US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2007. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	15.308%	0	+0.183%
2.	a	10.187%	0	-0.866%
3.	c	8.253%	0	+0.671%
4.	d	6.760%	0	-1.242%
5.	m	6.009%	0	-1.217%
6.	b	5.035%	0	+1.779%
7.	e	4.668%	0	+1.127%
8.	l	4.237%	+1	+2.294%
9.	t	4.029%	-1	-4.322%
10.	r	3.969%	0	-1.514%
11.	k	3.829%	0	+2.107%
12.	s	3.603%	0	-1.986%
13.	n	3.293%	0	-3.713%
14.	g	2.952%	0	+3.398%
15.	i	1.926%	0	+0.680%
16.	h	1.718%	0	+0.822%
17.	w	1.641%	0	+0.367%
18.	p	1.487%	0	+1.640%
19.	z	1.148%	0	+1.503%
20.	o	1.124%	0	+1.904%
21.	f	0.831%	0	+0.362%
22.	v	0.596%	0	+0.506%
23.	x	0.413%	0	+3.509%
24.	y	0.329%	0	+8.940%
25.	q	0.225%	0	-0.442%
26.	u	0.108%	0	+4.854%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	15.868%	0	+2.579%
2.	m	9.351%	0	-3.219%
3.	k	7.793%	0	-2.049%
4.	s	7.379%	0	+0.682%
5.	j	6.871%	0	-0.492%
6.	e	5.735%	0	-1.410%
7.	l	5.158%	+1	+3.554%
8.	c	5.024%	-1	-1.644%
9.	b	3.199%	0	+1.010%
10.	r	2.865%	0	+0.140%
11.	d	2.819%	+1	+0.535%
12.	n	2.801%	-1	-2.063%
13.	h	2.684%	0	-1.468%
14.	g	2.549%	0	+0.354%
15.	t	2.300%	0	-6.732%
16.	i	2.143%	0	+3.928%
17.	v	1.408%	0	-0.915%
18.	p	1.301%	0	-0.611%
19.	z	0.953%	0	+6.839%
20.	o	0.909%	0	+5.452%
21.	y	0.684%	+1	+0.588%
22.	f	0.666%	-1	-6.329%
23.	w	0.172%	0	+6.832%
24.	x	0.107%	0	+3.883%
25.	q	0.054%	0	0.000%
26.	u	0.029%	0	+7.407%

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