US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1996. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	16.234%	0	-0.490%
2.	a	9.384%	0	-1.429%
3.	c	8.582%	0	+1.298%
4.	d	8.192%	0	-2.996%
5.	m	7.302%	0	-1.003%
6.	t	5.775%	0	-0.688%
7.	b	5.327%	0	+1.855%
8.	r	4.940%	0	-3.402%
9.	s	4.227%	0	-1.835%
10.	k	3.665%	0	-2.005%
11.	n	3.265%	+1	+4.180%
12.	e	3.233%	-1	+1.571%
13.	l	2.485%	0	+4.764%
14.	g	2.205%	0	+1.801%
15.	w	1.703%	0	+0.591%
16.	p	1.603%	0	-0.743%
17.	z	1.507%	0	-1.439%
18.	h	1.250%	0	+6.202%
19.	i	1.220%	0	+16.190%
20.	f	0.795%	0	-3.753%
21.	o	0.548%	+1	+9.381%
22.	v	0.510%	-1	-1.163%
23.	q	0.259%	0	+8.824%
24.	x	0.138%	0	+4.545%
25.	y	0.109%	0	+10.101%
26.	u	0.072%	0	-4.000%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	12.965%	0	+0.255%
2.	m	10.091%	0	+2.990%
3.	k	9.460%	0	-2.535%
4.	s	8.676%	0	+2.047%
5.	j	7.260%	0	-2.170%
6.	c	7.108%	0	-3.607%
7.	b	4.650%	0	-3.467%
8.	e	4.640%	0	+2.248%
9.	t	3.770%	0	-3.408%
10.	l	3.769%	0	-2.028%
11.	d	3.622%	0	-1.656%
12.	r	3.224%	0	+1.511%
13.	h	3.046%	0	+6.653%
14.	n	2.171%	0	-1.676%
15.	v	1.527%	0	+0.792%
16.	g	1.451%	0	+3.643%
17.	p	1.057%	0	+0.285%
18.	i	0.757%	0	+6.470%
19.	o	0.540%	0	+10.883%
20.	f	0.490%	0	+0.823%
21.	y	0.477%	0	+8.656%
22.	z	0.303%	+1	+23.171%
23.	w	0.241%	-1	-11.397%
24.	q	0.056%	0	-16.418%
25.	x	0.050%	0	+25.000%
26.	u	0.028%	0	-17.647%

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