US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2014. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	13.543%	0	-3.657%
2.	a	9.464%	0	+0.032%
3.	c	7.779%	0	-1.419%
4.	m	6.509%	0	+0.448%
5.	l	5.948%	0	+5.424%
6.	d	5.441%	0	-2.648%
7.	e	5.265%	+1	+1.094%
8.	b	5.237%	-1	-2.676%
9.	k	4.440%	0	+3.617%
10.	r	4.086%	0	+3.052%
11.	s	3.542%	0	+2.400%
12.	g	3.169%	+1	+0.635%
13.	t	3.139%	-1	-3.267%
14.	n	3.078%	0	+0.490%
15.	h	2.294%	0	+6.253%
16.	w	2.105%	0	+4.831%
17.	i	1.892%	0	-1.098%
18.	o	1.486%	+1	+10.483%
19.	p	1.466%	-1	+1.313%
20.	z	1.214%	0	-3.267%
21.	f	0.907%	0	+5.958%
22.	v	0.592%	0	-1.661%
23.	y	0.400%	+1	+1.781%
24.	x	0.391%	-1	-4.634%
25.	q	0.171%	0	-4.469%
26.	u	0.131%	0	+2.344%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	16.793%	0	+1.303%
2.	m	8.569%	0	-1.370%
3.	e	7.329%	+1	+5.332%
4.	s	6.911%	-1	-2.676%
5.	k	6.402%	0	-4.433%
6.	l	6.102%	0	+0.893%
7.	c	5.256%	0	+2.217%
8.	j	4.853%	0	-4.731%
9.	b	3.160%	0	-2.889%
10.	r	3.151%	0	+1.711%
11.	h	2.905%	0	+3.051%
12.	n	2.818%	0	+1.004%
13.	g	2.394%	0	-1.522%
14.	i	2.240%	0	-0.045%
15.	d	2.155%	0	+0.842%
16.	p	2.134%	0	+5.801%
17.	v	1.729%	+1	+5.298%
18.	t	1.646%	-1	-4.023%
19.	z	1.448%	0	-0.138%
20.	o	1.245%	0	+6.867%
21.	f	0.846%	0	+10.156%
22.	y	0.454%	0	-7.157%
23.	w	0.346%	0	+15.333%
24.	x	0.178%	+1	+13.376%
25.	q	0.174%	-1	-2.793%
26.	u	0.030%	0	+7.143%

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