US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1970. 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		 0.012% 0 0.000%
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u		 0.019% 0 +11.765%
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y		 0.024% 0 +9.091%
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z		 0.055% 0 +25.000%
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q		 0.059% 0 +34.091%
21.
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i		 0.249% 0 +7.328%
20.
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o		 0.263% 0 +1.938%
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v		 0.591% 0 -4.677%
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n		 0.809% 0 +2.535%
17.
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h		 0.973% 0 -1.618%
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f		 1.195% 0 -0.994%
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l		 2.448% 0 -0.528%
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p		 2.810% 0 -5.035%
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w		 3.169% 0 -0.814%
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e		 3.323% 0 +2.752%
11.
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g		 3.375% 0 -4.038%
10.
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k		 4.008% 0 +1.161%
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a		 4.692% 0 +4.802%
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b		 4.951% 0 +1.206%
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t		 6.094% 0 -3.362%
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s		 6.691% -1 +0.496%
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c		 6.963% +1 +5.484%
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r		 9.407% -2 -5.826%
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d		 9.531% 0 -4.413%
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m		 9.651% +2 -1.701%
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j		 16.202% 0 +4.556%
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Girls
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
26.
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x		 0.006% 0 +50.000%
25.
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q		 0.013% 0 +30.000%
24.
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u		 0.027% 0 -6.897%
23.
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z		 0.059% 0 +20.408%
22.
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o		 0.103% 0 +4.040%
21.
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i		 0.337% 0 +1.201%
20.
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y		 0.493% -1 -5.556%
19.
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f		 0.514% +1 +0.784%
18.
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w		 0.932% 0 +0.975%
17.
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g		 1.395% -1 -3.594%
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v		 1.539% -1 -4.351%
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h		 1.696% +2 +18.188%
14.
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n		 1.813% 0 +8.239%
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e		 2.512% 0 +2.239%
12.
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p		 2.592% -1 -8.442%
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b		 2.727% +1 -3.161%
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r		 4.142% 0 -4.275%
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d		 6.492% -1 -5.074%
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a		 7.306% +1 +8.510%
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l		 7.889% -3 -10.015%
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c		 8.088% -1 -1.233%
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t		 8.222% +2 +5.087%
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j		 8.682% +2 +6.033%
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k		 8.737% 0 -0.444%
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m		 9.483% 0 -1.761%
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s		 9.629% 0 -0.290%
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