This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2017. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.
Boys | Change |
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Rank | Value | Pct. | Rank | Pct. |
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2. | a | 9.448% | 0 | -0.589% |
8. | b | 4.881% | 0 | -2.263% |
3. | c | 7.111% | 0 | -4.113% |
7. | d | 5.050% | 0 | -1.617% |
6. | e | 5.627% | 0 | +1.791% |
21. | f | 1.039% | 0 | +1.564% |
12. | g | 3.096% | 0 | -2.334% |
15. | h | 2.466% | 0 | +0.366% |
17. | i | 1.862% | 0 | -2.000% |
1. | j | 12.231% | 0 | -2.859% |
9. | k | 4.649% | 0 | +2.718% |
5. | l | 6.556% | 0 | +6.136% |
4. | m | 6.865% | 0 | +1.284% |
14. | n | 3.006% | 0 | -1.378% |
18. | o | 1.835% | 0 | +0.548% |
19. | p | 1.385% | 0 | -2.465% |
25. | q | 0.175% | 0 | -2.235% |
10. | r | 4.206% | 0 | +0.646% |
11. | s | 3.691% | 0 | +1.151% |
13. | t | 3.032% | 0 | -1.270% |
26. | u | 0.123% | 0 | +1.653% |
22. | v | 0.610% | 0 | -0.974% |
16. | w | 2.372% | 0 | +5.095% |
24. | x | 0.411% | 0 | +5.656% |
23. | y | 0.423% | 0 | +1.439% |
20. | z | 1.303% | 0 | +3.331% |
Girls | Change |
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Rank | Value | Pct. | Rank | Pct. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | a | 16.451% | 0 | -2.141% |
11. | b | 3.008% | 0 | -0.759% |
7. | c | 5.260% | 0 | -0.623% |
15. | d | 2.147% | +1 | +2.433% |
3. | e | 8.144% | 0 | +4.881% |
21. | f | 0.943% | 0 | +2.278% |
14. | g | 2.272% | -1 | -3.729% |
10. | h | 3.104% | 0 | +1.438% |
13. | i | 2.311% | +1 | +5.912% |
8. | j | 4.489% | 0 | -2.667% |
6. | k | 5.484% | 0 | -3.671% |
5. | l | 6.242% | 0 | +1.810% |
2. | m | 8.191% | 0 | -1.975% |
12. | n | 2.916% | 0 | +1.958% |
20. | o | 1.384% | 0 | +5.167% |
16. | p | 2.133% | -1 | -1.204% |
24. | q | 0.241% | 0 | +2.119% |
9. | r | 3.830% | 0 | +2.352% |
4. | s | 6.678% | 0 | -1.649% |
18. | t | 1.535% | 0 | -5.597% |
26. | u | 0.031% | 0 | +6.897% |
17. | v | 1.823% | 0 | +1.616% |
22. | w | 0.514% | +1 | +15.247% |
25. | x | 0.213% | 0 | +2.899% |
23. | y | 0.448% | -1 | 0.000% |
19. | z | 1.525% | 0 | +0.927% |