US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1981. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	20.844%	0	+0.269%
2.	m	9.126%	0	+3.189%
3.	d	7.895%	0	-2.711%
4.	r	7.566%	0	+0.638%
5.	c	7.259%	0	-1.144%
6.	a	6.878%	0	+4.165%
7.	b	6.107%	0	+3.614%
8.	s	4.949%	0	-0.722%
9.	t	4.540%	0	-3.281%
10.	k	3.122%	+1	-0.889%
11.	e	3.027%	-1	-5.080%
12.	n	2.508%	0	-1.647%
13.	p	2.262%	+1	+0.044%
14.	g	2.232%	-1	-1.500%
15.	l	2.197%	+1	-1.347%
16.	w	2.127%	-1	-4.619%
17.	f	0.904%	0	-1.418%
18.	h	0.735%	0	-2.778%
19.	i	0.510%	0	+2.823%
20.	v	0.479%	0	+0.630%
21.	z	0.361%	+1	+9.063%
22.	o	0.351%	-1	-0.567%
23.	q	0.100%	0	-5.660%
24.	y	0.057%	0	+9.615%
25.	u	0.029%	0	+7.407%
26.	x	0.020%	0	+5.263%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	11.415%	0	+1.269%
2.	j	11.145%	0	+3.645%
3.	m	9.049%	0	-6.131%
4.	s	8.908%	0	-0.045%
5.	k	8.091%	0	-0.614%
6.	c	7.804%	0	+0.723%
7.	l	6.726%	0	+3.493%
8.	t	5.242%	0	-4.256%
9.	e	4.409%	0	+3.937%
10.	r	4.022%	0	+1.157%
11.	d	3.388%	0	-0.441%
12.	b	3.121%	0	+1.894%
13.	n	2.880%	0	+0.139%
14.	h	2.005%	0	-7.433%
15.	v	1.295%	0	+3.270%
16.	p	1.077%	0	+1.604%
17.	g	0.886%	0	-3.696%
18.	f	0.451%	0	+4.884%
19.	w	0.388%	0	-9.557%
20.	y	0.348%	0	-5.177%
21.	i	0.312%	0	-3.704%
22.	o	0.141%	0	0.000%
23.	z	0.063%	0	0.000%
24.	q	0.059%	0	-1.667%
25.	u	0.020%	0	+5.263%
26.	x	0.017%	0	+41.667%

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