US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1997. 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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j		 16.342% 0 +0.665%
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a		 9.429% 0 +0.480%
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c		 8.308% 0 -3.193%
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d		 8.133% 0 -0.720%
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m		 7.232% 0 -0.959%
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t		 5.593% 0 -3.152%
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b		 5.349% 0 +0.413%
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r		 4.734% 0 -4.170%
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s		 4.208% 0 -0.449%
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k		 3.635% 0 -0.819%
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n		 3.435% 0 +5.207%
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e		 3.283% 0 +1.547%
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l		 2.538% 0 +2.133%
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g		 2.297% 0 +4.172%
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w		 1.657% 0 -2.701%
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p		 1.604% 0 +0.062%
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z		 1.507% 0 0.000%
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h		 1.319% 0 +5.520%
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i		 1.294% 0 +6.066%
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f		 0.806% 0 +1.384%
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o		 0.557% 0 +1.642%
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v		 0.506% 0 -0.784%
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q		 0.261% 0 +0.772%
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x		 0.146% 0 +5.797%
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y		 0.110% 0 +0.917%
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u		 0.073% 0 +1.389%
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Girls
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
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a		 13.245% 0 +2.160%
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m		 10.279% 0 +1.863%
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k		 8.947% 0 -5.423%
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s		 8.477% 0 -2.294%
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j		 7.381% 0 +1.667%
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c		 6.724% 0 -5.402%
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e		 4.777% +1 +2.953%
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b		 4.458% -1 -4.129%
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l		 3.809% +1 +1.061%
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t		 3.710% -1 -1.592%
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d		 3.611% 0 -0.304%
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h		 3.081% +1 +1.149%
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r		 3.079% -1 -4.498%
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n		 2.198% 0 +1.244%
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g		 1.634% +1 +12.612%
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v		 1.526% -1 -0.065%
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p		 1.069% 0 +1.135%
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i		 0.871% 0 +15.059%
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o		 0.609% 0 +12.778%
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f		 0.502% 0 +2.449%
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y		 0.491% 0 +2.935%
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z		 0.342% 0 +12.871%
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w		 0.216% 0 -10.373%
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q		 0.053% 0 -5.357%
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x		 0.052% 0 +4.000%
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u		 0.026% 0 -7.143%
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