US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2010. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	14.724%	0	-0.708%
2.	a	9.772%	0	-2.309%
3.	c	8.276%	0	-2.013%
4.	m	6.099%	+1	+1.498%
5.	d	6.063%	-1	-2.821%
6.	b	5.329%	0	+2.382%
7.	e	5.041%	0	+3.215%
8.	l	4.977%	0	+7.541%
9.	k	4.125%	0	-0.121%
10.	r	3.922%	0	+0.823%
11.	t	3.692%	0	-3.427%
12.	s	3.475%	0	-0.458%
13.	n	3.077%	0	-2.872%
14.	g	3.040%	0	+1.131%
15.	i	1.857%	0	-1.642%
16.	h	1.789%	0	+1.417%
17.	w	1.781%	0	+2.239%
18.	p	1.463%	0	-0.476%
19.	o	1.169%	0	-0.085%
20.	z	1.158%	0	+1.047%
21.	f	0.795%	0	-0.625%
22.	v	0.571%	0	+1.062%
23.	x	0.432%	0	-1.595%
24.	y	0.380%	0	-0.783%
25.	q	0.215%	0	-6.926%
26.	u	0.145%	0	0.000%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	15.938%	0	+0.466%
2.	m	8.966%	0	-4.739%
3.	k	7.415%	0	-1.983%
4.	s	7.057%	0	+1.002%
5.	e	6.122%	+1	+5.316%
6.	j	6.093%	-1	-3.147%
7.	l	5.951%	0	+3.604%
8.	c	4.985%	0	-1.754%
9.	b	3.308%	0	+0.884%
10.	r	2.917%	0	+1.250%
11.	n	2.785%	0	+0.324%
12.	g	2.545%	+1	-0.664%
13.	d	2.431%	-1	-5.848%
14.	i	2.428%	+1	+3.849%
15.	h	2.422%	-1	-1.062%
16.	t	2.074%	0	-3.535%
17.	p	1.659%	0	+1.592%
18.	v	1.496%	0	-0.200%
19.	z	1.262%	0	+17.614%
20.	o	1.012%	0	+0.596%
21.	f	0.720%	0	+5.417%
22.	y	0.594%	0	-4.348%
23.	w	0.198%	0	+0.508%
24.	x	0.124%	0	+1.639%
25.	q	0.099%	0	+70.690%
26.	u	0.031%	0	-8.824%

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