US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1987. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	18.323%	0	-1.112%
2.	m	8.904%	0	-0.824%
3.	a	8.243%	+1	+2.093%
4.	d	8.138%	-1	+0.148%
5.	c	7.996%	0	+1.228%
6.	r	6.656%	0	-3.718%
7.	b	5.927%	0	-2.995%
8.	s	5.108%	0	-0.039%
9.	t	4.935%	0	+3.698%
10.	k	3.879%	0	+0.858%
11.	e	2.928%	0	+2.270%
12.	n	2.503%	0	-0.911%
13.	p	2.161%	0	-1.414%
14.	g	2.065%	0	-1.947%
15.	w	1.950%	0	-1.366%
16.	l	1.938%	0	+0.937%
17.	z	0.856%	+1	+10.167%
18.	f	0.803%	-1	-0.986%
19.	h	0.705%	0	+6.335%
20.	i	0.568%	0	+4.029%
21.	v	0.491%	0	+0.821%
22.	o	0.363%	0	+3.714%
23.	q	0.134%	0	+7.200%
24.	y	0.064%	0	-4.478%
25.	x	0.053%	0	+26.190%
26.	u	0.037%	0	+19.355%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	13.897%	0	+2.865%
2.	j	9.950%	0	-0.301%
3.	k	9.221%	+1	+3.595%
4.	s	8.849%	-1	-1.557%
5.	m	8.090%	0	-2.070%
6.	c	7.897%	0	-1.288%
7.	l	5.797%	0	-4.560%
8.	e	4.240%	0	-1.533%
9.	b	3.961%	+1	+4.045%
10.	t	3.851%	-1	-4.843%
11.	r	3.435%	0	-2.276%
12.	d	3.346%	0	+2.262%
13.	n	2.718%	0	-3.958%
14.	h	2.181%	0	-1.845%
15.	v	1.410%	0	-2.557%
16.	p	0.922%	0	+3.132%
17.	g	0.830%	0	+7.792%
18.	w	0.631%	0	-7.478%
19.	f	0.519%	0	-3.889%
20.	y	0.375%	+1	+24.172%
21.	i	0.322%	-1	-0.310%
22.	o	0.169%	0	+21.583%
23.	z	0.078%	0	+2.632%
24.	q	0.038%	0	-2.564%
25.	u	0.016%	0	+6.667%
26.	x	0.016%	0	+6.667%

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