US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1980. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	20.788%	0	+3.069%
2.	m	8.844%	0	-0.730%
3.	d	8.115%	0	+1.603%
4.	r	7.518%	0	-1.274%
5.	c	7.343%	0	-3.369%
6.	a	6.603%	0	+1.444%
7.	b	5.894%	0	+2.826%
8.	s	4.985%	0	-4.776%
9.	t	4.694%	0	-2.775%
10.	e	3.189%	+1	+2.904%
11.	k	3.150%	-1	-4.401%
12.	n	2.550%	0	-1.810%
13.	g	2.266%	0	-1.005%
14.	p	2.261%	0	-0.790%
15.	w	2.230%	0	-0.668%
16.	l	2.227%	0	+1.412%
17.	f	0.917%	0	-2.447%
18.	h	0.756%	0	-0.917%
19.	i	0.496%	0	+3.766%
20.	v	0.476%	0	+4.615%
21.	o	0.353%	0	-1.397%
22.	z	0.331%	0	-1.488%
23.	q	0.106%	0	-4.505%
24.	y	0.052%	0	+18.182%
25.	u	0.027%	0	0.000%
26.	x	0.019%	0	+26.667%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	11.272%	0	+0.805%
2.	j	10.753%	0	+0.797%
3.	m	9.640%	0	-3.252%
4.	s	8.912%	0	+0.406%
5.	k	8.141%	0	+1.370%
6.	c	7.748%	0	-2.516%
7.	l	6.499%	0	+1.515%
8.	t	5.475%	0	+1.596%
9.	e	4.242%	0	+5.759%
10.	r	3.976%	0	+2.739%
11.	d	3.403%	0	-3.897%
12.	b	3.063%	0	+3.620%
13.	n	2.876%	0	+2.240%
14.	h	2.166%	0	-4.707%
15.	v	1.254%	0	+2.117%
16.	p	1.060%	0	-2.484%
17.	g	0.920%	0	-2.439%
18.	f	0.430%	0	-8.511%
19.	w	0.429%	0	-8.529%
20.	y	0.367%	0	-3.675%
21.	i	0.324%	0	+0.621%
22.	o	0.141%	0	-10.191%
23.	z	0.063%	+1	0.000%
24.	q	0.060%	-1	-20.000%
25.	u	0.019%	0	-5.000%
26.	x	0.012%	0	-7.692%

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