US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2012. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	13.912%	0	-2.829%
2.	a	9.681%	0	-1.355%
3.	c	7.988%	0	-1.891%
4.	m	6.445%	0	+0.062%
5.	d	5.740%	0	-0.709%
6.	b	5.517%	0	-0.469%
7.	l	5.410%	0	+5.850%
8.	e	5.191%	0	+2.225%
9.	k	4.201%	0	+1.522%
10.	r	3.979%	0	-0.946%
11.	s	3.421%	+1	+0.529%
12.	t	3.378%	-1	-3.070%
13.	g	3.163%	0	+2.895%
14.	n	3.056%	0	+0.427%
15.	h	2.026%	+1	+5.521%
16.	i	1.967%	-1	+2.023%
17.	w	1.942%	0	+4.296%
18.	p	1.465%	0	+0.687%
19.	o	1.254%	0	+4.587%
20.	z	1.195%	0	+1.271%
21.	f	0.801%	0	+0.882%
22.	v	0.587%	0	+0.342%
23.	x	0.431%	0	-1.373%
24.	y	0.387%	0	+1.575%
25.	q	0.183%	0	-9.852%
26.	u	0.130%	0	-2.256%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	16.412%	0	+1.868%
2.	m	8.636%	0	-1.986%
3.	s	7.115%	+1	0.000%
4.	k	6.927%	-1	-4.482%
5.	e	6.718%	0	+4.349%
6.	l	6.053%	0	+0.298%
7.	j	5.322%	0	-7.104%
8.	c	5.054%	0	+0.577%
9.	b	3.374%	0	-0.296%
10.	r	3.029%	0	+3.875%
11.	n	2.776%	0	-1.140%
12.	h	2.760%	+1	+9.524%
13.	g	2.474%	-1	-3.132%
14.	i	2.257%	+1	-0.748%
15.	d	2.169%	-1	-5.818%
16.	p	1.891%	+1	+9.942%
17.	t	1.844%	-1	-7.150%
18.	v	1.540%	0	+0.457%
19.	z	1.454%	0	+6.442%
20.	o	1.069%	0	+0.754%
21.	f	0.766%	0	+3.654%
22.	y	0.549%	0	-1.436%
23.	w	0.263%	0	+15.859%
24.	q	0.146%	+1	+21.667%
25.	x	0.138%	-1	0.000%
26.	u	0.031%	0	0.000%

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