US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1956. 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		 0.003% 0 -40.000%
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y		 0.006% 0 0.000%
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q		 0.020% 0 0.000%
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z		 0.028% 0 -3.448%
22.
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u		 0.034% 0 -12.821%
21.
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i		 0.200% 0 -0.498%
20.
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o		 0.247% 0 -1.200%
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v		 0.627% 0 +2.619%
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n		 0.724% 0 -1.497%
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h		 1.581% 0 -4.240%
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f		 1.617% 0 -3.578%
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e		 2.724% 0 +0.331%
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p		 3.110% 0 -0.128%
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a		 3.546% -1 +0.396%
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l		 3.584% -2 -3.656%
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b		 3.667% +2 +9.659%
10.
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k		 3.838% +1 +8.296%
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w		 4.458% 0 -3.798%
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c		 4.791% 0 -0.869%
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s		 5.022% 0 +0.803%
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g		 5.175% -1 -3.703%
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t		 5.295% +1 +1.127%
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m		 9.073% 0 +4.443%
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d		 10.855% 0 -2.898%
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r		 13.722% 0 -0.298%
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j		 14.611% 0 -0.348%
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Girls
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
26.
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x		 0.000% 0 -100%
25.
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q		 0.011% 0 -8.333%
24.
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u		 0.035% 0 -10.256%
23.
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z		 0.050% 0 -1.961%
22.
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o		 0.148% 0 -8.642%
21.
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y		 0.346% 0 +7.453%
20.
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i		 0.425% 0 -3.409%
19.
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f		 0.662% 0 -4.611%
18.
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h		 0.761% 0 -5.817%
17.
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w		 0.809% 0 -2.881%
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n		 2.128% 0 -4.574%
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g		 2.318% 0 -4.491%
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v		 2.482% 0 -1.469%
13.
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e		 2.893% -1 -4.742%
12.
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t		 3.056% +1 +10.206%
11.
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a		 3.588% 0 +4.454%
10.
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r		 4.720% 0 +1.309%
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b		 5.049% 0 -4.266%
8.
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p		 5.446% -1 -5.287%
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k		 6.389% +1 +12.403%
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l		 7.621% 0 +1.465%
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m		 8.868% -3 -4.419%
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j		 8.928% 0 -2.373%
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s		 9.170% +2 +1.225%
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c		 9.629% +1 +4.800%
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d		 11.952% 0 -1.977%
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