US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2020. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	11.250%	0	-3.615%
2.	a	9.630%	0	+1.614%
3.	l	6.941%	0	-0.144%
4.	m	6.907%	+1	+0.803%
5.	c	6.695%	-1	-2.462%
6.	e	5.838%	0	+0.742%
7.	k	5.124%	0	+3.348%
8.	d	4.701%	0	-1.735%
9.	b	4.661%	0	+0.021%
10.	r	4.309%	0	+1.293%
11.	s	3.720%	0	-0.508%
12.	t	3.111%	0	+2.201%
13.	n	3.031%	0	-0.230%
14.	g	2.916%	0	-1.486%
15.	h	2.625%	0	+4.457%
16.	w	2.476%	0	+0.610%
17.	o	2.019%	0	+3.168%
18.	i	1.749%	0	-1.962%
19.	z	1.389%	0	+1.609%
20.	p	1.318%	0	+1.307%
21.	f	1.056%	0	+1.246%
22.	v	0.584%	0	-3.471%
23.	y	0.439%	0	-4.772%
24.	x	0.395%	0	-4.126%
25.	q	0.167%	0	-2.907%
26.	u	0.134%	0	-0.741%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	15.574%	0	-1.168%
2.	e	8.645%	0	-0.035%
3.	m	8.075%	0	-0.872%
4.	s	6.452%	0	-0.294%
5.	l	6.423%	0	+1.070%
6.	c	5.275%	+1	-0.246%
7.	k	5.211%	-1	-1.735%
8.	j	4.163%	0	-3.701%
9.	r	4.128%	0	+0.487%
10.	n	3.181%	+1	+3.414%
11.	h	3.113%	-1	-1.984%
12.	b	2.850%	0	-1.042%
13.	g	2.500%	+1	+13.071%
14.	i	2.405%	-1	+1.263%
15.	d	2.210%	0	+3.078%
16.	p	2.122%	0	-0.094%
17.	v	1.849%	0	-3.648%
18.	z	1.636%	0	+2.506%
19.	o	1.565%	0	+3.849%
20.	t	1.390%	0	-4.204%
21.	f	0.915%	0	0.000%
22.	w	0.702%	0	+6.203%
23.	y	0.436%	0	-3.111%
24.	x	0.230%	+1	+4.072%
25.	q	0.228%	-1	-1.724%
26.	u	0.036%	0	+9.091%

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