US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2020. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls
Boys
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Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
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u
0.134% 0 -0.741%
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q
0.167% 0 -2.907%
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x
0.395% 0 -4.126%
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y
0.439% 0 -4.772%
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v
0.584% 0 -3.471%
21.
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f
1.056% 0 +1.246%
20.
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p
1.318% 0 +1.307%
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z
1.389% 0 +1.609%
18.
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i
1.749% 0 -1.962%
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o
2.019% 0 +3.168%
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w
2.476% 0 +0.610%
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h
2.625% 0 +4.457%
14.
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g
2.916% 0 -1.486%
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n
3.031% 0 -0.230%
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t
3.111% 0 +2.201%
11.
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s
3.720% 0 -0.508%
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r
4.309% 0 +1.293%
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b
4.661% 0 +0.021%
8.
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d
4.701% 0 -1.735%
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k
5.124% 0 +3.348%
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e
5.838% 0 +0.742%
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c
6.695% -1 -2.462%
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m
6.907% +1 +0.803%
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l
6.941% 0 -0.144%
2.
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a
9.630% 0 +1.614%
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j
11.250% 0 -3.615%
Girls
Change
Rank Value Pct. Rank Pct.
26.
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u
0.036% 0 +9.091%
25.
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q
0.228% -1 -1.724%
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x
0.230% +1 +4.072%
23.
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y
0.436% 0 -3.111%
22.
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w
0.702% 0 +6.203%
21.
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f
0.915% 0 0.000%
20.
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t
1.390% 0 -4.204%
19.
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o
1.565% 0 +3.849%
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z
1.636% 0 +2.506%
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v
1.849% 0 -3.648%
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p
2.122% 0 -0.094%
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d
2.210% 0 +3.078%
14.
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i
2.405% -1 +1.263%
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g
2.500% +1 +13.071%
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b
2.850% 0 -1.042%
11.
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h
3.113% -1 -1.984%
10.
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n
3.181% +1 +3.414%
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r
4.128% 0 +0.487%
8.
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j
4.163% 0 -3.701%
7.
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k
5.211% -1 -1.735%
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c
5.275% +1 -0.246%
5.
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l
6.423% 0 +1.070%
4.
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s
6.452% 0 -0.294%
3.
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m
8.075% 0 -0.872%
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e
8.645% 0 -0.035%
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a
15.574% 0 -1.168%