US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2022. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	10.508%	0	-3.649%
2.	a	9.714%	0	+1.188%
3.	l	7.108%	0	-0.865%
4.	m	6.918%	0	+1.511%
5.	c	6.521%	0	-1.361%
6.	e	5.898%	0	+0.924%
7.	k	5.090%	0	+1.314%
8.	d	4.512%	+1	-1.291%
9.	b	4.417%	-1	-5.092%
10.	r	4.411%	0	+0.318%
11.	s	3.948%	0	+4.334%
12.	t	3.283%	0	+3.077%
13.	n	3.017%	0	-2.362%
14.	g	2.764%	0	-3.994%
15.	w	2.702%	+1	+2.426%
16.	h	2.686%	-1	-0.112%
17.	o	2.178%	0	+4.211%
18.	i	1.735%	0	+2.119%
19.	z	1.483%	0	+2.346%
20.	p	1.241%	0	-2.971%
21.	f	1.105%	0	+0.181%
22.	v	0.600%	0	+1.010%
23.	y	0.486%	0	+8.725%
24.	x	0.381%	0	-1.550%
25.	q	0.155%	0	-8.284%
26.	u	0.141%	0	+2.920%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	15.008%	0	-2.228%
2.	e	8.643%	0	-0.985%
3.	m	8.240%	0	+2.195%
4.	s	6.687%	0	+2.201%
5.	l	6.616%	0	+2.067%
6.	c	5.121%	0	-2.122%
7.	k	4.847%	0	-3.196%
8.	r	4.162%	0	-0.975%
9.	j	4.018%	0	-2.830%
10.	n	3.334%	0	+0.877%
11.	h	3.087%	0	-0.032%
12.	b	2.672%	0	-3.781%
13.	i	2.581%	0	+3.905%
14.	d	2.327%	+1	+2.692%
15.	g	2.327%	-1	-3.524%
16.	p	2.052%	0	-2.933%
17.	v	1.950%	0	+7.025%
18.	o	1.714%	0	+0.883%
19.	z	1.657%	0	+0.975%
20.	t	1.318%	0	-3.231%
21.	f	0.953%	0	+2.034%
22.	w	0.906%	0	+9.157%
23.	y	0.512%	0	+19.070%
24.	x	0.279%	0	+9.843%
25.	q	0.226%	0	-3.830%
26.	u	0.038%	0	-2.564%

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