US Popularity by Initial Letter

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 · Girls
Boys
Change
Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
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j
12.232% 0 -2.859%
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a
9.447% 0 -0.600%
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c
7.111% 0 -4.113%
4.
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m
6.865% 0 +1.284%
5.
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l
6.555% 0 +6.119%
6.
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e
5.627% 0 +1.791%
7.
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d
5.051% 0 -1.598%
8.
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b
4.881% 0 -2.263%
9.
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k
4.649% 0 +2.695%
10.
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r
4.206% 0 +0.646%
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s
3.691% 0 +1.151%
12.
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g
3.096% 0 -2.334%
13.
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t
3.032% 0 -1.270%
14.
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n
3.006% 0 -1.378%
15.
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h
2.466% 0 +0.366%
16.
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w
2.372% 0 +5.095%
17.
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i
1.862% 0 -2.000%
18.
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o
1.835% 0 +0.548%
19.
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p
1.385% 0 -2.465%
20.
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z
1.304% 0 +3.410%
21.
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f
1.039% 0 +1.564%
22.
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v
0.610% 0 -0.974%
23.
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y
0.423% 0 +1.439%
24.
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x
0.411% 0 +5.656%
25.
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q
0.175% 0 -2.235%
26.
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u
0.123% 0 +1.653%
Girls
Change
Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
1.
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a
16.452% 0 -2.141%
2.
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m
8.191% 0 -1.975%
3.
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e
8.144% 0 +4.881%
4.
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s
6.678% 0 -1.664%
5.
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l
6.242% 0 +1.810%
6.
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k
5.485% 0 -3.671%
7.
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c
5.259% 0 -0.642%
8.
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j
4.489% 0 -2.667%
9.
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r
3.831% 0 +2.378%
10.
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h
3.104% 0 +1.438%
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b
3.008% 0 -0.759%
12.
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n
2.916% 0 +1.958%
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i
2.311% +1 +5.912%
14.
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g
2.272% -1 -3.688%
15.
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d
2.147% +1 +2.384%
16.
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p
2.132% -1 -1.296%
17.
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v
1.823% 0 +1.673%
18.
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t
1.536% 0 -5.593%
19.
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z
1.525% 0 +0.860%
20.
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o
1.384% 0 +5.167%
21.
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f
0.943% 0 +2.278%
22.
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w
0.515% +1 +15.471%
23.
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y
0.448% -1 0.000%
24.
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q
0.241% 0 +2.119%
25.
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x
0.213% 0 +2.899%
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u
0.031% 0 +6.897%