US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1978. 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		 0.020% 0 0.000%
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u		 0.028% 0 +12.000%
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y		 0.043% 0 +7.500%
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q		 0.114% 0 -11.628%
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z		 0.274% 0 +13.693%
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o		 0.351% 0 +0.286%
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i		 0.441% 0 +1.848%
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v		 0.470% 0 +0.213%
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h		 0.772% 0 -4.218%
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f		 0.955% 0 -2.051%
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l		 2.129% -1 +0.472%
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p		 2.272% -1 +3.085%
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w		 2.318% -1 -5.117%
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n		 2.331% +3 +42.831%
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g		 2.357% 0 -5.075%
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e		 3.045% 0 -1.520%
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k		 3.479% 0 -4.186%
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t		 4.858% 0 -0.999%
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s		 5.555% 0 +1.074%
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b		 5.620% 0 -5.212%
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a		 6.278% 0 +4.581%
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c		 7.660% 0 -0.841%
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r		 7.706% 0 -2.270%
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d		 8.077% 0 -0.136%
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m		 9.143% 0 +0.816%
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j		 19.804% 0 -0.687%
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Girls
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
26.
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x		 0.012% 0 -20.000%
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u		 0.021% 0 -16.000%
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z		 0.065% -1 +1.563%
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q		 0.070% +1 +45.833%
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o		 0.165% 0 +5.096%
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i		 0.310% 0 -2.516%
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y		 0.378% 0 -3.077%
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f		 0.489% -1 -20.358%
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w		 0.498% +1 -9.455%
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g		 0.982% 0 -0.406%
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p		 1.089% 0 -3.714%
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v		 1.230% 0 +1.068%
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h		 2.399% 0 -3.771%
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n		 2.717% 0 +7.053%
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b		 2.746% 0 +3.897%
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d		 3.743% -1 -1.552%
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r		 3.895% -1 -0.663%
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e		 3.912% +2 +4.459%
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t		 5.655% 0 -4.605%
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l		 6.252% 0 +0.904%
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c		 8.234% 0 +5.456%
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k		 8.310% 0 +1.267%
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s		 9.231% 0 -1.965%
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m		 9.467% 0 -0.021%
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a		 10.327% 0 +1.935%
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j		 10.986% 0 -3.555%
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