Python: Rename duplicates in list with progressive numbers without sorting list

My solution with map and lambda:

print map(lambda x: x[1] + str(mylist[:x[0]].count(x[1]) + 1) if mylist.count(x[1]) > 1 else x[1], enumerate(mylist))

More traditional form

newlist = []
for i, v in enumerate(mylist):
    totalcount = mylist.count(v)
    count = mylist[:i].count(v)
    newlist.append(v + str(count + 1) if totalcount > 1 else v)

And last one

[v + str(mylist[:i].count(v) + 1) if mylist.count(v) > 1 else v for i, v in enumerate(mylist)]

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