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
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
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x		 0.007% 0 -12.500%
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y		 0.014% 0 +7.692%
24.
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u		 0.017% 0 -19.048%
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q		 0.029% 0 -3.333%
22.
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z		 0.034% 0 -8.108%
21.
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i		 0.183% 0 +1.105%
20.
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o		 0.215% 0 -3.587%
19.
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n		 0.705% -1 +0.858%
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v		 0.765% +1 +15.559%
17.
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h		 1.172% 0 -3.380%
16.
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f		 1.376% 0 -2.619%
15.
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e		 2.700% 0 +1.275%
14.
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l		 2.727% 0 -3.776%
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p		 2.975% 0 -3.346%
12.
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w		 3.525% 0 -3.292%
11.
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a		 3.909% 0 +1.427%
10.
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k		 4.455% -1 +0.769%
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b		 4.466% +1 +1.824%
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g		 4.622% 0 +0.609%
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c		 5.087% 0 -2.436%
6.
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s		 5.597% 0 +6.549%
5.
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t		 6.539% 0 +3.334%
4.
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m		 9.611% 0 -1.304%
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d		 10.821% 0 -1.654%
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r		 11.574% 0 -2.420%
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j		 15.288% 0 +1.406%
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Girls
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
26.
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x		 0.002% 0 +100%
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q		 0.009% 0 0.000%
24.
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u		 0.017% 0 -5.556%
23.
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z		 0.054% 0 +5.882%
22.
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o		 0.114% 0 +0.885%
21.
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i		 0.358% 0 -2.452%
20.
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y		 0.408% 0 +0.493%
19.
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f		 0.572% 0 -6.076%
18.
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h		 0.754% 0 +3.857%
17.
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w		 0.806% 0 -1.225%
16.
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n		 1.637% 0 -4.492%
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g		 1.858% 0 -2.977%
14.
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v		 2.010% 0 -5.811%
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e		 2.616% 0 -3.646%
12.
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p		 4.281% -1 -3.101%
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b		 4.391% -1 -5.671%
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a		 4.492% +2 +3.122%
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r		 4.609% 0 -1.094%
8.
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t		 6.072% 0 +7.166%
7.
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k		 7.483% 0 +5.632%
6.
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m		 8.452% 0 +1.587%
5.
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j		 8.474% 0 -3.021%
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c		 8.981% -1 -2.168%
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d		 9.234% -1 -3.450%
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s		 9.417% +2 +3.723%
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l		 9.919% 0 +0.649%
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