US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1959. 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		 0.006% 0 +50.000%
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y		 0.017% 0 +88.889%
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u		 0.022% -1 -12.000%
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q		 0.023% +1 +9.524%
22.
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z		 0.032% 0 +14.286%
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i		 0.180% 0 -4.255%
20.
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o		 0.224% 0 -3.030%
19.
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v		 0.634% 0 -1.092%
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n		 0.739% 0 +2.355%
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h		 1.341% 0 -5.630%
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f		 1.499% 0 -0.991%
15.
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e		 2.700% 0 +1.237%
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p		 3.120% 0 +1.036%
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l		 3.126% 0 -4.724%
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a		 3.627% 0 +0.862%
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w		 3.927% -1 -4.800%
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k		 4.217% +1 +3.383%
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b		 4.370% 0 +3.800%
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g		 4.550% 0 -3.047%
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c		 5.006% 0 +3.687%
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s		 5.127% 0 +1.565%
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t		 6.121% 0 +2.581%
4.
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m		 9.567% 0 -0.695%
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d		 10.987% 0 +0.420%
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r		 12.744% 0 -3.146%
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j		 14.576% 0 +1.370%
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Girls
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
26.
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x		 0.001% 0 0.000%
25.
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q		 0.011% 0 +22.222%
24.
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u		 0.016% 0 -15.789%
23.
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z		 0.047% 0 -2.083%
22.
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o		 0.126% 0 -3.817%
21.
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y		 0.340% 0 +2.719%
20.
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i		 0.394% 0 -0.505%
19.
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f		 0.619% 0 +2.483%
18.
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h		 0.711% -1 -3.397%
17.
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w		 0.768% +1 +5.785%
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n		 1.815% 0 -5.370%
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g		 2.037% 0 -0.683%
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v		 2.294% 0 -4.417%
13.
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e		 2.828% 0 -1.084%
12.
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a		 4.051% 0 +5.908%
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r		 4.489% -1 +1.309%
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b		 4.827% -1 -1.850%
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t		 5.027% +2 +15.272%
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p		 5.102% 0 -6.282%
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k		 7.080% 0 -0.534%
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m		 8.314% -1 -0.622%
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j		 8.512% -2 -3.960%
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l		 8.534% +2 +4.035%
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s		 8.871% +1 +0.761%
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c		 9.571% 0 -3.741%
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d		 10.946% 0 +0.607%
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