US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2016. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	12.591%	0	-3.139%
2.	a	9.504%	0	-0.503%
3.	c	7.416%	0	-3.059%
4.	m	6.778%	0	+2.078%
5.	l	6.177%	0	+1.479%
6.	e	5.528%	0	+3.192%
7.	d	5.133%	0	-3.804%
8.	b	4.994%	0	-2.040%
9.	k	4.526%	0	+0.667%
10.	r	4.179%	0	+1.977%
11.	s	3.649%	0	+2.013%
12.	g	3.170%	0	-0.252%
13.	t	3.071%	0	-0.840%
14.	n	3.048%	0	-1.199%
15.	h	2.457%	0	+2.205%
16.	w	2.257%	0	+4.346%
17.	i	1.900%	0	-1.093%
18.	o	1.825%	0	+8.890%
19.	p	1.420%	0	-1.866%
20.	z	1.261%	0	+3.871%
21.	f	1.023%	0	+7.911%
22.	v	0.616%	0	+3.183%
23.	y	0.417%	0	+3.731%
24.	x	0.389%	0	0.000%
25.	q	0.179%	0	+2.286%
26.	u	0.121%	0	+1.681%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	16.811%	0	-0.808%
2.	m	8.356%	0	-2.143%
3.	e	7.765%	0	+3.769%
4.	s	6.790%	0	-1.850%
5.	l	6.131%	+1	+1.072%
6.	k	5.693%	-1	-6.794%
7.	c	5.293%	0	+0.992%
8.	j	4.612%	0	-1.705%
9.	r	3.742%	0	+10.808%
10.	h	3.060%	+1	+1.898%
11.	b	3.031%	-1	-2.131%
12.	n	2.860%	0	+1.997%
13.	g	2.360%	0	-0.380%
14.	i	2.182%	+1	+1.206%
15.	p	2.159%	-1	-1.190%
16.	d	2.096%	0	-2.056%
17.	v	1.794%	0	+0.279%
18.	t	1.626%	0	-0.429%
19.	z	1.511%	0	+2.233%
20.	o	1.316%	0	+2.732%
21.	f	0.922%	0	+5.251%
22.	y	0.448%	0	+0.448%
23.	w	0.446%	0	+13.776%
24.	q	0.236%	0	+16.832%
25.	x	0.207%	0	+4.545%
26.	u	0.029%	0	+3.571%

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