US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2005. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	15.526%	0	-0.932%
2.	a	10.175%	0	+0.020%
3.	c	8.246%	0	-1.281%
4.	d	6.997%	0	-1.548%
5.	m	6.213%	0	-0.385%
6.	b	4.958%	0	+0.344%
7.	e	4.688%	0	-0.382%
8.	t	4.286%	0	-0.023%
9.	r	4.111%	0	-1.509%
10.	l	3.827%	+2	+7.985%
11.	s	3.678%	0	-1.605%
12.	k	3.667%	-2	-2.083%
13.	n	3.437%	0	+1.267%
14.	g	2.855%	0	+4.007%
15.	i	1.885%	0	+0.587%
16.	h	1.677%	+1	+4.551%
17.	w	1.645%	-1	-2.258%
18.	p	1.451%	0	+0.834%
19.	z	1.173%	0	-4.712%
20.	o	1.049%	0	+5.746%
21.	f	0.810%	0	+1.631%
22.	v	0.571%	0	+2.883%
23.	x	0.334%	0	-1.765%
24.	y	0.279%	0	+7.722%
25.	q	0.235%	0	+2.620%
26.	u	0.102%	0	+10.870%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	15.054%	0	+1.778%
2.	m	9.907%	0	+0.477%
3.	k	8.097%	0	-1.819%
4.	s	7.268%	0	-0.561%
5.	j	6.941%	0	-1.922%
6.	e	6.042%	0	+0.249%
7.	c	5.263%	0	-2.374%
8.	l	4.855%	0	+2.405%
9.	b	3.099%	0	-1.494%
10.	d	2.882%	0	-1.537%
11.	r	2.864%	0	-0.934%
12.	h	2.835%	0	-1.494%
13.	n	2.786%	+1	+6.417%
14.	t	2.630%	-1	-5.328%
15.	g	2.594%	0	+4.135%
16.	i	1.872%	0	+2.016%
17.	v	1.341%	+1	+2.759%
18.	p	1.340%	-1	-0.814%
19.	o	0.883%	0	-3.180%
20.	z	0.771%	0	+6.639%
21.	f	0.725%	0	+0.277%
22.	y	0.631%	0	+3.783%
23.	w	0.163%	0	-8.427%
24.	x	0.112%	0	+4.673%
25.	q	0.047%	0	-4.082%
26.	u	0.028%	0	+7.692%

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