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		 8.95% 0
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James		 7.26% 0
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David		 5.61% +1
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William		 5.29% -1
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Robert		 4.35% 0
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Thomas		 2.98% 0
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Ian		 2.70% +1
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Alexander		 2.51% -1
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Brian		 2.47% 0
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Alan		 2.34% +1
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Michael		 2.25% +1
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George		 2.13% -2
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Andrew		 2.09% 0
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Kenneth		 1.89% +1
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Stephen		 1.83% +3
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Gordon		 1.79% 0
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Colin		 1.73% 0
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Peter		 1.71% -4
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Derek		 1.20% +1
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Graham		 1.14% +4
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Charles		 1.07% -2
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Douglas		 1.01% -1
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Donald		 1.01% +2
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Paul		 0.98% +4
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Joseph		 0.94% -2
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Allan		 0.94% 0
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Ronald		 0.92% -5
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Neil		 0.91% +1
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Steven		 0.86% +6
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Iain		 0.85% -3
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Hugh		 0.80% -2
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Stuart		 0.80% +2
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Edward		 0.77% -2
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Richard		 0.77% -2
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Patrick		 0.69% 0
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Francis		 0.69% -2
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Alistair		 0.68% 0
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Martin		 0.58% 0
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Anthony		 0.57% +4
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Graeme		 0.57% +6
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Christopher		 0.56% 0
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Raymond		 0.56% -2
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Kevin		 0.53% +9
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Daniel		 0.52% -2
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Gary		 0.52% +9
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Duncan		 0.50% +4
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Keith		 0.49% -7
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Stewart		 0.48% -1
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Gerard		 0.48% -3
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Malcolm		 0.47% -6
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Norman		 0.43% -2
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Philip		 0.41% +7
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Mark		 0.39% 0
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Gerald		 0.36% +1
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Alastair		 0.36% -7
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Henry		 0.35% -5
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Leslie		 0.34% -1
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Eric		 0.32% +3
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Archibald		 0.31% -2
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Bruce		 0.30% +4
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Roderick		 0.30% +2
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Angus		 0.27% -2
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Matthew		 0.26% 0
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Samuel		 0.25% -7
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Garry		 0.24% +7
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Arthur		 0.24% -1
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Scott		 0.23% +3
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Gavin		 0.23% -2
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Frank		 0.21% -2
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Terence		 0.20% +5
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Craig		 0.19% +7
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Russell		 0.18% -1
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Grant		 0.18% +7
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Ross		 0.18% 0
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Roy		 0.18% -6
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Bernard		 0.17% -2
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Walter		 0.17% -9
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Fraser		 0.16% +7
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Frederick		 0.15% -3
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Robin		 0.15% -3
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Alasdair		 0.14% +1
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Lawrence		 0.13% +9
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Bryan		 0.13% +2
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Adam		 0.13% 0
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Ewan		 0.13% +4
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Callum		 0.12% new
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Albert		 0.12% -8
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Cameron		 0.12% +11
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Harry		 0.12% -8
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Jeffrey		 0.11% new
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Vincent		 0.11% +4
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Simon		 0.11% +4
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Dennis		 0.11% new
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Lindsay		 0.10% -7
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Nicholas		 0.10% -12
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Nigel		 0.10% -3
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Hamish		 0.10% new
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Denis		 0.09% -5
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Trevor		 0.09% new
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Barry		 0.09% -1
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Campbell		 0.09% -1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Margaret		 5.19% 0
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Elizabeth		 4.02% 0
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Mary		 3.26% 0
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Linda		 3.20% 0
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Catherine		 2.45% +1
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Anne		 2.43% -1
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Susan		 2.11% 0
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Fiona		 2.03% +1
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Carol		 1.91% +1
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Helen		 1.70% -2
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Ann		 1.67% 0
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Patricia		 1.64% +2
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Jacqueline		 1.61% -1
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Elaine		 1.57% +1
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Christine		 1.39% -2
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Sandra		 1.35% +2
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Alison		 1.25% +8
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Janet		 1.21% +1
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Maureen		 1.21% -3
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Karen		 1.16% +10
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Jane		 1.14% -4
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Lesley		 1.08% +7
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Lorraine		 1.07% +4
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Janice		 1.06% -1
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Irene		 1.05% -2
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Caroline		 1.04% -5
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Jean		 0.99% -7
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Agnes		 0.90% -6
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Angela		 0.88% +9
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Marion		 0.88% -2
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Kathleen		 0.88% -5
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Heather		 0.87% +4
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June		 0.76% -1
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Joan		 0.73% +1
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Lorna		 0.68% +4
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Sheila		 0.68% -5
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Joyce		 0.67% 0
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Yvonne		 0.65% -4
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Lynn		 0.65% +12
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Valerie		 0.62% +6
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Pauline		 0.59% +14
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Diane		 0.59% +5
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Moira		 0.57% -10
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Gillian		 0.56% +15
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Frances		 0.56% 0
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Marie		 0.55% -4
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Shirley		 0.54% +6
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Eileen		 0.53% 0
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Rosemary		 0.53% -1
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Morag		 0.52% +6
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Brenda		 0.51% +12
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Christina		 0.48% -12
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Isabella		 0.48% -9
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Audrey		 0.48% -4
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Dorothy		 0.47% -11
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Jennifer		 0.47% -1
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Aileen		 0.47% +1
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Evelyn		 0.45% +6
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Sarah		 0.45% -8
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Shona		 0.45% +22
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Barbara		 0.44% -20
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Janette		 0.43% -6
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Isobel		 0.42% -3
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Pamela		 0.41% -2
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Sheena		 0.40% +9
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Ruth		 0.39% +7
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Hazel		 0.38% 0
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Julie		 0.37% +13
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Carole		 0.36% -1
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Eleanor		 0.35% -5
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Annie		 0.34% -5
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Wilma		 0.34% -1
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Theresa		 0.33% +5
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Gail		 0.32% +1
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Grace		 0.32% -7
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Ellen		 0.31% +1
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Louise		 0.31% +3
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Wendy		 0.31% +11
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Alexandra		 0.30% -8
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Denise		 0.30% +10
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Rose		 0.29% +3
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Lynne		 0.29% -11
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Carolyn		 0.28% 0
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Donna		 0.28% new
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Kim		 0.28% new
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Alice		 0.27% +2
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Maria		 0.27% -10
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Teresa		 0.27% +12
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Sylvia		 0.27% +3
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Lynda		 0.26% +3
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Norma		 0.26% -11
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Doreen		 0.25% -6
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Sharon		 0.25% new
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Josephine		 0.24% -9
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Laura		 0.24% +2
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Rhona		 0.24% -2
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Deborah		 0.23% +2
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Annette		 0.23% -11
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Catriona		 0.22% new
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Avril		 0.22% -6
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Popularity extremes for Scotland