US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1960. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	14.719%	0	+0.981%
2.	r	12.167%	0	-4.528%
3.	d	11.122%	0	+1.229%
4.	m	9.615%	0	+0.502%
5.	t	6.237%	0	+1.895%
6.	s	5.215%	0	+1.716%
7.	c	5.134%	0	+2.557%
8.	k	4.474%	+2	+6.094%
9.	g	4.456%	-1	-2.066%
10.	b	4.406%	-1	+0.824%
11.	a	3.785%	+1	+4.356%
12.	w	3.759%	-1	-4.278%
13.	p	3.069%	+1	-1.635%
14.	l	2.975%	-1	-4.830%
15.	e	2.691%	0	-0.333%
16.	f	1.457%	0	-2.802%
17.	h	1.277%	0	-4.773%
18.	n	0.733%	0	-0.812%
19.	v	0.664%	0	+4.732%
20.	o	0.219%	0	-2.232%
21.	i	0.181%	0	+0.556%
22.	z	0.034%	0	+6.250%
23.	q	0.027%	0	+17.391%
24.	u	0.023%	0	+4.545%
25.	y	0.016%	0	-5.882%
26.	x	0.006%	0	0.000%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	d	10.177%	0	-7.025%
2.	l	9.301%	+2	+8.988%
3.	c	9.202%	-1	-3.855%
4.	s	8.963%	-1	+1.037%
5.	j	8.424%	0	-1.034%
6.	m	8.312%	0	-0.024%
7.	k	7.204%	0	+1.751%
8.	t	5.372%	+1	+6.863%
9.	b	4.853%	+1	+0.539%
10.	p	4.732%	-2	-7.252%
11.	r	4.551%	0	+1.381%
12.	a	4.275%	0	+5.529%
13.	e	2.809%	0	-0.672%
14.	v	2.176%	0	-5.144%
15.	g	1.945%	0	-4.516%
16.	n	1.776%	0	-2.149%
17.	w	0.812%	0	+5.729%
18.	h	0.730%	0	+2.672%
19.	f	0.648%	0	+4.685%
20.	i	0.386%	0	-2.030%
21.	y	0.365%	0	+7.353%
22.	o	0.129%	0	+2.381%
23.	z	0.049%	0	+4.255%
24.	u	0.016%	0	0.000%
25.	q	0.010%	0	-9.091%
26.	x	0.001%	0	0.000%

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