US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1966. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
26.	x	0.012%	0	+50.000%
25.	y	0.014%	0	+16.667%
24.	u	0.016%	0	+14.286%
23.	z	0.034%	0	+6.250%
22.	q	0.039%	0	-11.364%
21.	i	0.211%	0	+8.763%
20.	o	0.227%	0	+5.093%
19.	v	0.693%	-1	-6.478%
18.	n	0.711%	+1	+0.994%
17.	h	1.106%	0	-0.807%
16.	f	1.307%	0	-2.317%
15.	l	2.547%	0	-0.933%
14.	e	3.044%	0	-1.265%
13.	p	3.224%	0	-2.510%
12.	w	3.400%	0	-0.846%
11.	g	3.825%	0	-4.279%
10.	a	4.261%	0	+2.848%
9.	k	4.456%	-1	-0.824%
8.	b	4.572%	+1	+4.814%
7.	c	5.656%	0	+4.335%
6.	s	6.063%	0	+5.830%
5.	t	6.773%	0	+2.172%
4.	m	9.223%	0	-0.453%
3.	d	10.447%	0	-2.873%
2.	r	11.027%	0	-2.983%
1.	j	15.230%	0	+0.026%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
26.	x	0.004%	0	0.000%
25.	q	0.010%	0	0.000%
24.	u	0.029%	0	+16.000%
23.	z	0.062%	0	-12.676%
22.	o	0.102%	0	-1.923%
21.	i	0.345%	0	-0.576%
20.	y	0.500%	0	+3.306%
19.	f	0.573%	0	-0.174%
18.	w	0.934%	-1	-5.942%
17.	h	1.006%	+1	+6.455%
16.	n	1.520%	0	+7.878%
15.	g	1.650%	0	+0.182%
14.	v	1.700%	0	-6.129%
13.	e	2.499%	0	-1.923%
12.	b	3.525%	0	-3.846%
11.	p	3.640%	0	-7.591%
10.	r	4.369%	0	-4.877%
9.	a	5.820%	0	+2.591%
8.	t	6.933%	0	+7.388%
7.	d	7.994%	-1	-4.091%
6.	j	8.062%	+1	-0.555%
5.	c	8.268%	0	-2.154%
4.	k	8.498%	0	+0.047%
3.	s	9.328%	-1	+0.680%
2.	m	9.381%	+1	+7.716%
1.	l	9.623%	0	-3.072%

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