US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1962. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	15.288%	0	+1.406%
2.	r	11.574%	0	-2.420%
3.	d	10.821%	0	-1.654%
4.	m	9.611%	0	-1.304%
5.	t	6.539%	0	+3.334%
6.	s	5.597%	0	+6.549%
7.	c	5.087%	0	-2.436%
8.	g	4.622%	0	+0.609%
9.	b	4.466%	+1	+1.824%
10.	k	4.455%	-1	+0.769%
11.	a	3.909%	0	+1.427%
12.	w	3.525%	0	-3.292%
13.	p	2.975%	0	-3.346%
14.	l	2.727%	0	-3.776%
15.	e	2.700%	0	+1.275%
16.	f	1.376%	0	-2.619%
17.	h	1.172%	0	-3.380%
18.	v	0.765%	+1	+15.559%
19.	n	0.705%	-1	+0.858%
20.	o	0.215%	0	-3.587%
21.	i	0.183%	0	+1.105%
22.	z	0.034%	0	-8.108%
23.	q	0.029%	0	-3.333%
24.	u	0.017%	0	-19.048%
25.	y	0.014%	0	+7.692%
26.	x	0.007%	0	-12.500%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	l	9.919%	0	+0.649%
2.	s	9.417%	+2	+3.723%
3.	d	9.234%	-1	-3.450%
4.	c	8.981%	-1	-2.168%
5.	j	8.474%	0	-3.021%
6.	m	8.452%	0	+1.587%
7.	k	7.483%	0	+5.632%
8.	t	6.072%	0	+7.166%
9.	r	4.609%	0	-1.094%
10.	a	4.492%	+2	+3.122%
11.	b	4.391%	-1	-5.671%
12.	p	4.281%	-1	-3.101%
13.	e	2.616%	0	-3.646%
14.	v	2.010%	0	-5.811%
15.	g	1.858%	0	-2.977%
16.	n	1.637%	0	-4.492%
17.	w	0.806%	0	-1.225%
18.	h	0.754%	0	+3.857%
19.	f	0.572%	0	-6.076%
20.	y	0.408%	0	+0.493%
21.	i	0.358%	0	-2.452%
22.	o	0.114%	0	+0.885%
23.	z	0.054%	0	+5.882%
24.	u	0.017%	0	-5.556%
25.	q	0.009%	0	0.000%
26.	x	0.002%	0	+100%

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