US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2008. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	15.128%	0	-1.176%
2.	a	10.169%	0	-0.177%
3.	c	8.345%	0	+1.115%
4.	d	6.435%	0	-4.808%
5.	m	6.025%	0	+0.266%
6.	b	5.185%	0	+2.979%
7.	e	4.761%	0	+1.992%
8.	l	4.283%	0	+1.086%
9.	r	4.006%	+1	+0.932%
10.	k	4.004%	+1	+4.570%
11.	t	3.879%	-2	-3.723%
12.	s	3.524%	0	-2.193%
13.	n	3.168%	0	-3.796%
14.	g	3.038%	0	+2.913%
15.	i	1.895%	0	-1.610%
16.	h	1.787%	0	+4.016%
17.	w	1.693%	0	+3.169%
18.	p	1.461%	0	-1.748%
19.	z	1.142%	0	-0.523%
20.	o	1.135%	0	+0.979%
21.	f	0.795%	0	-4.332%
22.	v	0.564%	0	-5.369%
23.	x	0.413%	0	0.000%
24.	y	0.356%	0	+8.207%
25.	q	0.223%	0	-0.889%
26.	u	0.130%	0	+20.370%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	15.709%	0	-1.002%
2.	m	9.646%	0	+3.155%
3.	k	7.839%	0	+0.590%
4.	s	7.090%	0	-3.917%
5.	j	6.588%	0	-4.119%
6.	e	5.728%	0	-0.122%
7.	l	5.475%	0	+6.146%
8.	c	5.105%	0	+1.612%
9.	b	3.131%	0	-2.126%
10.	r	2.906%	0	+1.431%
11.	n	2.778%	+1	-0.821%
12.	d	2.758%	-1	-2.164%
13.	g	2.554%	+1	+0.196%
14.	h	2.518%	-1	-6.185%
15.	t	2.240%	0	-2.609%
16.	i	2.121%	0	-1.027%
17.	p	1.502%	+1	+15.450%
18.	v	1.466%	-1	+4.119%
19.	z	0.988%	0	+3.673%
20.	o	0.958%	0	+5.391%
21.	y	0.651%	0	-4.825%
22.	f	0.640%	0	-3.904%
23.	w	0.172%	0	0.000%
24.	x	0.113%	0	+5.607%
25.	q	0.058%	0	+7.407%
26.	u	0.028%	0	-3.448%

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