US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2011. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls
Boys
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
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j		 14.317% 0 -2.764%
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a		 9.814% 0 +0.430%
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c		 8.142% 0 -1.619%
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m		 6.441% 0 +5.607%
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d		 5.781% 0 -4.651%
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b		 5.543% 0 +4.016%
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l		 5.111% +1 +2.692%
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e		 5.078% -1 +0.734%
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k		 4.138% 0 +0.315%
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r		 4.017% 0 +2.422%
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t		 3.485% 0 -5.607%
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s		 3.403% 0 -2.072%
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g		 3.074% +1 +1.118%
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n		 3.043% -1 -1.105%
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i		 1.928% 0 +3.823%
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h		 1.920% 0 +7.323%
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w		 1.862% 0 +4.548%
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p		 1.455% 0 -0.547%
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o		 1.199% 0 +2.566%
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z		 1.180% 0 +1.900%
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f		 0.794% 0 -0.126%
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v		 0.585% 0 +2.452%
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x		 0.437% 0 +1.157%
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y		 0.381% 0 +0.263%
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q		 0.203% 0 -5.581%
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u		 0.133% 0 -8.276%
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Girls
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
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a		 16.111% 0 +1.085%
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m		 8.811% 0 -1.729%
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k		 7.252% 0 -2.198%
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s		 7.115% 0 +0.822%
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e		 6.438% 0 +5.162%
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l		 6.035% +1 +1.412%
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j		 5.729% -1 -5.974%
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c		 5.025% 0 +0.802%
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b		 3.384% 0 +2.297%
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r		 2.916% 0 -0.034%
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n		 2.808% 0 +0.826%
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g		 2.554% 0 +0.354%
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h		 2.520% +2 +4.046%
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d		 2.303% -1 -5.265%
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i		 2.274% -1 -6.343%
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t		 1.986% 0 -4.243%
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p		 1.720% 0 +3.677%
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v		 1.533% 0 +2.473%
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z		 1.366% 0 +8.241%
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o		 1.061% 0 +4.842%
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f		 0.739% 0 +2.639%
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y		 0.557% 0 -6.229%
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w		 0.227% 0 +14.646%
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x		 0.138% 0 +11.290%
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q		 0.120% 0 +21.212%
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u		 0.031% 0 0.000%
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