +16 +57 +44.9%
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Ruth		 0.38% -3 -9 -4.8%
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Eleanor		 0.38% -1 +2 +1.1%
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Rose		 0.38% +4 +20 +12.6%
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Lynn		 0.37% -4 -7 -3.8%
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Hazel		 0.36% -1 +7 +4.3%
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Wilma		 0.35% -2 +4 +2.5%
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Theresa		 0.33% +27 +75 +93.8%
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Ellen		 0.32% -5 -16 -9.5%
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Alice		 0.31% +4 +21 +16.4%
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Alexandra		 0.31% -11 -40 -21.3%
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Norma		 0.31% -2 -4 -2.6%
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Doreen		 0.30% -5 -12 -7.6%
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Gail		 0.30% +4 +18 +14.6%
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Lynne		 0.30% +7 +28 +24.8%
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Maria		 0.29% +1 +13 +10.3%
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Teresa		 0.29% +9 +37 +37.0%
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Isabel		 0.28% -6 0 0.0%
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Jeanette		 0.27% +2 +16 +14.2%
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Sylvia		 0.26% -11 -33 -21.3%
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Josephine		 0.25% -8 -9 -7.0%
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Shona		 0.25% +3 +17 +16.7%
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Avril		 0.24% +1 +11 +10.5%
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Laura		 0.24% -1 +4 +3.6%
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Jessie		 0.23% -6 -9 -7.6%
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Annette		 0.23% -6 -8 -6.9%
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Lynda		 0.23% +2 +12 +12.5%
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Carolyn		 0.22% new new new
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Georgina		 0.22% -18 -44 -29.7%
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Louise		 0.22% 0 +10 +10.6%
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Catriona		 0.20% new new new
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Veronica		 0.20% 0 +9 +10.5%
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Julia		 0.20% -2 +7 +8.0%
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Denise		 0.19% +1 +10 +12.5%
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Anna		 0.18% -9 -14 -14.0%
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Rhona		 0.18% -1 +5 +6.2%
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Popularity extremes for Scotland