US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1993. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	16.499%	0	-0.662%
2.	a	8.929%	+1	+3.429%
3.	d	8.694%	-1	-1.092%
4.	c	8.546%	0	+0.223%
5.	m	7.683%	0	-2.289%
6.	t	5.856%	0	-0.357%
7.	r	5.481%	0	-3.333%
8.	b	5.200%	0	-1.534%
9.	s	4.714%	0	-0.800%
10.	k	3.839%	0	-0.929%
11.	e	3.094%	0	-1.996%
12.	n	2.868%	0	+2.722%
13.	l	2.210%	0	+3.756%
14.	g	2.082%	0	+1.117%
15.	p	1.733%	0	-5.249%
16.	w	1.697%	0	-2.639%
17.	z	1.626%	0	+5.791%
18.	h	0.978%	0	+10.384%
19.	i	0.856%	+1	+2.761%
20.	f	0.853%	-1	-0.234%
21.	v	0.543%	0	-1.986%
22.	o	0.486%	0	+8.482%
23.	q	0.189%	0	+4.420%
24.	x	0.131%	0	+11.966%
25.	y	0.099%	0	+19.277%
26.	u	0.061%	0	-1.613%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	12.876%	0	+0.570%
2.	k	9.866%	0	-1.073%
3.	m	8.812%	+1	+0.490%
4.	s	8.640%	-1	-1.662%
5.	j	7.874%	+1	-1.735%
6.	c	7.726%	-1	-6.340%
7.	b	4.904%	0	+0.574%
8.	e	4.489%	+1	+1.791%
9.	l	4.312%	-1	-5.521%
10.	t	4.177%	0	+9.060%
11.	d	3.468%	0	+1.404%
12.	r	3.297%	0	+0.549%
13.	h	2.610%	0	+3.736%
14.	n	2.304%	0	-1.706%
15.	v	1.587%	0	+3.793%
16.	g	1.217%	0	+5.277%
17.	p	1.060%	0	+1.145%
18.	i	0.549%	0	+4.571%
19.	f	0.491%	0	+0.204%
20.	y	0.454%	0	+8.873%
21.	o	0.407%	0	+8.245%
22.	w	0.344%	0	+2.381%
23.	z	0.172%	0	+11.688%
24.	q	0.064%	0	+14.286%
25.	u	0.028%	0	-20.000%
26.	x	0.027%	0	0.000%

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