US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1986. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls
Boys
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
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u		 0.031% 0 0.000%
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x		 0.042% 0 +20.000%
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y		 0.067% 0 +8.065%
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q		 0.125% 0 0.000%
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o		 0.350% 0 +7.692%
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v		 0.487% 0 -1.616%
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i		 0.546% 0 0.000%
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h		 0.663% 0 -2.786%
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z		 0.777% 0 +3.462%
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f		 0.811% 0 -0.491%
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l		 1.920% 0 -1.336%
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w		 1.977% 0 -0.703%
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g		 2.106% 0 +0.190%
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p		 2.192% 0 -0.590%
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n		 2.526% 0 -0.158%
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e		 2.863% 0 -1.683%
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k		 3.846% 0 +5.111%
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t		 4.759% 0 -0.647%
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s		 5.110% 0 +1.148%
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b		 6.110% 0 -2.287%
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r		 6.913% 0 -1.215%
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c		 7.899% -1 -0.704%
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a		 8.074% +1 +4.154%
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d		 8.126% 0 -1.598%
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m		 8.978% 0 +0.190%
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j		 18.529% 0 -1.494%
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Girls
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
26.
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x		 0.015% -1 -6.250%
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u		 0.015% +1 0.000%
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q		 0.039% 0 -4.878%
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z		 0.076% 0 +13.433%
22.
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o		 0.139% 0 +9.449%
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y		 0.302% 0 +5.594%
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i		 0.323% 0 -0.920%
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f		 0.540% -1 +11.570%
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w		 0.682% +1 +78.534%
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g		 0.770% 0 -3.145%
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p		 0.894% 0 -2.720%
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v		 1.447% 0 -1.565%
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h		 2.222% 0 -2.201%
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n		 2.830% 0 -2.582%
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d		 3.272% 0 -5.570%
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r		 3.515% -1 -2.442%
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b		 3.807% +1 +9.775%
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t		 4.047% 0 -5.818%
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e		 4.306% 0 -1.465%
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l		 6.074% 0 -5.859%
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c		 8.000% 0 -1.356%
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m		 8.261% 0 -2.444%
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k		 8.901% 0 +2.771%
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s		 8.989% 0 +3.026%
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j		 9.980% 0 -3.482%
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a		 13.510% 0 +2.839%
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