US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2019. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	11.672%	0	-2.424%
2.	a	9.477%	0	+1.250%
3.	l	6.951%	+2	+4.197%
4.	c	6.864%	-1	-1.929%
5.	m	6.852%	-1	+0.234%
6.	e	5.795%	0	+1.810%
7.	k	4.958%	+1	+3.486%
8.	d	4.784%	-1	-4.263%
9.	b	4.660%	0	-1.791%
10.	r	4.254%	0	+0.449%
11.	s	3.739%	0	+0.430%
12.	t	3.044%	0	-0.425%
13.	n	3.038%	+1	+0.132%
14.	g	2.960%	-1	-3.141%
15.	h	2.513%	0	-0.475%
16.	w	2.461%	0	+0.696%
17.	o	1.957%	0	+2.784%
18.	i	1.784%	0	-2.991%
19.	z	1.367%	+1	+0.960%
20.	p	1.301%	-1	-4.338%
21.	f	1.043%	0	+1.756%
22.	v	0.605%	0	-0.657%
23.	y	0.461%	0	+7.710%
24.	x	0.412%	0	+0.980%
25.	q	0.172%	0	+0.585%
26.	u	0.135%	0	+3.846%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	15.758%	0	-1.905%
2.	e	8.648%	0	+2.513%
3.	m	8.146%	0	-0.634%
4.	s	6.471%	0	-1.537%
5.	l	6.355%	0	+0.937%
6.	k	5.303%	0	-1.705%
7.	c	5.288%	0	+0.647%
8.	j	4.323%	0	-2.106%
9.	r	4.108%	0	+2.164%
10.	h	3.176%	0	+1.372%
11.	n	3.076%	0	+2.705%
12.	b	2.880%	0	-2.307%
13.	i	2.375%	0	+1.452%
14.	g	2.211%	0	-2.513%
15.	d	2.144%	0	-2.056%
16.	p	2.124%	0	+2.510%
17.	v	1.919%	0	+3.006%
18.	z	1.596%	0	-0.499%
19.	o	1.507%	+1	+5.903%
20.	t	1.451%	-1	-1.760%
21.	f	0.915%	0	-0.435%
22.	w	0.661%	0	+16.578%
23.	y	0.450%	0	+2.273%
24.	q	0.232%	0	-2.521%
25.	x	0.221%	0	-4.329%
26.	u	0.033%	0	+3.125%

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