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			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
26.	x	0.006%	0	+100%
25.	y	0.006%	0	0.000%
24.	q	0.022%	0	+10.000%
23.	u	0.030%	-1	-11.765%
22.	z	0.033%	+1	+17.857%
21.	i	0.187%	0	-6.500%
20.	o	0.244%	0	-1.215%
19.	v	0.639%	0	+1.914%
18.	n	0.723%	0	-0.138%
17.	h	1.506%	0	-4.744%
16.	f	1.559%	0	-3.587%
15.	e	2.696%	0	-1.028%
14.	p	3.113%	0	+0.096%
13.	l	3.466%	-1	-3.292%
12.	a	3.562%	+1	+0.451%
11.	b	3.870%	0	+5.536%
10.	k	4.050%	0	+5.524%
9.	w	4.248%	0	-4.711%
8.	c	4.741%	0	-1.044%
7.	s	5.003%	0	-0.378%
6.	g	5.030%	0	-2.802%
5.	t	5.535%	0	+4.533%
4.	m	9.430%	0	+3.935%
3.	d	10.860%	0	+0.046%
2.	r	13.424%	0	-2.172%
1.	j	14.570%	0	-0.281%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
25.	q	0.009%	0	-18.182%
24.	u	0.024%	0	-31.429%
23.	z	0.051%	0	+2.000%
22.	o	0.139%	0	-6.081%
21.	y	0.341%	0	-1.445%
20.	i	0.424%	0	-0.235%
19.	f	0.628%	0	-5.136%
18.	h	0.729%	0	-4.205%
17.	w	0.777%	0	-3.956%
16.	n	2.033%	0	-4.464%
15.	g	2.221%	0	-4.185%
14.	v	2.463%	0	-0.766%
13.	e	2.878%	0	-0.518%
12.	a	3.620%	-1	+0.892%
11.	t	3.625%	+1	+18.619%
10.	r	4.598%	0	-2.585%
9.	b	5.044%	0	-0.099%
8.	p	5.163%	0	-5.196%
7.	k	6.682%	0	+4.586%
6.	l	7.779%	0	+2.073%
5.	m	8.649%	0	-2.470%
4.	j	8.822%	0	-1.187%
3.	s	8.917%	0	-2.759%
2.	c	10.464%	0	+8.672%
1.	d	11.378%	0	-4.803%

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