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		 9.08% 0
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James		 7.87% 0
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William		 5.77% 0
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David		 5.66% 0
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Robert		 4.80% 0
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Thomas		 3.19% 0
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Alexander		 2.56% 0
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Ian		 2.52% 0
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Brian		 2.41% +2
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George		 2.32% -1
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Alan		 2.17% -1
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Michael		 2.13% 0
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Andrew		 2.09% 0
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Peter		 1.83% 0
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Kenneth		 1.82% 0
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Gordon		 1.75% 0
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Colin		 1.66% 0
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Stephen		 1.51% 0
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Charles		 1.15% 0
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Derek		 1.09% +4
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Douglas		 1.09% -1
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Ronald		 1.02% +1
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Joseph		 1.01% -1
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Graham		 1.01% 0
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Donald		 0.94% -4
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Allan		 0.92% +2
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Iain		 0.86% +5
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Paul		 0.84% +3
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Hugh		 0.81% -2
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Neil		 0.81% +1
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Edward		 0.80% -5
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Richard		 0.79% -3
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Stuart		 0.79% +3
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Francis		 0.72% -1
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Patrick		 0.65% -1
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Steven		 0.65% +6
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Alistair		 0.62% 0
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Martin		 0.60% -3
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Raymond		 0.56% 0
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Keith		 0.55% +7
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Christopher		 0.53% +4
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Daniel		 0.52% -4
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Anthony		 0.52% -3
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Malcolm		 0.51% 0
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Graeme		 0.50% 0
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Gerard		 0.48% +3
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Stewart		 0.45% -5
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Alastair		 0.44% +3
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Norman		 0.43% -6
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Duncan		 0.42% -2
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Henry		 0.42% -1
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Kevin		 0.39% +9
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Mark		 0.38% +9
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Gary		 0.38% +2
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Gerald		 0.36% -3
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Leslie		 0.35% -3
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Archibald		 0.34% +6
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Samuel		 0.34% 0
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Philip		 0.33% -4
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Angus		 0.32% -3
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Eric		 0.31% -7
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Roderick		 0.31% -3
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Matthew		 0.30% -3
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Bruce		 0.25% +3
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Arthur		 0.24% +1
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Gavin		 0.22% +2
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Frank		 0.21% -3
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Walter		 0.21% -2
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Roy		 0.20% +4
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Scott		 0.20% +4
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Russell		 0.19% +7
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Garry		 0.19% +2
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Ross		 0.18% +9
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Bernard		 0.18% -5
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Terence		 0.17% -4
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Frederick		 0.17% -6
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Robin		 0.16% 0
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Craig		 0.15% +6
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Albert		 0.15% +10
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Grant		 0.15% +4
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Harry		 0.14% -5
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Alasdair		 0.13% +2
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Nicholas		 0.13% +7
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Adam		 0.13% +4
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Bryan		 0.13% -1
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Fraser		 0.13% -5
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Lindsay		 0.12% +5
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Ewan		 0.12% new
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Stanley		 0.11% -9
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Leonard		 0.11% +5
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Lawrence		 0.10% -19
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Nigel		 0.10% 0
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Denis		 0.09% +7
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Jack		 0.09% new
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Vincent		 0.09% -12
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Alfred		 0.09% -1
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Ralph		 0.09% +4
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Simon		 0.09% -5
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Barry		 0.08% new
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Cameron		 0.08% -1
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Campbell		 0.08% new
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Geoffrey		 0.08% new
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Margaret		 5.36% 0
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Elizabeth		 4.07% 0
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Mary		 3.46% 0
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Linda		 3.33% 0
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Anne		 2.62% 0
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Catherine		 2.51% 0
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Susan		 1.99% +2
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Helen		 1.94% -1
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Fiona		 1.86% +2
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Carol		 1.77% +2
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Ann		 1.74% -3
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Jacqueline		 1.67% +2
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Christine		 1.60% 0
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Patricia		 1.60% -4
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Elaine		 1.42% 0
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Maureen		 1.26% 0
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Jane		 1.24% +2
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Sandra		 1.23% -1
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Janet		 1.20% -1
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Jean		 1.15% 0
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Caroline		 1.15% 0
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Agnes		 1.09% +4
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Irene		 1.09% +2
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Janice		 1.09% 0
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Alison		 1.08% -1
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Kathleen		 0.99% -4
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Lorraine		 0.95% +2
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Marion		 0.91% -1
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Lesley		 0.90% +1
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Karen		 0.82% +4
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Sheila		 0.78% -3
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June		 0.77% 0
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Moira		 0.76% -2
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Yvonne		 0.72% +3
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Joan		 0.72% -2
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Heather		 0.70% +9
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Joyce		 0.68% +2
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Angela		 0.63% -2
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Lorna		 0.63% +5
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Christina		 0.61% +2
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Barbara		 0.60% -3
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Marie		 0.59% +4
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Isabella		 0.59% -8
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Dorothy		 0.58% -3
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Frances		 0.57% -6
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Valerie		 0.57% +1
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Diane		 0.55% +18
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Eileen		 0.54% -6
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Rosemary		 0.54% +2
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Audrey		 0.52% +7
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Lynn		 0.52% +19
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Sarah		 0.52% 0
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Shirley		 0.51% +1
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Jennifer		 0.51% -2
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Pauline		 0.50% +3
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Janette		 0.49% -3
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Morag		 0.49% -8
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Aileen		 0.48% +5
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Gillian		 0.44% 0
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Bernadette		 0.44% new
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Isobel		 0.44% -5
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Pamela		 0.43% -2
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Brenda		 0.41% -8
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Evelyn		 0.38% -15
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Eleanor		 0.37% +3
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Annie		 0.37% -2
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Hazel		 0.37% +4
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Carole		 0.36% -3
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Grace		 0.36% -7
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Wilma		 0.36% +2
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Alexandra		 0.35% +5
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Lynne		 0.35% +8
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Ruth		 0.35% -6
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Sheena		 0.34% -13
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Gail		 0.32% +4
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Maria		 0.31% +5
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Ellen		 0.31% -3
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Theresa		 0.31% -5
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Louise		 0.30% +15
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Norma		 0.29% -3
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Julie		 0.29% new
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Shona		 0.29% +6
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Carolyn		 0.29% +10
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Rose		 0.28% -16
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Josephine		 0.27% +1
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Doreen		 0.27% -8
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Annette		 0.26% +4
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Alice		 0.26% -13
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Wendy		 0.26% new
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Denise		 0.25% +9
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Georgina		 0.25% +3
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Sylvia		 0.24% -7
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Lynda		 0.24% -2
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Avril		 0.24% -6
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Rhona		 0.24% +6
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Laura		 0.24% -7
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Isabel		 0.23% -14
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Jessie		 0.23% -7
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Deborah		 0.23% new
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Teresa		 0.23% -18
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Popularity extremes for Scotland