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.
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u
0.135% 0 +3.846%
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q
0.172% 0 +0.585%
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x
0.412% 0 +0.980%
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y
0.461% 0 +7.710%
22.
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v
0.605% 0 -0.657%
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f
1.043% 0 +1.756%
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p
1.301% -1 -4.338%
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z
1.367% +1 +0.960%
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i
1.784% 0 -2.991%
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o
1.957% 0 +2.784%
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w
2.461% 0 +0.696%
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h
2.513% 0 -0.475%
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g
2.960% -1 -3.141%
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n
3.038% +1 +0.132%
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t
3.044% 0 -0.425%
11.
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s
3.739% 0 +0.430%
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r
4.254% 0 +0.449%
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b
4.660% 0 -1.791%
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d
4.784% -1 -4.263%
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k
4.958% +1 +3.486%
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e
5.795% 0 +1.810%
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m
6.852% -1 +0.234%
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c
6.864% -1 -1.929%
3.
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l
6.951% +2 +4.197%
2.
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a
9.477% 0 +1.250%
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j
11.672% 0 -2.424%
Girls
Change
Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
26.
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u
0.033% 0 +3.125%
25.
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x
0.221% 0 -4.329%
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q
0.232% 0 -2.521%
23.
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y
0.450% 0 +2.273%
22.
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w
0.661% 0 +16.578%
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f
0.915% 0 -0.435%
20.
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t
1.451% -1 -1.760%
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o
1.507% +1 +5.903%
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z
1.596% 0 -0.499%
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v
1.919% 0 +3.006%
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p
2.124% 0 +2.510%
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d
2.144% 0 -2.056%
14.
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g
2.211% 0 -2.513%
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i
2.375% 0 +1.452%
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b
2.880% 0 -2.307%
11.
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n
3.076% 0 +2.705%
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h
3.176% 0 +1.372%
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r
4.108% 0 +2.164%
8.
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j
4.323% 0 -2.106%
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c
5.288% 0 +0.647%
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k
5.303% 0 -1.705%
5.
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l
6.355% 0 +0.937%
4.
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s
6.471% 0 -1.537%
3.
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m
8.146% 0 -0.634%
2.
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e
8.648% 0 +2.513%
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a
15.758% 0 -1.905%