US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1969. 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	0.000%
25.	u	0.017%	0	0.000%
24.	y	0.022%	0	+10.000%
23.	z	0.044%	-1	+12.821%
22.	q	0.044%	+1	+12.821%
21.	i	0.232%	0	+6.912%
20.	o	0.258%	0	+5.306%
19.	v	0.620%	0	+0.486%
18.	n	0.789%	0	+6.191%
17.	h	0.989%	0	-5.086%
16.	f	1.207%	0	-1.790%
15.	l	2.461%	0	-0.324%
14.	p	2.959%	-1	-6.242%
13.	w	3.195%	-1	-1.783%
12.	e	3.234%	+2	+3.787%
11.	g	3.517%	0	-1.097%
10.	k	3.962%	0	-4.576%
9.	a	4.477%	0	+3.252%
8.	b	4.892%	0	+3.512%
7.	t	6.306%	-2	-5.542%
6.	c	6.601%	+1	+8.891%
5.	s	6.658%	+1	+2.715%
4.	m	9.818%	0	-0.142%
3.	d	9.971%	0	-2.293%
2.	r	9.989%	0	-5.255%
1.	j	15.496%	0	+2.568%

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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	+3.571%
23.	z	0.049%	0	-2.000%
22.	o	0.099%	0	0.000%
21.	i	0.333%	0	+0.301%
20.	f	0.510%	0	+0.196%
19.	y	0.522%	0	-4.570%
18.	w	0.923%	0	-4.054%
17.	h	1.435%	0	+29.747%
16.	g	1.447%	-1	-4.172%
15.	v	1.609%	-1	-4.112%
14.	n	1.675%	+2	+16.078%
13.	e	2.457%	0	+3.149%
12.	b	2.816%	0	-6.507%
11.	p	2.831%	0	-9.234%
10.	r	4.327%	0	-0.023%
9.	a	6.733%	0	+3.728%
8.	d	6.839%	0	-3.879%
7.	t	7.824%	0	+2.826%
6.	j	8.188%	0	+2.671%
5.	c	8.189%	0	-1.444%
4.	l	8.767%	-1	-5.416%
3.	k	8.776%	+1	+0.068%
2.	m	9.653%	-1	-1.920%
1.	s	9.657%	+1	+2.234%

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