US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1953. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	14.733%	0	-0.533%
2.	r	14.459%	0	+2.466%
3.	d	10.993%	0	+0.974%
4.	m	7.998%	0	+5.016%
5.	g	5.561%	0	-2.916%
6.	w	4.967%	0	-3.159%
7.	t	4.953%	+1	-0.702%
8.	c	4.898%	-1	-2.118%
9.	s	4.718%	0	+0.920%
10.	l	4.082%	0	-6.419%
11.	a	3.532%	0	-0.563%
12.	b	3.205%	0	+2.955%
13.	p	3.083%	0	+1.850%
14.	k	2.919%	+1	+3.181%
15.	e	2.803%	-1	-3.345%
16.	h	1.833%	0	-5.467%
17.	f	1.819%	0	-1.622%
18.	n	0.770%	0	-2.532%
19.	v	0.603%	0	-0.822%
20.	o	0.280%	0	+1.818%
21.	i	0.205%	0	-5.530%
22.	u	0.040%	0	+2.564%
23.	z	0.024%	0	+9.091%
24.	q	0.016%	0	-5.882%
25.	y	0.007%	0	0.000%
26.	x	0.005%	0	+25.000%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	d	11.101%	0	+6.566%
2.	m	9.778%	+1	-1.012%
3.	j	9.762%	-1	-1.474%
4.	c	9.007%	0	-3.648%
5.	s	8.962%	0	+2.131%
6.	l	7.573%	0	-1.445%
7.	p	6.269%	0	+1.637%
8.	b	5.895%	0	-4.364%
9.	k	5.258%	0	-1.830%
10.	r	4.436%	0	+6.226%
11.	a	3.432%	0	+0.763%
12.	e	3.190%	0	-3.538%
13.	g	2.608%	0	-3.764%
14.	v	2.391%	+1	+0.084%
15.	n	2.361%	-1	-3.985%
16.	t	1.979%	0	+11.998%
17.	h	0.816%	+2	0.000%
18.	w	0.813%	-1	-1.335%
19.	f	0.784%	-1	-4.507%
20.	i	0.480%	0	-4.573%
21.	y	0.323%	0	+1.893%
22.	o	0.183%	0	-8.040%
23.	z	0.052%	0	+13.043%
24.	u	0.038%	0	-7.317%
25.	q	0.013%	0	-13.333%

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