US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1994. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	16.468%	0	-0.188%
2.	a	9.314%	0	+4.312%
3.	d	8.742%	0	+0.552%
4.	c	8.353%	0	-2.258%
5.	m	7.418%	0	-3.449%
6.	t	5.836%	0	-0.342%
7.	b	5.268%	+1	+1.308%
8.	r	5.224%	-1	-4.689%
9.	s	4.559%	0	-3.288%
10.	k	3.784%	0	-1.433%
11.	e	3.119%	0	+0.808%
12.	n	2.940%	0	+2.510%
13.	l	2.230%	0	+0.905%
14.	g	2.111%	0	+1.393%
15.	w	1.697%	+1	0.000%
16.	p	1.662%	-1	-4.097%
17.	z	1.630%	0	+0.246%
18.	h	1.116%	0	+14.110%
19.	i	0.895%	0	+4.556%
20.	f	0.862%	0	+1.055%
21.	v	0.534%	0	-1.657%
22.	o	0.494%	0	+1.646%
23.	q	0.216%	0	+14.286%
24.	x	0.137%	0	+4.580%
25.	y	0.097%	0	-2.020%
26.	u	0.068%	0	+11.475%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	12.992%	0	+0.901%
2.	k	9.819%	0	-0.476%
3.	m	9.427%	0	+6.979%
4.	s	8.360%	0	-3.241%
5.	j	7.712%	0	-2.057%
6.	c	7.406%	0	-4.142%
7.	b	4.817%	0	-1.774%
8.	e	4.513%	0	+0.535%
9.	l	4.079%	0	-5.404%
10.	t	4.005%	0	-4.118%
11.	d	3.561%	0	+2.682%
12.	r	3.256%	0	-1.244%
13.	h	2.699%	0	+3.410%
14.	n	2.380%	0	+3.299%
15.	v	1.549%	0	-2.394%
16.	g	1.349%	0	+10.846%
17.	p	1.039%	0	-1.981%
18.	i	0.636%	0	+15.847%
19.	f	0.474%	0	-3.462%
20.	y	0.429%	0	-5.507%
21.	o	0.420%	0	+3.194%
22.	w	0.313%	0	-9.012%
23.	z	0.231%	0	+34.302%
24.	q	0.072%	0	+12.500%
25.	x	0.033%	+1	+22.222%
26.	u	0.029%	-1	+3.571%

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