US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2011. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
26.	u	0.133%	0	-8.276%
25.	q	0.203%	0	-5.581%
24.	y	0.381%	0	+0.263%
23.	x	0.438%	0	+1.389%
22.	v	0.585%	0	+2.452%
21.	f	0.794%	0	-0.126%
20.	z	1.180%	0	+1.900%
19.	o	1.199%	0	+2.566%
18.	p	1.455%	0	-0.479%
17.	w	1.862%	0	+4.548%
16.	h	1.920%	0	+7.323%
15.	i	1.928%	0	+3.823%
14.	n	3.042%	-1	-1.137%
13.	g	3.073%	+1	+1.086%
12.	s	3.403%	0	-2.072%
11.	t	3.485%	0	-5.632%
10.	r	4.017%	0	+2.422%
9.	k	4.139%	0	+0.339%
8.	e	5.078%	-1	+0.734%
7.	l	5.111%	+1	+2.692%
6.	b	5.543%	0	+4.016%
5.	d	5.781%	0	-4.651%
4.	m	6.441%	0	+5.607%
3.	c	8.142%	0	-1.619%
2.	a	9.814%	0	+0.430%
1.	j	14.317%	0	-2.764%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
26.	u	0.031%	0	0.000%
25.	q	0.120%	0	+21.212%
24.	x	0.138%	0	+11.290%
23.	w	0.227%	0	+14.646%
22.	y	0.557%	0	-6.229%
21.	f	0.739%	0	+2.639%
20.	o	1.061%	0	+4.842%
19.	z	1.366%	0	+8.241%
18.	v	1.533%	0	+2.473%
17.	p	1.720%	0	+3.614%
16.	t	1.986%	0	-4.243%
15.	i	2.274%	-1	-6.343%
14.	d	2.303%	-1	-5.265%
13.	h	2.520%	+2	+4.046%
12.	g	2.555%	0	+0.393%
11.	n	2.808%	0	+0.826%
10.	r	2.916%	0	-0.069%
9.	b	3.384%	0	+2.297%
8.	c	5.025%	0	+0.823%
7.	j	5.729%	-1	-5.974%
6.	l	6.035%	+1	+1.412%
5.	e	6.438%	0	+5.145%
4.	s	7.115%	0	+0.822%
3.	k	7.253%	0	-2.185%
2.	m	8.811%	0	-1.729%
1.	a	16.111%	0	+1.092%

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