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.
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u
0.092% 0 +5.747%
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q
0.229% 0 -2.137%
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y
0.259% 0 +3.187%
23.
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x
0.340% 0 -2.299%
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v
0.555% 0 +0.543%
21.
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f
0.797% 0 +0.886%
20.
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o
0.992% 0 +7.826%
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z
1.231% 0 -5.743%
18.
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p
1.439% 0 +0.139%
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h
1.604% -1 0.000%
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w
1.683% +1 +5.056%
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i
1.874% 0 +3.422%
14.
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g
2.745% 0 -3.684%
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n
3.394% 0 +0.712%
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l
3.544% 0 +4.389%
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s
3.738% -1 -3.932%
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k
3.745% +1 +1.988%
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r
4.174% 0 +1.163%
8.
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t
4.287% 0 -3.031%
7.
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e
4.706% 0 +4.671%
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b
4.941% 0 +0.447%
5.
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m
6.237% 0 -0.937%
4.
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d
7.107% 0 -3.016%
3.
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c
8.353% 0 -0.405%
2.
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a
10.173% 0 +2.416%
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j
15.672% 0 -1.884%
Girls
Change
Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
26.
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u
0.026% 0 -3.704%
25.
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q
0.049% 0 -7.547%
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x
0.107% 0 +27.381%
23.
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w
0.178% 0 +1.136%
22.
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y
0.608% 0 +3.932%
21.
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f
0.723% -1 -1.364%
20.
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z
0.723% +1 +7.270%
19.
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o
0.912% 0 -0.545%
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v
1.305% -1 -4.044%
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p
1.351% +1 +8.601%
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i
1.835% 0 +3.439%
15.
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g
2.491% 0 +1.096%
14.
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n
2.618% 0 +3.152%
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t
2.778% -1 -2.833%
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h
2.878% -2 -8.722%
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r
2.891% +2 +3.250%
10.
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d
2.927% +1 -0.645%
9.
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b
3.146% 0 -1.994%
8.
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l
4.741% 0 +4.198%
7.
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c
5.391% 0 +0.186%
6.
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e
6.027% 0 +0.350%
5.
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j
7.077% 0 -2.453%
4.
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s
7.309% 0 -1.109%
3.
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k
8.247% 0 +0.085%
2.
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m
9.860% 0 -0.061%
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a
14.791% 0 +0.169%