US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2006. 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		 15.280% 0 -1.584%
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a		 10.276% 0 +0.993%
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c		 8.198% 0 -0.582%
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d		 6.845% 0 -2.172%
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m		 6.083% 0 -2.092%
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b		 4.947% 0 -0.222%
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e		 4.616% 0 -1.536%
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t		 4.211% 0 -1.750%
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l		 4.142% +1 +8.231%
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r		 4.030% -1 -1.970%
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k		 3.750% +1 +2.263%
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s		 3.676% -1 -0.054%
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n		 3.420% 0 -0.495%
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g		 2.855% 0 0.000%
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i		 1.913% 0 +1.485%
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h		 1.704% 0 +1.610%
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w		 1.635% 0 -0.608%
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p		 1.463% 0 +0.827%
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z		 1.131% 0 -3.581%
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o		 1.103% 0 +5.148%
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f		 0.828% 0 +2.222%
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v		 0.593% 0 +3.853%
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x		 0.399% 0 +19.461%
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y		 0.302% 0 +8.244%
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q		 0.226% 0 -3.830%
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u		 0.103% 0 +0.980%
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Girls
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
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a		 15.469% 0 +2.757%
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m		 9.662% 0 -2.473%
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k		 7.956% 0 -1.741%
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s		 7.329% 0 +0.839%
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j		 6.905% 0 -0.519%
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e		 5.817% 0 -3.724%
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c		 5.108% 0 -2.945%
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l		 4.981% 0 +2.595%
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b		 3.167% 0 +2.194%
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r		 2.861% +1 -0.105%
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n		 2.860% +2 +2.656%
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d		 2.804% -2 -2.706%
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h		 2.724% -1 -3.915%
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g		 2.540% +1 -2.082%
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t		 2.466% -1 -6.236%
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i		 2.062% 0 +10.150%
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v		 1.421% 0 +5.966%
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p		 1.309% 0 -2.313%
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z		 0.892% +1 +15.694%
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o		 0.862% -1 -2.378%
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f		 0.711% 0 -1.931%
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y		 0.680% 0 +7.765%
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w		 0.161% 0 -1.227%
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x		 0.103% 0 -8.036%
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q		 0.054% 0 +14.894%
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u		 0.027% 0 -3.571%
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