US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1988. 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		 0.044% 0 +18.919%
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x		 0.067% 0 +26.415%
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y		 0.069% 0 +7.813%
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q		 0.133% 0 -0.746%
22.
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o		 0.359% 0 -1.102%
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v		 0.544% 0 +10.794%
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i		 0.632% 0 +11.268%
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h		 0.711% 0 +0.851%
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f		 0.815% 0 +1.494%
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z		 1.003% 0 +17.173%
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w		 1.908% -1 -2.154%
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l		 2.003% +1 +3.354%
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g		 2.006% 0 -2.857%
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p		 2.085% 0 -3.517%
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n		 2.601% 0 +3.915%
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e		 2.965% 0 +1.264%
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k		 3.875% 0 -0.103%
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s		 5.069% -1 -0.764%
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t		 5.099% +1 +3.323%
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b		 5.722% 0 -3.459%
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r		 6.511% 0 -2.178%
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d		 7.899% -1 -2.937%
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c		 8.113% +1 +1.463%
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a		 8.386% 0 +1.735%
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m		 8.825% 0 -0.887%
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j		 18.151% 0 -0.939%
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Girls
Change
Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
26.
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u		 0.019% -1 +18.750%
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x		 0.020% +1 +25.000%
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q		 0.043% 0 +13.158%
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z		 0.079% 0 +1.282%
22.
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o		 0.190% 0 +12.426%
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i		 0.323% 0 +0.311%
20.
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y		 0.331% 0 -11.733%
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f		 0.496% 0 -4.432%
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w		 0.580% 0 -8.082%
17.
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g		 0.872% 0 +5.060%
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p		 0.909% 0 -1.410%
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v		 1.409% 0 -0.071%
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h		 2.170% 0 -0.504%
13.
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n		 2.666% 0 -1.913%
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d		 3.285% 0 -1.823%
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r		 3.351% 0 -2.445%
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t		 3.972% 0 +3.142%
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e		 4.311% -1 +1.675%
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b		 4.497% +1 +13.532%
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l		 5.658% 0 -2.398%
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m		 7.972% -1 -1.459%
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c		 8.217% +1 +4.052%
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s		 8.805% 0 -0.497%
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j		 9.409% -1 -5.437%
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k		 9.514% +1 +3.178%
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a		 13.499% 0 -2.864%
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