US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1951. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	15.028%	0	-2.339%
2.	r	14.030%	0	-0.235%
3.	d	10.568%	0	+1.352%
4.	m	7.208%	0	+5.938%
5.	g	5.820%	0	+0.814%
6.	w	5.293%	0	-2.988%
7.	c	5.062%	0	-0.784%
8.	t	5.006%	0	+1.542%
9.	l	4.644%	0	-5.166%
10.	s	4.520%	0	+6.403%
11.	a	3.594%	0	+0.813%
12.	b	3.081%	+1	+0.130%
13.	e	3.043%	-1	-1.265%
14.	p	2.997%	0	-1.024%
15.	k	2.627%	0	+9.550%
16.	h	2.044%	0	-4.664%
17.	f	1.931%	0	-3.883%
18.	n	0.807%	0	+0.373%
19.	v	0.596%	0	-3.247%
20.	o	0.287%	0	-4.651%
21.	i	0.217%	0	-6.466%
22.	u	0.040%	0	+8.108%
23.	z	0.021%	0	+5.000%
24.	q	0.016%	0	-15.789%
25.	y	0.006%	0	-14.286%
26.	x	0.004%	0	+33.333%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	m	10.014%	0	-4.264%
2.	j	9.980%	0	-1.646%
3.	d	9.432%	+3	+18.656%
4.	c	9.085%	0	-0.547%
5.	s	9.078%	-2	-5.693%
6.	l	7.972%	-1	-6.651%
7.	b	6.464%	0	-4.421%
8.	p	6.363%	0	+7.284%
9.	k	5.286%	0	+6.444%
10.	r	4.072%	0	+2.595%
11.	e	3.437%	0	-3.887%
12.	a	3.403%	0	-1.219%
13.	g	2.858%	0	+0.598%
14.	n	2.429%	0	-3.458%
15.	v	2.246%	0	+4.660%
16.	t	1.606%	0	+10.151%
17.	f	0.893%	0	-6.979%
18.	w	0.855%	+1	-1.950%
19.	h	0.853%	-1	-4.799%
20.	i	0.539%	0	-8.799%
21.	y	0.309%	0	+2.658%
22.	o	0.206%	0	-5.936%
23.	z	0.055%	0	+5.769%
24.	u	0.038%	0	0.000%
25.	q	0.014%	0	-22.222%

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