US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2004. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	15.672%	0	-1.884%
2.	a	10.173%	0	+2.416%
3.	c	8.353%	0	-0.405%
4.	d	7.107%	0	-3.016%
5.	m	6.237%	0	-0.937%
6.	b	4.941%	0	+0.447%
7.	e	4.706%	0	+4.671%
8.	t	4.287%	0	-3.031%
9.	r	4.174%	0	+1.163%
10.	k	3.745%	+1	+1.988%
11.	s	3.738%	-1	-3.932%
12.	l	3.544%	0	+4.389%
13.	n	3.394%	0	+0.712%
14.	g	2.745%	0	-3.684%
15.	i	1.874%	0	+3.422%
16.	w	1.683%	+1	+5.056%
17.	h	1.604%	-1	0.000%
18.	p	1.439%	0	+0.139%
19.	z	1.231%	0	-5.743%
20.	o	0.992%	0	+7.826%
21.	f	0.797%	0	+0.886%
22.	v	0.555%	0	+0.543%
23.	x	0.340%	0	-2.299%
24.	y	0.259%	0	+3.187%
25.	q	0.229%	0	-2.137%
26.	u	0.092%	0	+5.747%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	14.791%	0	+0.169%
2.	m	9.860%	0	-0.061%
3.	k	8.247%	0	+0.085%
4.	s	7.309%	0	-1.109%
5.	j	7.077%	0	-2.453%
6.	e	6.027%	0	+0.350%
7.	c	5.391%	0	+0.186%
8.	l	4.741%	0	+4.198%
9.	b	3.146%	0	-1.994%
10.	d	2.927%	+1	-0.645%
11.	r	2.891%	+2	+3.250%
12.	h	2.878%	-2	-8.722%
13.	t	2.778%	-1	-2.833%
14.	n	2.618%	0	+3.152%
15.	g	2.491%	0	+1.096%
16.	i	1.835%	0	+3.439%
17.	p	1.351%	+1	+8.601%
18.	v	1.305%	-1	-4.044%
19.	o	0.912%	0	-0.545%
20.	z	0.723%	+1	+7.270%
21.	f	0.723%	-1	-1.364%
22.	y	0.608%	0	+3.932%
23.	w	0.178%	0	+1.136%
24.	x	0.107%	0	+27.381%
25.	q	0.049%	0	-7.547%
26.	u	0.026%	0	-3.704%

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