US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2002. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	16.336%	0	0.000%
2.	a	9.492%	0	+3.264%
3.	c	8.317%	0	-2.771%
4.	d	7.331%	0	-2.031%
5.	m	6.484%	0	-2.423%
6.	b	4.940%	0	-0.162%
7.	t	4.572%	0	-4.191%
8.	e	4.380%	+2	+7.327%
9.	r	4.161%	-1	-2.071%
10.	s	4.071%	-1	-2.468%
11.	k	3.681%	0	+0.601%
12.	n	3.488%	0	-2.976%
13.	l	3.194%	0	+5.832%
14.	g	2.756%	0	+4.433%
15.	i	1.772%	0	+2.725%
16.	h	1.618%	+1	+3.453%
17.	w	1.617%	-1	-0.185%
18.	p	1.464%	0	-5.365%
19.	z	1.358%	0	-3.138%
20.	o	0.821%	+1	+15.309%
21.	f	0.770%	-1	-3.266%
22.	v	0.513%	0	+2.600%
23.	x	0.283%	+1	+23.043%
24.	q	0.230%	-1	-0.862%
25.	y	0.192%	0	+18.519%
26.	u	0.097%	0	+3.191%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	14.685%	0	+4.334%
2.	m	10.138%	0	-1.697%
3.	k	8.275%	0	-0.012%
4.	s	7.517%	0	-1.674%
5.	j	7.501%	0	-0.504%
6.	c	5.574%	0	-6.429%
7.	e	5.493%	0	+6.619%
8.	l	4.366%	0	+5.638%
9.	b	3.256%	0	-5.732%
10.	h	3.192%	0	-3.126%
11.	d	3.052%	0	-6.894%
12.	t	2.909%	0	-5.521%
13.	r	2.817%	0	+1.367%
14.	n	2.475%	0	-1.708%
15.	g	2.341%	0	+0.731%
16.	i	1.693%	0	+12.791%
17.	v	1.389%	0	+0.507%
18.	p	1.185%	0	+4.313%
19.	o	0.855%	0	+3.762%
20.	f	0.741%	0	+1.368%
21.	z	0.620%	0	+3.333%
22.	y	0.555%	0	-2.802%
23.	w	0.196%	0	+3.158%
24.	x	0.077%	0	+22.222%
25.	q	0.047%	0	+2.174%
26.	u	0.026%	0	-10.345%

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