US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1971. 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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j		 16.477% 0 +1.697%
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m		 9.376% 0 -2.849%
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r		 9.044% +1 -3.859%
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d		 8.951% -1 -6.085%
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c		 7.711% 0 +10.742%
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s		 7.052% 0 +5.395%
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t		 5.819% 0 -4.513%
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b		 5.083% 0 +2.666%
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a		 4.915% 0 +4.753%
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k		 3.943% 0 -1.622%
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e		 3.347% +1 +0.722%
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g		 3.180% -1 -5.778%
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w		 3.028% 0 -4.449%
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p		 2.639% 0 -6.085%
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l		 2.384% 0 -2.614%
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f		 1.183% 0 -1.004%
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h		 0.976% 0 +0.308%
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n		 0.860% 0 +6.304%
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v		 0.561% 0 -5.076%
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i		 0.279% +1 +12.048%
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o		 0.279% -1 +6.084%
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z		 0.070% +1 +27.273%
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q		 0.063% -1 +6.780%
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y		 0.028% 0 +16.667%
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u		 0.021% 0 +10.526%
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x		 0.015% 0 +25.000%
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Girls
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
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m		 9.580% +1 +1.023%
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s		 9.569% -1 -0.623%
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j		 9.215% +1 +6.139%
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k		 8.318% -1 -4.796%
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t		 8.187% 0 -0.426%
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c		 8.005% 0 -1.026%
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a		 7.969% +1 +9.075%
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l		 7.382% -1 -6.427%
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d		 6.079% 0 -6.362%
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r		 4.152% 0 +0.241%
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b		 2.614% 0 -4.144%
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e		 2.559% +1 +1.871%
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p		 2.324% -1 -10.340%
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n		 1.864% 0 +2.813%
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h		 1.795% 0 +5.837%
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v		 1.452% 0 -5.653%
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g		 1.344% 0 -3.656%
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w		 0.887% 0 -4.828%
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y		 0.537% +1 +8.925%
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f		 0.536% -1 +4.280%
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i		 0.343% 0 +1.780%
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o		 0.107% 0 +3.883%
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z		 0.060% 0 +1.695%
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u		 0.033% 0 +22.222%
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q		 0.014% 0 +7.692%
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x		 0.007% 0 +16.667%
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