US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 1999. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	16.356%	0	-0.450%
2.	a	9.137%	0	-1.008%
3.	c	8.384%	0	-0.095%
4.	d	7.914%	0	-1.174%
5.	m	6.917%	0	-2.619%
6.	t	5.377%	0	-2.094%
7.	b	5.180%	0	-1.239%
8.	r	4.526%	0	-1.843%
9.	s	4.139%	0	+0.681%
10.	n	3.798%	0	+2.152%
11.	k	3.576%	0	-1.812%
12.	e	3.546%	0	+4.725%
13.	l	2.670%	0	+4.053%
14.	g	2.376%	0	+1.322%
15.	w	1.653%	0	-0.661%
16.	p	1.552%	0	+0.064%
17.	z	1.497%	+1	+3.170%
18.	i	1.496%	+1	+9.038%
19.	h	1.494%	-2	+2.539%
20.	f	0.776%	0	+1.837%
21.	o	0.646%	0	+8.027%
22.	v	0.502%	0	0.000%
23.	q	0.239%	0	-4.781%
24.	x	0.187%	0	+14.024%
25.	y	0.133%	0	+7.258%
26.	u	0.095%	0	+11.765%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	13.321%	0	-1.158%
2.	m	10.122%	0	-2.990%
3.	k	8.862%	0	-0.101%
4.	s	8.200%	0	-0.954%
5.	j	7.189%	0	-0.194%
6.	c	6.437%	0	-2.054%
7.	e	5.054%	0	+2.019%
8.	b	4.081%	0	-2.856%
9.	l	4.069%	0	+6.296%
10.	d	3.539%	+1	-1.145%
11.	t	3.448%	-1	-4.725%
12.	h	3.214%	0	+3.744%
13.	r	2.917%	0	-1.619%
14.	n	2.279%	0	+0.663%
15.	g	2.086%	0	+15.760%
16.	v	1.533%	0	-0.519%
17.	i	1.138%	+1	+13.800%
18.	p	1.073%	-1	-0.371%
19.	o	0.691%	0	+4.539%
20.	f	0.628%	0	+15.229%
21.	y	0.458%	0	+0.881%
22.	z	0.442%	0	+13.625%
23.	w	0.197%	0	-2.956%
24.	q	0.056%	0	+3.704%
25.	x	0.048%	0	+11.628%
26.	u	0.028%	0	+3.704%

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