US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1955. 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 0.000%
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q		 0.020% 0 +17.647%
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z		 0.029% 0 +16.000%
22.
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u		 0.039% 0 -4.878%
21.
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i		 0.201% 0 -1.471%
20.
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o		 0.250% 0 -7.749%
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v		 0.611% 0 0.000%
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n		 0.735% 0 -2.649%
17.
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h		 1.651% 0 -4.290%
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f		 1.677% 0 -3.343%
15.
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e		 2.715% 0 -1.488%
14.
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p		 3.114% 0 +1.865%
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b		 3.344% -1 +1.672%
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a		 3.532% -1 +0.455%
11.
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k		 3.544% +2 +8.280%
10.
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l		 3.720% 0 -4.786%
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w		 4.634% 0 -3.115%
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c		 4.833% 0 +0.228%
7.
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s		 4.982% 0 +1.715%
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t		 5.236% 0 +2.406%
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g		 5.374% 0 -3.084%
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m		 8.687% 0 +3.343%
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d		 11.179% 0 +2.250%
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r		 13.763% 0 -2.646%
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j		 14.662% 0 -0.286%
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Girls
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
26.
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x		 0.001% 0 0.000%
25.
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q		 0.012% 0 -7.692%
24.
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u		 0.039% 0 -4.878%
23.
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z		 0.051% 0 -1.923%
22.
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o		 0.162% 0 -7.955%
21.
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y		 0.322% 0 +1.258%
20.
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i		 0.440% 0 -1.786%
19.
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f		 0.694% 0 -3.745%
18.
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h		 0.808% 0 +0.248%
17.
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w		 0.833% 0 +0.120%
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n		 2.230% 0 -1.978%
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g		 2.427% -2 -3.461%
14.
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v		 2.519% 0 +1.450%
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t		 2.773% +2 +20.775%
12.
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e		 3.037% 0 -2.473%
11.
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a		 3.435% 0 +1.778%
10.
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r		 4.659% 0 +0.583%
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b		 5.274% -1 -4.595%
8.
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k		 5.684% +1 +6.243%
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p		 5.750% 0 -4.501%
6.
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l		 7.511% 0 +0.120%
5.
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s		 9.059% -1 -0.011%
4.
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j		 9.145% -1 -3.084%
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c		 9.188% +2 +3.913%
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m		 9.278% 0 -6.885%
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d		 12.193% 0 +3.832%
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