US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2021. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	10.910%	0	-3.039%
2.	a	9.600%	0	-0.301%
3.	l	7.168%	0	+3.285%
4.	m	6.815%	0	-1.332%
5.	c	6.610%	0	-1.270%
6.	e	5.844%	0	+0.103%
7.	k	5.027%	0	-1.912%
8.	b	4.655%	+1	-0.150%
9.	d	4.571%	-1	-2.786%
10.	r	4.395%	0	+1.996%
11.	s	3.784%	0	+1.720%
12.	t	3.185%	0	+2.379%
13.	n	3.091%	0	+1.946%
14.	g	2.879%	0	-1.269%
15.	h	2.688%	0	+2.439%
16.	w	2.638%	0	+6.543%
17.	o	2.089%	0	+3.518%
18.	i	1.699%	0	-2.859%
19.	z	1.451%	0	+4.388%
20.	p	1.279%	0	-2.959%
21.	f	1.103%	0	+4.451%
22.	v	0.594%	0	+1.712%
23.	y	0.448%	0	+2.050%
24.	x	0.387%	0	-2.273%
25.	q	0.170%	0	+1.796%
26.	u	0.137%	0	+2.239%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	15.350%	0	-1.438%
2.	e	8.726%	0	+0.949%
3.	m	8.061%	0	-0.173%
4.	s	6.543%	0	+1.410%
5.	l	6.483%	0	+0.950%
6.	c	5.229%	0	-0.853%
7.	k	5.009%	0	-3.913%
8.	r	4.205%	+1	+1.841%
9.	j	4.136%	-1	-0.649%
10.	n	3.305%	0	+3.898%
11.	h	3.088%	0	-0.803%
12.	b	2.779%	0	-2.491%
13.	i	2.484%	+1	+3.242%
14.	g	2.413%	-1	-3.480%
15.	d	2.266%	0	+2.534%
16.	p	2.113%	0	-0.471%
17.	v	1.822%	0	-1.460%
18.	o	1.700%	+1	+8.696%
19.	z	1.643%	-1	+0.428%
20.	t	1.363%	0	-2.013%
21.	f	0.934%	0	+2.077%
22.	w	0.831%	0	+18.208%
23.	y	0.430%	0	-1.149%
24.	x	0.253%	0	+9.524%
25.	q	0.235%	0	+3.070%
26.	u	0.039%	0	+8.333%

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