US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2013. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	14.057%	0	+1.042%
2.	a	9.461%	0	-2.272%
3.	c	7.891%	0	-1.214%
4.	m	6.480%	0	+0.543%
5.	l	5.642%	+2	+4.288%
6.	d	5.589%	-1	-2.631%
7.	b	5.381%	-1	-2.465%
8.	e	5.208%	0	+0.327%
9.	k	4.285%	0	+2.000%
10.	r	3.965%	0	-0.352%
11.	s	3.459%	0	+1.111%
12.	t	3.245%	0	-3.937%
13.	g	3.149%	0	-0.443%
14.	n	3.063%	0	+0.229%
15.	h	2.159%	0	+6.565%
16.	w	2.008%	+1	+3.399%
17.	i	1.913%	-1	-2.745%
18.	p	1.447%	0	-1.229%
19.	o	1.345%	0	+7.257%
20.	z	1.255%	0	+5.021%
21.	f	0.856%	0	+6.866%
22.	v	0.602%	0	+2.555%
23.	x	0.410%	0	-4.872%
24.	y	0.393%	0	+1.550%
25.	q	0.179%	0	-2.186%
26.	u	0.128%	0	-1.538%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	16.577%	0	+1.005%
2.	m	8.688%	0	+0.602%
3.	s	7.101%	0	-0.197%
4.	e	6.958%	+1	+3.572%
5.	k	6.699%	-1	-3.291%
6.	l	6.048%	0	-0.083%
7.	c	5.142%	+1	+1.741%
8.	j	5.094%	-1	-4.284%
9.	b	3.254%	0	-3.557%
10.	r	3.098%	0	+2.278%
11.	h	2.819%	+1	+2.138%
12.	n	2.790%	-1	+0.504%
13.	g	2.431%	0	-1.738%
14.	i	2.241%	0	-0.709%
15.	d	2.137%	0	-1.475%
16.	p	2.017%	0	+6.663%
17.	t	1.715%	0	-6.996%
18.	v	1.642%	0	+6.623%
19.	z	1.450%	0	-0.275%
20.	o	1.165%	0	+8.980%
21.	f	0.768%	0	+0.261%
22.	y	0.489%	0	-10.929%
23.	w	0.300%	0	+14.068%
24.	q	0.179%	0	+22.603%
25.	x	0.157%	0	+13.768%
26.	u	0.028%	0	-9.677%

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