US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1952. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	14.812%	0	-1.437%
2.	r	14.111%	0	+0.577%
3.	d	10.887%	0	+3.019%
4.	m	7.616%	0	+5.660%
5.	g	5.728%	0	-1.581%
6.	w	5.129%	0	-3.098%
7.	c	5.004%	0	-1.146%
8.	t	4.988%	0	-0.360%
9.	s	4.675%	+1	+3.429%
10.	l	4.362%	-1	-6.072%
11.	a	3.552%	0	-1.169%
12.	b	3.113%	0	+1.039%
13.	p	3.027%	+1	+1.001%
14.	e	2.900%	-1	-4.699%
15.	k	2.829%	0	+7.689%
16.	h	1.939%	0	-5.137%
17.	f	1.849%	0	-4.247%
18.	n	0.790%	0	-2.107%
19.	v	0.608%	0	+2.013%
20.	o	0.275%	0	-4.181%
21.	i	0.217%	0	0.000%
22.	u	0.039%	0	-2.500%
23.	z	0.022%	0	+4.762%
24.	q	0.017%	0	+6.250%
25.	y	0.007%	0	+16.667%
26.	x	0.004%	0	0.000%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	d	10.417%	+2	+10.443%
2.	j	9.908%	0	-0.721%
3.	m	9.878%	-2	-1.358%
4.	c	9.348%	0	+2.895%
5.	s	8.775%	0	-3.338%
6.	l	7.684%	0	-3.613%
7.	p	6.168%	+1	-3.065%
8.	b	6.164%	-1	-4.641%
9.	k	5.356%	0	+1.324%
10.	r	4.176%	0	+2.554%
11.	a	3.406%	+1	+0.088%
12.	e	3.307%	-1	-3.782%
13.	g	2.710%	0	-5.178%
14.	n	2.459%	0	+1.235%
15.	v	2.389%	0	+6.367%
16.	t	1.767%	0	+10.025%
17.	w	0.824%	+1	-3.626%
18.	f	0.821%	-1	-8.063%
19.	h	0.816%	0	-4.338%
20.	i	0.503%	0	-6.679%
21.	y	0.317%	0	+2.589%
22.	o	0.199%	0	-3.398%
23.	z	0.046%	0	-16.364%
24.	u	0.041%	0	+7.895%
25.	q	0.015%	0	+7.143%
26.	x	0.001%	new	new

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