US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1991. 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		 0.067% 0 +21.818%
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y		 0.081% 0 +3.846%
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x		 0.095% 0 +10.465%
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q		 0.183% 0 +3.977%
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o		 0.431% 0 +3.606%
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v		 0.577% 0 -2.369%
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i		 0.797% -1 +2.574%
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h		 0.821% +1 +6.901%
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f		 0.849% 0 -0.118%
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z		 1.288% 0 +6.008%
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w		 1.786% 0 -2.298%
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p		 1.920% 0 -2.932%
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l		 2.060% 0 +2.335%
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g		 2.094% 0 +0.625%
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n		 2.732% 0 +0.220%
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e		 3.271% 0 -1.089%
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k		 3.965% 0 -0.502%
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s		 4.870% 0 -2.268%
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b		 5.159% 0 +0.116%
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t		 5.638% 0 +4.893%
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r		 5.887% 0 -4.354%
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d		 8.256% 0 +4.085%
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m		 8.277% -2 -3.283%
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a		 8.363% 0 -0.179%
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c		 8.454% +2 +1.659%
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j		 17.383% 0 -1.541%
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Girls
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
26.
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x		 0.027% -1 +12.500%
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u		 0.036% +1 +50.000%
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q		 0.055% 0 +5.769%
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z		 0.126% 0 +10.526%
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o		 0.353% 0 +18.060%
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y		 0.389% 0 -0.256%
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w		 0.407% 0 -8.539%
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f		 0.502% -1 +4.149%
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i		 0.569% +1 +23.160%
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p		 1.004% 0 +0.400%
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g		 1.071% 0 +3.779%
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v		 1.443% 0 +5.792%
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n		 2.294% -1 -2.632%
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h		 2.316% +1 +3.671%
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d		 3.221% 0 +1.449%
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r		 3.339% 0 +0.391%
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t		 3.612% 0 -0.249%
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e		 4.357% 0 +0.115%
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l		 4.818% 0 -6.754%
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b		 4.962% 0 -7.374%
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c		 8.183% -1 -2.000%
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j		 8.494% -2 -1.860%
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m		 8.672% +2 +5.102%
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s		 8.874% +1 +2.947%
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k		 9.825% 0 +0.051%
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a		 13.256% 0 -1.340%
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