US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2009. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	14.829%	0	-1.976%
2.	a	10.003%	0	-1.632%
3.	c	8.446%	0	+1.210%
4.	d	6.239%	0	-3.046%
5.	m	6.009%	0	-0.266%
6.	b	5.205%	0	+0.386%
7.	e	4.884%	0	+2.583%
8.	l	4.628%	0	+8.055%
9.	k	4.130%	+1	+3.147%
10.	r	3.890%	-1	-2.896%
11.	t	3.823%	0	-1.444%
12.	s	3.491%	0	-0.936%
13.	n	3.168%	0	0.000%
14.	g	3.006%	0	-1.053%
15.	i	1.888%	0	-0.369%
16.	h	1.764%	0	-1.287%
17.	w	1.742%	0	+2.894%
18.	p	1.470%	0	+0.616%
19.	o	1.170%	+1	+3.084%
20.	z	1.146%	-1	+0.350%
21.	f	0.800%	0	+0.629%
22.	v	0.565%	0	+0.177%
23.	x	0.439%	0	+6.295%
24.	y	0.383%	0	+7.584%
25.	q	0.231%	0	+3.587%
26.	u	0.145%	0	+11.538%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	15.864%	0	+0.987%
2.	m	9.412%	0	-2.426%
3.	k	7.565%	0	-3.495%
4.	s	6.987%	0	-1.453%
5.	j	6.291%	0	-4.508%
6.	e	5.813%	0	+1.484%
7.	l	5.744%	0	+4.913%
8.	c	5.074%	0	-0.607%
9.	b	3.279%	0	+4.727%
10.	r	2.881%	0	-0.860%
11.	n	2.776%	0	-0.072%
12.	d	2.582%	0	-6.381%
13.	g	2.562%	0	+0.313%
14.	h	2.448%	0	-2.780%
15.	i	2.338%	+1	+10.231%
16.	t	2.150%	-1	-4.018%
17.	p	1.633%	0	+8.722%
18.	v	1.499%	0	+2.251%
19.	z	1.073%	0	+8.603%
20.	o	1.006%	0	+5.010%
21.	f	0.683%	+1	+6.719%
22.	y	0.621%	-1	-4.608%
23.	w	0.197%	0	+14.535%
24.	x	0.122%	0	+7.965%
25.	q	0.058%	0	0.000%
26.	u	0.034%	0	+21.429%

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