US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1979. 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		 20.169% 0 +1.843%
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m		 8.909% 0 -2.559%
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d		 7.987% 0 -1.114%
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r		 7.615% 0 -1.181%
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c		 7.599% 0 -0.796%
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a		 6.509% 0 +3.680%
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b		 5.732% 0 +1.993%
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s		 5.235% 0 -5.761%
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t		 4.828% 0 -0.618%
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k		 3.295% 0 -5.289%
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e		 3.099% 0 +1.773%
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n		 2.597% +1 +11.411%
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g		 2.289% -1 -2.885%
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p		 2.279% +1 +0.308%
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w		 2.245% -1 -3.149%
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l		 2.196% 0 +3.147%
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f		 0.940% 0 -1.571%
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h		 0.763% 0 -1.166%
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i		 0.478% +1 +8.390%
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v		 0.455% -1 -3.191%
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o		 0.358% 0 +1.994%
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z		 0.336% 0 +22.628%
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q		 0.111% 0 -2.632%
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y		 0.044% 0 +2.326%
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u		 0.027% 0 -3.571%
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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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a		 11.182% +1 +8.279%
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j		 10.668% -1 -2.895%
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m		 9.964% 0 +5.250%
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s		 8.876% 0 -3.846%
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k		 8.031% 0 -3.357%
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c		 7.948% 0 -3.473%
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l		 6.402% 0 +2.399%
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t		 5.389% 0 -4.704%
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e		 4.011% 0 +2.531%
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r		 3.870% 0 -0.642%
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d		 3.541% 0 -5.397%
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b		 2.956% 0 +7.647%
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n		 2.813% 0 +3.533%
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h		 2.273% 0 -5.252%
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v		 1.228% 0 -0.163%
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p		 1.087% 0 -0.184%
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g		 0.943% 0 -3.971%
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f		 0.470% +1 -3.885%
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w		 0.469% -1 -5.823%
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y		 0.381% 0 +0.794%
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i		 0.322% 0 +3.871%
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o		 0.157% 0 -4.848%
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q		 0.075% 0 +7.143%
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z		 0.063% 0 -3.077%
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u		 0.020% 0 -4.762%
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x		 0.013% 0 +8.333%
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