US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1964. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
26.	x	0.009%	0	0.000%
25.	y	0.012%	0	+9.091%
24.	u	0.017%	0	+6.250%
23.	z	0.034%	0	+3.030%
22.	q	0.053%	0	+17.778%
21.	i	0.186%	0	+2.762%
20.	o	0.219%	0	-0.905%
19.	n	0.693%	0	-1.422%
18.	v	0.734%	0	-3.927%
17.	h	1.143%	0	-1.466%
16.	f	1.371%	0	+1.706%
15.	l	2.676%	0	-0.149%
14.	e	2.885%	0	+4.947%
13.	p	3.408%	0	+6.667%
12.	w	3.536%	0	-0.169%
11.	a	4.098%	0	+3.616%
10.	g	4.150%	0	-6.447%
9.	b	4.409%	0	-1.891%
8.	k	4.576%	0	-1.570%
7.	c	5.103%	0	-0.196%
6.	s	5.620%	0	+0.825%
5.	t	6.687%	0	+0.300%
4.	m	9.290%	0	-1.745%
3.	d	10.416%	0	-1.930%
2.	r	11.412%	0	-1.169%
1.	j	15.573%	0	+2.454%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
26.	x	0.003%	0	+50.000%
25.	q	0.008%	0	-11.111%
24.	u	0.019%	0	+11.765%
23.	z	0.093%	0	+5.682%
22.	o	0.108%	0	-3.571%
21.	i	0.355%	0	+1.429%
20.	y	0.463%	0	+8.178%
19.	f	0.569%	0	-1.727%
18.	w	0.838%	0	+3.585%
17.	h	0.917%	0	+11.152%
16.	n	1.533%	0	-3.646%
15.	g	1.735%	0	-5.191%
14.	v	1.872%	0	-1.577%
13.	e	2.544%	0	-1.965%
12.	b	3.886%	0	-5.771%
11.	p	4.270%	0	-1.454%
10.	r	4.576%	0	+1.239%
9.	a	5.187%	0	+8.697%
8.	t	6.391%	0	0.000%
7.	k	7.719%	0	+2.456%
6.	j	8.249%	0	+1.551%
5.	c	8.602%	-1	-0.887%
4.	m	8.659%	+1	+1.811%
3.	d	9.032%	0	+1.654%
2.	s	9.318%	0	-2.009%
1.	l	9.858%	0	-5.520%

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