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		 8.55% 0
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James		 6.96% 0
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David		 5.68% 0
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William		 4.87% 0
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Robert		 4.39% 0
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Thomas		 2.70% 0
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Ian		 2.58% 0
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Andrew		 2.46% +5
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Alexander		 2.37% -1
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Alan		 2.36% 0
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Brian		 2.32% -2
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Stephen		 2.13% +3
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Michael		 2.11% -2
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George		 2.06% -2
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Colin		 1.92% +2
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Kenneth		 1.82% -2
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Peter		 1.75% +1
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Gordon		 1.74% -2
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Paul		 1.23% +5
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Graham		 1.23% 0
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Derek		 1.18% -2
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Douglas		 1.06% 0
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Charles		 1.00% -2
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Steven		 0.99% +5
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Neil		 0.98% +3
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Donald		 0.95% -3
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Joseph		 0.93% -2
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Allan		 0.89% -2
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Stuart		 0.86% +2
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Iain		 0.85% 0
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Richard		 0.84% +3
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Ronald		 0.82% -5
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Edward		 0.81% 0
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Hugh		 0.79% -3
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Martin		 0.71% +3
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Graeme		 0.69% +3
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Gary		 0.66% +8
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Mark		 0.66% +15
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Kevin		 0.65% +4
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Francis		 0.64% -4
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Anthony		 0.60% -2
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Alistair		 0.59% -5
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Keith		 0.58% +4
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Raymond		 0.57% -3
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Christopher		 0.54% -4
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Gerard		 0.53% +3
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Patrick		 0.53% -11
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Stewart		 0.53% 0
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Philip		 0.50% +3
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Duncan		 0.46% -4
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Malcolm		 0.46% -1
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Daniel		 0.46% -8
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Alastair		 0.39% +2
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Henry		 0.37% +2
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Eric		 0.36% +3
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Norman		 0.35% -5
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Gerald		 0.33% -3
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Scott		 0.32% +9
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Leslie		 0.32% -2
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Craig		 0.31% +11
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Matthew		 0.29% +2
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Angus		 0.28% 0
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Archibald		 0.27% -4
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Roderick		 0.26% -4
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Bruce		 0.25% -5
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Gavin		 0.24% +2
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Samuel		 0.24% -3
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Arthur		 0.21% -2
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Grant		 0.20% +4
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Walter		 0.20% +6
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Ross		 0.20% +2
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Ewan		 0.19% +12
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Frank		 0.19% -4
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Russell		 0.19% -2
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Bryan		 0.18% +8
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Garry		 0.18% -11
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Roy		 0.16% -2
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Terence		 0.16% -8
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Fraser		 0.15% -1
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Robin		 0.15% +1
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Alasdair		 0.15% 0
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Simon		 0.15% +10
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Bernard		 0.14% -7
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Nicholas		 0.14% +12
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Lawrence		 0.14% -3
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Cameron		 0.13% +2
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Frederick		 0.12% -8
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Albert		 0.12% -1
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Calum		 0.12% new
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Harry		 0.12% -1
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Barry		 0.11% +9
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Callum		 0.11% -5
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Adam		 0.10% -9
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Lindsay		 0.10% 0
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Timothy		 0.10% new
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Vincent		 0.10% -3
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Murray		 0.10% new
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Trevor		 0.09% 0
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Hamish		 0.09% -2
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Jeffrey		 0.09% -9
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Nigel		 0.09% -4
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Margaret		 4.61% 0
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Elizabeth		 3.69% 0
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Linda		 3.16% +1
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Mary		 2.86% -1
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Anne		 2.50% +1
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Catherine		 2.33% -1
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Susan		 2.33% +1
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Fiona		 2.22% 0
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Jacqueline		 1.90% +4
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Carol		 1.89% -1
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Elaine		 1.79% +3
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Karen		 1.70% +8
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Helen		 1.68% -3
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Ann		 1.65% -3
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Patricia		 1.48% -3
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Alison		 1.48% +1
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Christine		 1.37% -2
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Sandra		 1.34% -2
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Caroline		 1.32% +7
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Jane		 1.19% +1
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Lorraine		 1.17% +2
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Lesley		 1.11% 0
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Angela		 1.08% +6
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Janet		 1.06% -6
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Janice		 1.04% -1
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Maureen		 1.03% -7
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Irene		 0.88% -2
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Kathleen		 0.88% +3
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Jean		 0.86% -2
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Heather		 0.82% +2
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Yvonne		 0.79% +7
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Lynn		 0.78% +7
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Marion		 0.74% -3
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June		 0.74% -1
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Agnes		 0.72% -7
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Sheila		 0.70% 0
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Lorna		 0.70% -2
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Gillian		 0.67% +6
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Joyce		 0.66% -2
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Shirley		 0.63% +7
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Audrey		 0.60% +13
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Joan		 0.60% -7
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Marie		 0.59% +3
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Pauline		 0.58% -3
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Eileen		 0.58% +3
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Shona		 0.58% +14
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Morag		 0.58% +3
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Frances		 0.56% -3
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Moira		 0.56% -6
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Jennifer		 0.54% +5
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Diane		 0.53% -9
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Dorothy		 0.53% +3
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Aileen		 0.52% +4
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Valerie		 0.52% -14
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Wendy		 0.48% +23
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Barbara		 0.47% +5
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Christina		 0.47% -5
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Sarah		 0.46% +1
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Evelyn		 0.46% -1
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Carole		 0.45% +9
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Pamela		 0.44% +3
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Rosemary		 0.44% -13
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Hazel		 0.42% +4
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Isabella		 0.42% -11
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Julie		 0.42% +5
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Gail		 0.41% +8
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Carolyn		 0.41% +16
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Janette		 0.41% -5
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Isobel		 0.39% -6
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Brenda		 0.39% -19
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Lynne		 0.38% +11
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Ruth		 0.36% -6
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Louise		 0.36% +3
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Sheena		 0.35% -9
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Denise		 0.34% +5
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Donna		 0.33% +7
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Eleanor		 0.33% -7
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Wilma		 0.32% -7
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Annie		 0.30% -8
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Theresa		 0.28% -7
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Deborah		 0.28% +16
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Sharon		 0.28% +11
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Kim		 0.28% +2
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Alexandra		 0.27% -5
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Ellen		 0.27% -8
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Grace		 0.27% -9
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Rhona		 0.26% +9
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Laura		 0.26% +6
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Dawn		 0.26% new
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Annette		 0.25% +8
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Rose		 0.25% -9
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Doreen		 0.25% 0
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Norma		 0.25% -1
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Avril		 0.25% +6
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Alice		 0.23% -9
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Catriona		 0.23% +4
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Maria		 0.23% -9
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Teresa		 0.23% -7
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Bernadette		 0.22% new
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Jeanette		 0.22% new
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Popularity extremes for Scotland