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		 7.46% 0
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David		 6.02% 0
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James		 5.84% 0
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William		 4.17% 0
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Robert		 3.69% 0
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Andrew		 3.31% 0
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Thomas		 2.49% 0
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Alan		 2.43% +4
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Stephen		 2.41% -1
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Ian		 2.26% 0
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Michael		 2.19% -2
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Brian		 2.19% -1
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Paul		 2.16% +2
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Alexander		 1.95% -1
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Kenneth		 1.89% +1
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Colin		 1.81% -2
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Gordon		 1.80% +1
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George		 1.69% -1
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Peter		 1.41% 0
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Steven		 1.40% 0
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Derek		 1.40% 0
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Mark		 1.39% +2
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Stuart		 1.30% -1
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Graham		 1.23% -1
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Neil		 1.18% +2
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Kevin		 1.16% -1
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Iain		 1.06% +1
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Douglas		 0.99% -2
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Gary		 0.91% 0
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Charles		 0.90% +2
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Richard		 0.90% +3
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Joseph		 0.89% -2
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Martin		 0.88% -2
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Allan		 0.86% +1
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Donald		 0.81% +1
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Graeme		 0.75% -2
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Edward		 0.67% +1
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Raymond		 0.66% -1
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Scott		 0.62% +7
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Hugh		 0.60% 0
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Ronald		 0.60% -1
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Christopher		 0.60% +2
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Stewart		 0.58% +5
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Anthony		 0.58% -3
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Keith		 0.57% -3
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Patrick		 0.56% -4
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Francis		 0.55% 0
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Craig		 0.55% +4
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Alistair		 0.52% -4
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Duncan		 0.50% +1
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Gerard		 0.48% -2
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Philip		 0.43% +2
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Malcolm		 0.42% 0
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Daniel		 0.41% -4
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Angus		 0.40% +12
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Alastair		 0.38% 0
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Garry		 0.37% +6
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Gavin		 0.32% -1
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Gerald		 0.31% -2
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Eric		 0.30% +1
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Bruce		 0.28% +5
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Norman		 0.27% -7
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Grant		 0.26% +5
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Henry		 0.25% -5
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Roderick		 0.24% -5
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Matthew		 0.24% -1
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Samuel		 0.23% -3
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Leslie		 0.23% -6
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Fraser		 0.22% +4
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Archibald		 0.20% -1
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Calum		 0.19% -1
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Ross		 0.19% -1
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Russell		 0.19% +3
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Frank		 0.17% +3
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Walter		 0.17% -2
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Bernard		 0.16% +15
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Roy		 0.16% +2
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Vincent		 0.16% +2
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Adam		 0.16% +12
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Simon		 0.16% +4
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Jeffrey		 0.15% +7
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Alasdair		 0.15% -1
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Arthur		 0.14% -8
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Nicholas		 0.14% 0
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Barry		 0.14% +2
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Ewan		 0.14% -12
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Callum		 0.14% -2
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Cameron		 0.13% -10
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Bryan		 0.13% +1
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Nigel		 0.13% +4
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Robin		 0.13% -6
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Terence		 0.13% -9
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Sean		 0.12% new
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Murray		 0.12% +6
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Lindsay		 0.10% -7
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Ralph		 0.10% new
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Gregor		 0.10% new
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Lawrence		 0.09% -5
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Geoffrey		 0.09% new
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Jonathan		 0.09% -7
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Timothy		 0.09% new
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Margaret		 3.66% 0
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Karen		 3.54% +3
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Jacqueline		 2.94% 0
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Elizabeth		 2.83% 0
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Linda		 2.81% -3
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Fiona		 2.29% +1
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Susan		 2.16% +1
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Mary		 2.03% -2
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Catherine		 1.91% +1
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Elaine		 1.90% +1
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Carol		 1.88% +1
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Anne		 1.82% -3
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Alison		 1.80% 0
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Angela		 1.65% +2
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Lorraine		 1.56% -1
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Sandra		 1.52% -1
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Helen		 1.42% 0
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Caroline		 1.41% +1
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Ann		 1.39% -1
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Patricia		 1.24% +2
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Gillian		 1.15% +6
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Lesley		 1.07% -2
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Jane		 1.05% 0
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Christine		 1.03% -3
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Pauline		 1.00% +12
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Yvonne		 0.96% -1
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Lynn		 0.92% +2
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Janet		 0.89% -4
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Janice		 0.87% +1
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Heather		 0.83% -4
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Lorna		 0.83% +9
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Maureen		 0.81% -4
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Kathleen		 0.76% -2
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Sharon		 0.75% -2
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Shirley		 0.75% -2
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Audrey		 0.67% +4
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Julie		 0.67% +13
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Diane		 0.66% +7
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Marion		 0.66% -5
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Pamela		 0.62% +12
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Irene		 0.62% -5
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Shona		 0.62% +1
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Donna		 0.59% +17
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Agnes		 0.58% -6
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Jean		 0.58% -10
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Wendy		 0.57% +5
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Marie		 0.56% -3
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June		 0.55% -7
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Jennifer		 0.54% -2
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Deborah		 0.53% +12
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Joan		 0.51% -4
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Valerie		 0.50% -9
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Gail		 0.49% +7
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Sheila		 0.48% +1
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Brenda		 0.46% -2
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Eileen		 0.46% +3
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Aileen		 0.46% -1
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Morag		 0.46% 0
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Frances		 0.46% -12
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Lynne		 0.45% +4
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Joyce		 0.45% -15
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Laura		 0.45% +7
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Carole		 0.44% -4
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Hazel		 0.43% -1
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Barbara		 0.42% 0
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Moira		 0.42% -11
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Denise		 0.41% +4
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Christina		 0.40% -1
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Dorothy		 0.39% -3
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Rosemary		 0.38% +3
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Evelyn		 0.38% +3
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Carolyn		 0.37% -1
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Sarah		 0.34% +2
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Louise		 0.33% -5
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Ruth		 0.33% -7
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Alexandra		 0.32% +14
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Isabella		 0.32% +1
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Dawn		 0.31% +7
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Avril		 0.29% +9
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Amanda		 0.29% +5
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Rhona		 0.28% +1
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Isobel		 0.28% -4
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Kim		 0.28% -7
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Theresa		 0.27% -3
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Annette		 0.26% +2
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Sheena		 0.25% +7
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Suzanne		 0.25% +10
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Janette		 0.25% -11
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Eleanor		 0.25% +3
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Michelle		 0.25% new
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Jill		 0.24% -3
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Maria		 0.24% new
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Judith		 0.23% new
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Tracey		 0.23% new
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Paula		 0.22% new
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Nicola		 0.22% new
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Andrea		 0.22% new
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Wilma		 0.22% -13
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Josephine		 0.21% -4
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Alice		 0.21% new
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Kay		 0.21% new
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Teresa		 0.21% -6
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Popularity extremes for Scotland