US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1972. 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		 0.015% 0 0.000%
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u		 0.019% 0 -9.524%
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y		 0.033% 0 +17.857%
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q		 0.067% 0 +6.349%
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z		 0.101% 0 +44.286%
21.
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o		 0.300% 0 +7.527%
20.
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i		 0.315% 0 +12.903%
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v		 0.536% 0 -4.456%
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n		 0.924% 0 +7.442%
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h		 0.943% 0 -3.381%
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f		 1.129% 0 -4.565%
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l		 2.315% 0 -2.894%
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p		 2.478% 0 -6.101%
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w		 2.835% 0 -6.374%
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g		 3.037% 0 -4.497%
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e		 3.378% 0 +0.926%
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k		 3.860% 0 -2.105%
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a		 4.970% 0 +1.119%
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b		 5.554% 0 +9.266%
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t		 5.587% 0 -3.987%
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s		 6.534% 0 -7.345%
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c		 8.247% 0 +6.951%
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r		 8.697% -1 -3.837%
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d		 8.803% +1 -1.653%
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m		 9.383% 0 +0.075%
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j		 16.820% 0 +2.082%
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Girls
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
26.
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x		 0.009% 0 +28.571%
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q		 0.017% 0 +21.429%
24.
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u		 0.036% 0 +9.091%
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z		 0.064% 0 +6.667%
22.
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o		 0.109% 0 +1.869%
21.
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i		 0.326% 0 -4.956%
20.
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f		 0.525% 0 -2.052%
19.
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y		 0.529% 0 -1.490%
18.
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w		 0.811% 0 -8.568%
17.
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g		 1.255% 0 -6.622%
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v		 1.393% 0 -4.063%
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h		 1.970% 0 +9.749%
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p		 2.018% -1 -13.167%
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n		 2.424% +1 +30.043%
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e		 2.563% 0 +0.156%
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b		 2.683% 0 +2.640%
10.
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r		 4.143% 0 -0.217%
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d		 5.472% 0 -9.985%
8.
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l		 6.925% 0 -6.191%
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t		 7.933% -2 -3.102%
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a		 8.087% +1 +1.481%
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c		 8.092% +1 +1.087%
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k		 8.201% 0 -1.407%
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s		 9.379% -1 -1.986%
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m		 9.572% -1 -0.084%
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j		 9.801% +2 +6.359%
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