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			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
26.	u	0.073%	0	+1.389%
25.	y	0.110%	0	+0.917%
24.	x	0.146%	0	+5.797%
23.	q	0.261%	0	+0.772%
22.	v	0.506%	0	-0.784%
21.	o	0.557%	0	+1.642%
20.	f	0.806%	0	+1.384%
19.	i	1.294%	0	+6.066%
18.	h	1.319%	0	+5.520%
17.	z	1.507%	0	0.000%
16.	p	1.604%	0	+0.062%
15.	w	1.657%	0	-2.701%
14.	g	2.297%	0	+4.172%
13.	l	2.538%	0	+2.133%
12.	e	3.283%	0	+1.547%
11.	n	3.435%	0	+5.207%
10.	k	3.635%	0	-0.819%
9.	s	4.208%	0	-0.449%
8.	r	4.734%	0	-4.170%
7.	b	5.349%	0	+0.413%
6.	t	5.593%	0	-3.152%
5.	m	7.232%	0	-0.959%
4.	d	8.133%	0	-0.720%
3.	c	8.308%	0	-3.193%
2.	a	9.429%	0	+0.480%
1.	j	16.342%	0	+0.665%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
26.	u	0.026%	0	-7.143%
25.	x	0.052%	0	+4.000%
24.	q	0.053%	0	-5.357%
23.	w	0.216%	0	-10.373%
22.	z	0.342%	0	+12.871%
21.	y	0.491%	0	+2.935%
20.	f	0.502%	0	+2.449%
19.	o	0.609%	0	+12.778%
18.	i	0.871%	0	+15.059%
17.	p	1.069%	0	+1.135%
16.	v	1.526%	-1	-0.065%
15.	g	1.634%	+1	+12.612%
14.	n	2.198%	0	+1.244%
13.	r	3.079%	-1	-4.498%
12.	h	3.081%	+1	+1.149%
11.	d	3.611%	0	-0.304%
10.	t	3.710%	-1	-1.592%
9.	l	3.809%	+1	+1.061%
8.	b	4.458%	-1	-4.129%
7.	e	4.777%	+1	+2.953%
6.	c	6.724%	0	-5.402%
5.	j	7.381%	0	+1.667%
4.	s	8.477%	0	-2.294%
3.	k	8.947%	0	-5.423%
2.	m	10.279%	0	+1.863%
1.	a	13.245%	0	+2.160%

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