US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1982. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	20.445%	0	-1.914%
2.	m	9.188%	0	+0.679%
3.	d	7.863%	0	-0.405%
4.	c	7.781%	+1	+7.191%
5.	r	7.402%	-1	-2.168%
6.	a	7.070%	0	+2.792%
7.	b	5.982%	0	-2.047%
8.	s	4.883%	0	-1.334%
9.	t	4.585%	0	+0.991%
10.	k	3.214%	0	+2.947%
11.	e	2.951%	0	-2.511%
12.	n	2.472%	0	-1.435%
13.	g	2.236%	+1	+0.179%
14.	p	2.225%	-1	-1.636%
15.	w	2.142%	+1	+0.705%
16.	l	2.076%	-1	-5.508%
17.	f	0.876%	0	-3.097%
18.	h	0.719%	0	-2.177%
19.	i	0.544%	0	+6.667%
20.	v	0.486%	0	+1.461%
21.	z	0.437%	0	+21.053%
22.	o	0.347%	0	-1.140%
23.	q	0.125%	0	+25.000%
24.	y	0.054%	0	-5.263%
25.	u	0.030%	0	+3.448%
26.	x	0.024%	0	+20.000%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	11.554%	0	+1.218%
2.	j	11.165%	0	+0.179%
3.	s	8.768%	+1	-1.572%
4.	m	8.645%	-1	-4.465%
5.	k	8.371%	0	+3.461%
6.	c	8.211%	0	+5.215%
7.	l	6.874%	0	+2.200%
8.	t	5.045%	0	-3.758%
9.	e	4.591%	0	+4.128%
10.	r	3.950%	0	-1.790%
11.	d	3.280%	0	-3.188%
12.	n	2.966%	+1	+2.986%
13.	b	2.955%	-1	-5.319%
14.	h	1.969%	0	-1.796%
15.	v	1.404%	0	+8.417%
16.	p	1.026%	0	-4.735%
17.	g	0.841%	0	-5.079%
18.	f	0.448%	0	-0.665%
19.	w	0.336%	0	-13.402%
20.	y	0.335%	0	-3.736%
21.	i	0.308%	0	-1.282%
22.	o	0.139%	0	-1.418%
23.	z	0.064%	0	+1.587%
24.	q	0.052%	0	-11.864%
25.	u	0.018%	0	-10.000%
26.	x	0.017%	0	0.000%

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