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			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
26.	u	0.103%	0	+0.980%
25.	q	0.226%	0	-3.830%
24.	y	0.302%	0	+8.244%
23.	x	0.399%	0	+19.461%
22.	v	0.593%	0	+3.853%
21.	f	0.828%	0	+2.222%
20.	o	1.103%	0	+5.148%
19.	z	1.131%	0	-3.581%
18.	p	1.463%	0	+0.827%
17.	w	1.635%	0	-0.608%
16.	h	1.704%	0	+1.610%
15.	i	1.913%	0	+1.485%
14.	g	2.855%	0	0.000%
13.	n	3.420%	0	-0.495%
12.	s	3.676%	-1	-0.054%
11.	k	3.750%	+1	+2.263%
10.	r	4.030%	-1	-1.970%
9.	l	4.142%	+1	+8.231%
8.	t	4.211%	0	-1.750%
7.	e	4.616%	0	-1.536%
6.	b	4.947%	0	-0.222%
5.	m	6.083%	0	-2.092%
4.	d	6.845%	0	-2.172%
3.	c	8.198%	0	-0.582%
2.	a	10.276%	0	+0.993%
1.	j	15.280%	0	-1.584%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
26.	u	0.027%	0	-3.571%
25.	q	0.054%	0	+14.894%
24.	x	0.103%	0	-8.036%
23.	w	0.161%	0	-1.227%
22.	y	0.680%	0	+7.765%
21.	f	0.711%	0	-1.931%
20.	o	0.862%	-1	-2.378%
19.	z	0.892%	+1	+15.694%
18.	p	1.309%	0	-2.313%
17.	v	1.421%	0	+5.966%
16.	i	2.062%	0	+10.150%
15.	t	2.466%	-1	-6.236%
14.	g	2.540%	+1	-2.082%
13.	h	2.724%	-1	-3.915%
12.	d	2.804%	-2	-2.706%
11.	n	2.860%	+2	+2.656%
10.	r	2.861%	+1	-0.105%
9.	b	3.167%	0	+2.194%
8.	l	4.981%	0	+2.595%
7.	c	5.108%	0	-2.945%
6.	e	5.817%	0	-3.724%
5.	j	6.905%	0	-0.519%
4.	s	7.329%	0	+0.839%
3.	k	7.956%	0	-1.741%
2.	m	9.662%	0	-2.473%
1.	a	15.469%	0	+2.757%

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