US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1968. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	15.108%	0	+1.003%
2.	r	10.543%	0	-1.135%
3.	d	10.205%	0	-2.016%
4.	m	9.832%	0	+1.749%
5.	t	6.676%	0	-2.040%
6.	s	6.482%	0	+2.938%
7.	c	6.062%	0	+5.188%
8.	b	4.726%	0	+2.583%
9.	a	4.336%	0	-0.482%
10.	k	4.152%	0	-4.683%
11.	g	3.556%	0	-2.895%
12.	w	3.253%	0	-2.517%
13.	p	3.156%	0	-2.140%
14.	e	3.116%	0	+0.419%
15.	l	2.469%	0	-0.363%
16.	f	1.229%	0	-3.834%
17.	h	1.042%	0	-2.160%
18.	n	0.743%	0	+1.503%
19.	v	0.617%	0	-5.945%
20.	o	0.245%	0	+6.522%
21.	i	0.217%	0	+0.930%
22.	z	0.039%	0	-2.500%
23.	q	0.039%	0	+2.632%
24.	y	0.020%	+1	+5.263%
25.	u	0.017%	-1	-15.000%
26.	x	0.012%	0	+20.000%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	m	9.842%	0	+0.830%
2.	s	9.446%	0	-2.468%
3.	l	9.269%	0	-0.951%
4.	k	8.770%	0	+3.347%
5.	c	8.309%	0	+1.132%
6.	j	7.975%	0	+4.508%
7.	t	7.609%	+1	+6.271%
8.	d	7.115%	-1	-5.260%
9.	a	6.491%	0	+1.836%
10.	r	4.328%	0	+0.139%
11.	p	3.119%	0	-8.184%
12.	b	3.012%	0	-7.918%
13.	e	2.382%	0	-4.758%
14.	v	1.678%	0	-2.442%
15.	g	1.510%	0	-6.328%
16.	n	1.443%	0	-5.066%
17.	h	1.106%	+1	+9.613%
18.	w	0.962%	-1	-6.873%
19.	y	0.547%	+1	+4.190%
20.	f	0.509%	-1	-4.860%
21.	i	0.332%	0	-1.775%
22.	o	0.099%	0	0.000%
23.	z	0.050%	0	-10.714%
24.	u	0.028%	0	-12.500%
25.	q	0.010%	0	+11.111%
26.	x	0.004%	0	+33.333%

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