US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1957. 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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j		 14.570% 0 -0.281%
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r		 13.424% 0 -2.172%
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d		 10.860% 0 +0.046%
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m		 9.430% 0 +3.935%
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t		 5.535% 0 +4.533%
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g		 5.030% 0 -2.802%
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s		 5.003% 0 -0.378%
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c		 4.741% 0 -1.044%
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w		 4.248% 0 -4.711%
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k		 4.050% 0 +5.524%
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b		 3.870% 0 +5.536%
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a		 3.562% +1 +0.451%
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l		 3.466% -1 -3.292%
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p		 3.113% 0 +0.096%
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e		 2.696% 0 -1.028%
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f		 1.559% 0 -3.587%
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h		 1.506% 0 -4.744%
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n		 0.723% 0 -0.138%
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v		 0.639% 0 +1.914%
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o		 0.244% 0 -1.215%
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i		 0.187% 0 -6.500%
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z		 0.033% +1 +17.857%
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u		 0.030% -1 -11.765%
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q		 0.022% 0 +10.000%
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y		 0.006% 0 0.000%
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x		 0.006% 0 +100%
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Girls
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
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d		 11.378% 0 -4.803%
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c		 10.464% 0 +8.672%
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s		 8.917% 0 -2.759%
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j		 8.822% 0 -1.187%
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m		 8.649% 0 -2.470%
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l		 7.779% 0 +2.073%
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k		 6.682% 0 +4.586%
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p		 5.163% 0 -5.196%
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b		 5.044% 0 -0.099%
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r		 4.598% 0 -2.585%
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t		 3.625% +1 +18.619%
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a		 3.620% -1 +0.892%
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e		 2.878% 0 -0.518%
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v		 2.463% 0 -0.766%
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g		 2.221% 0 -4.185%
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n		 2.033% 0 -4.464%
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w		 0.777% 0 -3.956%
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h		 0.729% 0 -4.205%
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f		 0.628% 0 -5.136%
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i		 0.424% 0 -0.235%
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y		 0.341% 0 -1.445%
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o		 0.139% 0 -6.081%
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z		 0.051% 0 +2.000%
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u		 0.024% 0 -31.429%
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q		 0.009% 0 -18.182%
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