US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1958. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	14.379%	0	-1.311%
2.	r	13.158%	0	-1.982%
3.	d	10.941%	0	+0.746%
4.	m	9.634%	0	+2.163%
5.	t	5.967%	0	+7.805%
6.	s	5.048%	+1	+0.899%
7.	c	4.828%	+1	+1.835%
8.	g	4.693%	-2	-6.700%
9.	b	4.210%	+2	+8.786%
10.	w	4.125%	-1	-2.895%
11.	k	4.079%	-1	+0.716%
12.	a	3.596%	0	+0.955%
13.	l	3.281%	0	-5.338%
14.	p	3.088%	0	-0.803%
15.	e	2.667%	0	-1.076%
16.	f	1.514%	0	-2.886%
17.	h	1.421%	0	-5.644%
18.	n	0.722%	0	-0.138%
19.	v	0.641%	0	+0.313%
20.	o	0.231%	0	-5.328%
21.	i	0.188%	0	+0.535%
22.	z	0.028%	0	-15.152%
23.	u	0.025%	0	-16.667%
24.	q	0.021%	0	-4.545%
25.	y	0.009%	0	+50.000%
26.	x	0.004%	0	-33.333%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	d	10.880%	0	-4.377%
2.	c	9.943%	0	-4.979%
3.	j	8.863%	+1	+0.465%
4.	s	8.804%	-1	-1.267%
5.	m	8.366%	0	-3.272%
6.	l	8.203%	0	+5.451%
7.	k	7.118%	0	+6.525%
8.	p	5.444%	0	+5.443%
9.	b	4.918%	0	-2.498%
10.	r	4.431%	0	-3.632%
11.	t	4.361%	0	+20.303%
12.	a	3.825%	0	+5.663%
13.	e	2.859%	0	-0.660%
14.	v	2.400%	0	-2.558%
15.	g	2.051%	0	-7.654%
16.	n	1.918%	0	-5.657%
17.	h	0.736%	+1	+0.960%
18.	w	0.726%	-1	-6.564%
19.	f	0.604%	0	-3.822%
20.	i	0.396%	0	-6.604%
21.	y	0.331%	0	-2.933%
22.	o	0.131%	0	-5.755%
23.	z	0.048%	0	-5.882%
24.	u	0.019%	0	-20.833%
25.	q	0.009%	0	0.000%
26.	x	0.000%	new	new

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