US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2017. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	12.232%	0	-2.859%
2.	a	9.447%	0	-0.600%
3.	c	7.111%	0	-4.113%
4.	m	6.865%	0	+1.284%
5.	l	6.555%	0	+6.119%
6.	e	5.627%	0	+1.791%
7.	d	5.051%	0	-1.598%
8.	b	4.881%	0	-2.263%
9.	k	4.649%	0	+2.695%
10.	r	4.206%	0	+0.646%
11.	s	3.691%	0	+1.151%
12.	g	3.096%	0	-2.334%
13.	t	3.032%	0	-1.270%
14.	n	3.006%	0	-1.378%
15.	h	2.466%	0	+0.366%
16.	w	2.372%	0	+5.095%
17.	i	1.862%	0	-2.000%
18.	o	1.835%	0	+0.548%
19.	p	1.385%	0	-2.465%
20.	z	1.304%	0	+3.410%
21.	f	1.039%	0	+1.564%
22.	v	0.610%	0	-0.974%
23.	y	0.423%	0	+1.439%
24.	x	0.411%	0	+5.656%
25.	q	0.175%	0	-2.235%
26.	u	0.123%	0	+1.653%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	16.452%	0	-2.141%
2.	m	8.191%	0	-1.975%
3.	e	8.144%	0	+4.881%
4.	s	6.678%	0	-1.664%
5.	l	6.242%	0	+1.810%
6.	k	5.485%	0	-3.671%
7.	c	5.259%	0	-0.642%
8.	j	4.489%	0	-2.667%
9.	r	3.831%	0	+2.378%
10.	h	3.104%	0	+1.438%
11.	b	3.008%	0	-0.759%
12.	n	2.916%	0	+1.958%
13.	i	2.311%	+1	+5.912%
14.	g	2.272%	-1	-3.688%
15.	d	2.147%	+1	+2.384%
16.	p	2.132%	-1	-1.296%
17.	v	1.823%	0	+1.673%
18.	t	1.536%	0	-5.593%
19.	z	1.525%	0	+0.860%
20.	o	1.384%	0	+5.167%
21.	f	0.943%	0	+2.278%
22.	w	0.515%	+1	+15.471%
23.	y	0.448%	-1	0.000%
24.	q	0.241%	0	+2.119%
25.	x	0.213%	0	+2.899%
26.	u	0.031%	0	+6.897%

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