US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1985. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
26.	u	0.031%	0	+19.231%
25.	x	0.035%	0	+16.667%
24.	y	0.062%	0	0.000%
23.	q	0.125%	0	-2.344%
22.	o	0.325%	0	+0.932%
21.	v	0.495%	0	+0.202%
20.	i	0.546%	0	+1.487%
19.	h	0.682%	-1	+3.805%
18.	z	0.751%	+1	+22.114%
17.	f	0.815%	0	-0.731%
16.	l	1.946%	0	-0.967%
15.	w	1.991%	0	-2.783%
14.	g	2.102%	0	-1.730%
13.	p	2.205%	0	-0.136%
12.	n	2.530%	0	+1.893%
11.	e	2.912%	0	-2.216%
10.	k	3.659%	0	+6.957%
9.	t	4.790%	0	+0.272%
8.	s	5.052%	0	+3.271%
7.	b	6.253%	0	+1.362%
6.	r	6.998%	0	-1.032%
5.	a	7.752%	0	+1.826%
4.	c	7.955%	0	-0.538%
3.	d	8.258%	0	+1.201%
2.	m	8.961%	0	-4.680%
1.	j	18.810%	0	-1.806%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
26.	u	0.015%	-1	-6.250%
25.	x	0.016%	+1	+6.667%
24.	q	0.041%	0	-10.870%
23.	z	0.067%	0	+3.077%
22.	o	0.127%	0	-5.926%
21.	y	0.286%	0	+2.143%
20.	i	0.326%	0	+11.263%
19.	w	0.382%	0	+19.749%
18.	f	0.484%	0	+16.346%
17.	g	0.795%	0	-2.574%
16.	p	0.919%	0	-1.289%
15.	v	1.470%	0	+0.754%
14.	h	2.272%	0	-1.688%
13.	n	2.905%	0	-0.377%
12.	d	3.465%	-1	-0.887%
11.	b	3.468%	+1	+13.668%
10.	r	3.603%	0	-2.569%
9.	t	4.297%	-1	-7.432%
8.	e	4.370%	+1	-1.996%
7.	l	6.452%	0	-4.542%
6.	c	8.110%	0	-0.332%
5.	m	8.468%	-1	-1.386%
4.	k	8.661%	+1	+4.086%
3.	s	8.725%	0	-0.592%
2.	j	10.340%	0	-3.697%
1.	a	13.137%	0	+3.531%

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