US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1961. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	15.076%	0	+2.425%
2.	r	11.861%	0	-2.515%
3.	d	11.003%	0	-1.070%
4.	m	9.738%	0	+1.279%
5.	t	6.328%	0	+1.459%
6.	s	5.253%	0	+0.729%
7.	c	5.214%	0	+1.558%
8.	g	4.594%	+1	+3.097%
9.	k	4.421%	-1	-1.185%
10.	b	4.386%	0	-0.454%
11.	a	3.854%	0	+1.823%
12.	w	3.645%	0	-3.033%
13.	p	3.078%	0	+0.293%
14.	l	2.834%	0	-4.739%
15.	e	2.666%	0	-0.929%
16.	f	1.413%	0	-3.020%
17.	h	1.213%	0	-5.012%
18.	n	0.699%	0	-4.638%
19.	v	0.662%	0	-0.301%
20.	o	0.223%	0	+1.826%
21.	i	0.181%	0	0.000%
22.	z	0.037%	0	+8.824%
23.	q	0.030%	0	+11.111%
24.	u	0.021%	0	-8.696%
25.	y	0.013%	0	-18.750%
26.	x	0.008%	0	+33.333%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	l	9.855%	+1	+5.956%
2.	d	9.564%	-1	-6.023%
3.	c	9.180%	0	-0.239%
4.	s	9.079%	0	+1.294%
5.	j	8.738%	0	+3.727%
6.	m	8.320%	0	+0.096%
7.	k	7.084%	0	-1.666%
8.	t	5.666%	0	+5.473%
9.	r	4.660%	+2	+2.395%
10.	b	4.655%	-1	-4.080%
11.	p	4.418%	-1	-6.636%
12.	a	4.356%	0	+1.895%
13.	e	2.715%	0	-3.346%
14.	v	2.134%	0	-1.930%
15.	g	1.915%	0	-1.542%
16.	n	1.714%	0	-3.491%
17.	w	0.816%	0	+0.493%
18.	h	0.726%	0	-0.548%
19.	f	0.609%	0	-6.019%
20.	y	0.406%	+1	+11.233%
21.	i	0.367%	-1	-4.922%
22.	o	0.113%	0	-12.403%
23.	z	0.051%	0	+4.082%
24.	u	0.018%	0	+12.500%
25.	q	0.009%	0	-10.000%
26.	x	0.001%	0	0.000%

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