US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2015. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	13.001%	0	-4.016%
2.	a	9.553%	0	+0.940%
3.	c	7.650%	0	-1.658%
4.	m	6.641%	0	+2.028%
5.	l	6.086%	0	+2.320%
6.	e	5.356%	+1	+1.728%
7.	d	5.336%	-1	-1.930%
8.	b	5.098%	0	-2.654%
9.	k	4.496%	0	+1.261%
10.	r	4.098%	0	+0.294%
11.	s	3.577%	0	+1.017%
12.	g	3.178%	0	+0.284%
13.	t	3.097%	0	-1.369%
14.	n	3.085%	0	+0.227%
15.	h	2.404%	0	+4.795%
16.	w	2.162%	0	+2.708%
17.	i	1.921%	0	+1.533%
18.	o	1.676%	0	+12.786%
19.	p	1.447%	0	-1.296%
20.	z	1.214%	0	0.000%
21.	f	0.948%	0	+4.520%
22.	v	0.597%	0	+0.845%
23.	y	0.401%	0	+0.250%
24.	x	0.389%	0	-0.512%
25.	q	0.175%	0	+2.339%
26.	u	0.119%	0	-9.160%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	16.948%	0	+0.923%
2.	m	8.540%	0	-0.338%
3.	e	7.482%	0	+2.088%
4.	s	6.918%	0	+0.101%
5.	k	6.108%	0	-4.592%
6.	l	6.067%	0	-0.574%
7.	c	5.241%	0	-0.285%
8.	j	4.693%	0	-3.317%
9.	r	3.378%	+1	+7.204%
10.	b	3.097%	-1	-1.994%
11.	h	3.003%	0	+3.409%
12.	n	2.804%	0	-0.497%
13.	g	2.369%	0	-1.044%
14.	p	2.184%	+2	+2.343%
15.	i	2.156%	-1	-3.750%
16.	d	2.139%	-1	-0.742%
17.	v	1.789%	0	+3.470%
18.	t	1.633%	0	-0.790%
19.	z	1.479%	0	+2.141%
20.	o	1.281%	0	+2.892%
21.	f	0.876%	0	+3.546%
22.	y	0.446%	0	-1.762%
23.	w	0.393%	0	+13.584%
24.	q	0.202%	+1	+16.092%
25.	x	0.198%	-1	+11.236%
26.	u	0.028%	0	-6.667%

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