US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1984. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	19.156%	0	-2.559%
2.	m	9.401%	0	-0.875%
3.	d	8.160%	0	+1.278%
4.	c	7.998%	0	+2.736%
5.	a	7.613%	0	+2.010%
6.	r	7.071%	0	-1.737%
7.	b	6.169%	0	+1.032%
8.	s	4.892%	0	+0.246%
9.	t	4.777%	0	+4.256%
10.	k	3.421%	0	+1.064%
11.	e	2.978%	0	-0.201%
12.	n	2.483%	0	+0.976%
13.	p	2.208%	0	+0.091%
14.	g	2.139%	0	-2.373%
15.	w	2.048%	0	-2.243%
16.	l	1.965%	0	-1.946%
17.	f	0.821%	0	-3.070%
18.	h	0.657%	0	-3.666%
19.	z	0.615%	+1	+20.352%
20.	i	0.538%	-1	-2.004%
21.	v	0.494%	0	+1.856%
22.	o	0.322%	0	-1.829%
23.	q	0.128%	0	-10.490%
24.	y	0.062%	0	+5.085%
25.	x	0.030%	0	+7.143%
26.	u	0.026%	0	+4.000%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	12.689%	0	+1.748%
2.	j	10.737%	0	-0.730%
3.	s	8.777%	0	-0.250%
4.	m	8.587%	0	-1.706%
5.	k	8.321%	0	+0.471%
6.	c	8.137%	0	+0.905%
7.	l	6.759%	0	+1.122%
8.	t	4.642%	0	-2.356%
9.	e	4.459%	0	-3.338%
10.	r	3.698%	0	-3.168%
11.	d	3.496%	0	+4.985%
12.	b	3.051%	+1	+5.901%
13.	n	2.916%	-1	-1.018%
14.	h	2.311%	0	+1.627%
15.	v	1.459%	0	+0.275%
16.	p	0.931%	0	-4.611%
17.	g	0.816%	0	-1.211%
18.	f	0.416%	0	-3.256%
19.	w	0.319%	0	+0.631%
20.	i	0.293%	+1	+0.687%
21.	y	0.280%	-1	-7.591%
22.	o	0.135%	0	-2.174%
23.	z	0.065%	0	+3.175%
24.	q	0.046%	0	-6.122%
25.	u	0.016%	0	-5.882%
26.	x	0.015%	0	+7.143%

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