US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1954. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls
Boys
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
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x		 0.005% 0 0.000%
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y		 0.006% 0 -14.286%
24.
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q		 0.017% 0 +6.250%
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z		 0.025% 0 +4.167%
22.
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u		 0.041% 0 +2.500%
21.
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i		 0.204% 0 -0.488%
20.
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o		 0.271% 0 -3.214%
19.
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v		 0.611% 0 +1.327%
18.
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n		 0.755% 0 -1.948%
17.
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h		 1.725% -1 -5.892%
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f		 1.735% +1 -4.618%
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e		 2.756% 0 -1.677%
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p		 3.057% -1 -0.843%
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k		 3.273% +1 +12.127%
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b		 3.289% 0 +2.621%
11.
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a		 3.516% 0 -0.453%
10.
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l		 3.907% 0 -4.287%
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w		 4.783% -3 -3.704%
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c		 4.822% 0 -1.552%
7.
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s		 4.898% +2 +3.815%
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t		 5.113% +1 +3.230%
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g		 5.545% 0 -0.288%
4.
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m		 8.406% 0 +5.101%
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d		 10.933% 0 -0.546%
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r		 14.137% 0 -2.227%
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j		 14.704% 0 -0.197%
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Girls
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
26.
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x		 0.001% new new
25.
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q		 0.013% 0 0.000%
24.
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u		 0.041% 0 +7.895%
23.
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z		 0.052% 0 0.000%
22.
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o		 0.176% 0 -3.825%
21.
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y		 0.318% 0 -1.548%
20.
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i		 0.448% 0 -6.667%
19.
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f		 0.721% 0 -8.036%
18.
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h		 0.806% -1 -1.225%
17.
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w		 0.832% +1 +2.337%
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n		 2.275% -1 -3.643%
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t		 2.296% +1 +16.018%
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v		 2.483% 0 +3.848%
13.
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g		 2.514% 0 -3.604%
12.
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e		 3.114% 0 -2.382%
11.
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a		 3.375% 0 -1.661%
10.
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r		 4.632% 0 +4.418%
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k		 5.350% 0 +1.750%
8.
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b		 5.528% 0 -6.226%
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p		 6.021% 0 -3.956%
6.
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l		 7.502% 0 -0.938%
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c		 8.842% -1 -1.832%
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s		 9.060% +1 +1.094%
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j		 9.436% 0 -3.339%
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m		 9.964% 0 +1.902%
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d		 11.743% 0 +5.783%
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