US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1963. 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		 0.009% 0 +28.571%
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y		 0.011% 0 -21.429%
24.
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u		 0.016% 0 -5.882%
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z		 0.033% -1 -2.941%
22.
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q		 0.045% +1 +55.172%
21.
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i		 0.181% 0 -1.093%
20.
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o		 0.221% 0 +2.791%
19.
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n		 0.703% 0 -0.284%
18.
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v		 0.764% 0 -0.131%
17.
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h		 1.160% 0 -1.024%
16.
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f		 1.348% 0 -2.035%
15.
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l		 2.680% -1 -1.724%
14.
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e		 2.749% +1 +1.815%
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p		 3.195% 0 +7.395%
12.
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w		 3.542% 0 +0.482%
11.
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a		 3.955% 0 +1.177%
10.
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g		 4.436% -2 -4.024%
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b		 4.494% 0 +0.627%
8.
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k		 4.649% +2 +4.355%
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c		 5.113% 0 +0.511%
6.
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s		 5.574% 0 -0.411%
5.
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t		 6.667% 0 +1.957%
4.
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m		 9.455% 0 -1.623%
3.
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d		 10.621% 0 -1.848%
2.
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r		 11.547% 0 -0.233%
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j		 15.200% 0 -0.576%
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Girls
Change
Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
26.
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x		 0.002% 0 0.000%
25.
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q		 0.009% 0 0.000%
24.
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u		 0.017% 0 0.000%
23.
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z		 0.088% 0 +62.963%
22.
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o		 0.112% 0 -1.754%
21.
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i		 0.350% 0 -2.235%
20.
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y		 0.428% 0 +4.902%
19.
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f		 0.579% 0 +1.224%
18.
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w		 0.809% -1 +0.372%
17.
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h		 0.825% +1 +9.416%
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n		 1.591% 0 -2.810%
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g		 1.830% 0 -1.507%
14.
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v		 1.902% 0 -5.373%
13.
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e		 2.595% 0 -0.803%
12.
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b		 4.124% -1 -6.081%
11.
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p		 4.333% +1 +1.215%
10.
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r		 4.520% -1 -1.931%
9.
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a		 4.772% +1 +6.233%
8.
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t		 6.391% 0 +5.254%
7.
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k		 7.534% 0 +0.682%
6.
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j		 8.123% -1 -4.142%
5.
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m		 8.505% +1 +0.627%
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c		 8.679% 0 -3.363%
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d		 8.885% 0 -3.780%
2.
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s		 9.509% 0 +0.977%
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l		 10.434% 0 +5.192%
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