US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2003. 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		 15.973% 0 -2.222%
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a		 9.933% 0 +4.646%
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c		 8.387% 0 +0.842%
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d		 7.328% 0 -0.041%
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m		 6.296% 0 -2.899%
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b		 4.919% 0 -0.425%
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e		 4.496% +1 +2.648%
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t		 4.421% -1 -3.303%
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r		 4.126% 0 -0.841%
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s		 3.891% 0 -4.422%
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k		 3.672% 0 -0.244%
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l		 3.395% +1 +6.293%
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n		 3.370% -1 -3.383%
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g		 2.850% 0 +3.411%
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i		 1.812% 0 +2.257%
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h		 1.604% 0 -0.865%
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w		 1.602% 0 -0.928%
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p		 1.437% 0 -1.844%
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z		 1.306% 0 -3.829%
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o		 0.920% 0 +12.058%
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f		 0.790% 0 +2.597%
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v		 0.552% 0 +7.602%
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x		 0.348% 0 +22.968%
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y		 0.251% +1 +30.729%
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q		 0.234% -1 +1.739%
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u		 0.087% 0 -10.309%
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Girls
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
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a		 14.766% 0 +0.552%
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m		 9.866% 0 -2.683%
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k		 8.240% 0 -0.423%
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s		 7.391% 0 -1.676%
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j		 7.255% 0 -3.280%
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e		 6.006% +1 +9.339%
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c		 5.381% -1 -3.463%
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l		 4.550% 0 +4.214%
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b		 3.210% 0 -1.413%
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h		 3.153% 0 -1.222%
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d		 2.946% 0 -3.473%
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t		 2.859% 0 -1.719%
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r		 2.800% 0 -0.603%
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n		 2.538% 0 +2.545%
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g		 2.464% 0 +5.254%
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i		 1.774% 0 +4.784%
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v		 1.360% 0 -2.088%
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p		 1.244% 0 +4.979%
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o		 0.917% 0 +7.251%
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f		 0.733% 0 -1.080%
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z		 0.674% 0 +8.710%
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y		 0.585% 0 +5.405%
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w		 0.176% 0 -10.204%
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x		 0.084% 0 +9.091%
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q		 0.053% 0 +12.766%
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u		 0.027% 0 +3.846%
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