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
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
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x		 0.004% 0 -33.333%
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y		 0.009% 0 +50.000%
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q		 0.021% 0 -4.545%
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u		 0.025% 0 -16.667%
22.
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z		 0.028% 0 -15.152%
21.
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i		 0.188% 0 +0.535%
20.
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o		 0.231% 0 -5.328%
19.
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v		 0.641% 0 +0.313%
18.
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n		 0.722% 0 -0.138%
17.
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h		 1.421% 0 -5.644%
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f		 1.514% 0 -2.886%
15.
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e		 2.667% 0 -1.076%
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p		 3.088% 0 -0.803%
13.
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l		 3.281% 0 -5.338%
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a		 3.596% 0 +0.955%
11.
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k		 4.079% -1 +0.716%
10.
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w		 4.125% -1 -2.895%
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b		 4.210% +2 +8.786%
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g		 4.693% -2 -6.700%
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c		 4.828% +1 +1.835%
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s		 5.048% +1 +0.899%
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t		 5.967% 0 +7.805%
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m		 9.634% 0 +2.163%
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d		 10.941% 0 +0.746%
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r		 13.158% 0 -1.982%
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j		 14.379% 0 -1.311%
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Girls
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
26.
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x		 0.000% new new
25.
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q		 0.009% 0 0.000%
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u		 0.019% 0 -20.833%
23.
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z		 0.048% 0 -5.882%
22.
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o		 0.131% 0 -5.755%
21.
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y		 0.331% 0 -2.933%
20.
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i		 0.396% 0 -6.604%
19.
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f		 0.604% 0 -3.822%
18.
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w		 0.726% -1 -6.564%
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h		 0.736% +1 +0.960%
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n		 1.918% 0 -5.657%
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g		 2.051% 0 -7.654%
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v		 2.400% 0 -2.558%
13.
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e		 2.859% 0 -0.660%
12.
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a		 3.825% 0 +5.663%
11.
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t		 4.361% 0 +20.303%
10.
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r		 4.431% 0 -3.632%
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b		 4.918% 0 -2.498%
8.
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p		 5.444% 0 +5.443%
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k		 7.118% 0 +6.525%
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l		 8.203% 0 +5.451%
5.
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m		 8.366% 0 -3.272%
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s		 8.804% -1 -1.267%
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j		 8.863% +1 +0.465%
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c		 9.943% 0 -4.979%
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d		 10.880% 0 -4.377%
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