US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2000. 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		 16.372% 0 +0.098%
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a		 8.970% 0 -1.828%
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c		 8.439% 0 +0.656%
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d		 7.680% 0 -2.957%
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m		 6.723% 0 -2.805%
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b		 5.125% +1 -1.062%
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t		 5.021% -1 -6.621%
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r		 4.395% 0 -2.894%
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s		 4.216% 0 +1.860%
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e		 3.867% +2 +9.052%
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n		 3.710% -1 -2.317%
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k		 3.639% -1 +1.762%
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l		 2.794% 0 +4.644%
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g		 2.547% 0 +7.197%
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w		 1.646% 0 -0.423%
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p		 1.591% 0 +2.513%
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i		 1.589% +1 +6.217%
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h		 1.585% +1 +6.091%
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z		 1.478% -2 -1.269%
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f		 0.792% 0 +2.062%
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o		 0.671% 0 +3.870%
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v		 0.507% 0 +0.996%
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q		 0.238% 0 -0.418%
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x		 0.207% 0 +10.695%
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y		 0.146% 0 +9.774%
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u		 0.091% 0 -4.211%
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Girls
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
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a		 13.581% 0 +1.952%
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m		 10.269% 0 +1.452%
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k		 8.606% 0 -2.889%
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s		 7.879% 0 -3.915%
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j		 7.260% 0 +0.988%
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c		 6.265% 0 -2.672%
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e		 5.056% 0 +0.040%
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l		 4.144% +1 +1.843%
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b		 3.834% -1 -6.052%
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h		 3.489% +2 +8.556%
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d		 3.396% -1 -4.041%
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t		 3.270% -1 -5.162%
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r		 2.824% 0 -3.188%
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n		 2.264% 0 -0.658%
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g		 2.198% 0 +5.369%
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v		 1.450% 0 -5.414%
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i		 1.260% 0 +10.721%
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p		 1.136% 0 +5.871%
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o		 0.758% 0 +9.696%
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f		 0.693% 0 +10.350%
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y		 0.522% 0 +13.974%
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z		 0.514% 0 +16.290%
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w		 0.184% 0 -6.599%
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x		 0.055% +1 +14.583%
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q		 0.050% -1 -10.714%
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u		 0.031% 0 +10.714%
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