US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1977. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	19.941%	0	+1.750%
2.	m	9.069%	0	-2.400%
3.	d	8.088%	0	-0.333%
4.	r	7.885%	0	-0.165%
5.	c	7.725%	0	-0.026%
6.	a	6.003%	0	+1.231%
7.	b	5.929%	0	+0.748%
8.	s	5.496%	0	-5.012%
9.	t	4.907%	0	-2.542%
10.	k	3.631%	0	+7.649%
11.	e	3.092%	0	-4.124%
12.	g	2.483%	0	-5.337%
13.	w	2.443%	0	+2.047%
14.	p	2.204%	0	-0.765%
15.	l	2.119%	0	+1.924%
16.	n	1.632%	0	+16.157%
17.	f	0.975%	0	-2.888%
18.	h	0.806%	0	-4.389%
19.	v	0.469%	0	-4.675%
20.	i	0.433%	0	+6.914%
21.	o	0.350%	0	-0.285%
22.	z	0.241%	0	+3.879%
23.	q	0.129%	0	+11.207%
24.	y	0.040%	0	-2.439%
25.	u	0.025%	0	-7.407%
26.	x	0.020%	0	+5.263%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	11.391%	0	+1.569%
2.	a	10.131%	0	-1.161%
3.	m	9.469%	0	+0.574%
4.	s	9.416%	0	+3.054%
5.	k	8.206%	+1	+10.712%
6.	c	7.808%	-1	-2.020%
7.	l	6.196%	+1	-2.333%
8.	t	5.928%	-1	-8.940%
9.	r	3.921%	+1	-1.729%
10.	d	3.802%	-1	-6.355%
11.	e	3.745%	0	+12.227%
12.	b	2.643%	0	-1.196%
13.	n	2.538%	+1	+2.051%
14.	h	2.493%	-1	-2.845%
15.	v	1.217%	0	-5.659%
16.	p	1.131%	0	-8.495%
17.	g	0.986%	0	-7.764%
18.	f	0.614%	+1	+10.233%
19.	w	0.550%	-1	-12.141%
20.	y	0.390%	0	-4.878%
21.	i	0.318%	0	-4.217%
22.	o	0.157%	0	-10.795%
23.	z	0.064%	0	-4.478%
24.	q	0.048%	0	+37.143%
25.	u	0.025%	0	-3.846%
26.	x	0.015%	0	+7.143%

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