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 | Change |
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Rank | Value | Pct. | Rank | Pct. |
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8. | b | 4.654% | +1 | -0.150% |
1. | j | 10.906% | 0 | -3.058% |
2. | a | 9.600% | 0 | -0.312% |
3. | l | 7.170% | 0 | +3.284% |
4. | m | 6.815% | 0 | -1.318% |
5. | c | 6.611% | 0 | -1.255% |
6. | e | 5.844% | 0 | +0.103% |
7. | k | 5.024% | 0 | -1.913% |
10. | r | 4.397% | 0 | +2.042% |
11. | s | 3.784% | 0 | +1.720% |
12. | t | 3.185% | 0 | +2.379% |
13. | n | 3.090% | 0 | +1.947% |
14. | g | 2.879% | 0 | -1.269% |
15. | h | 2.689% | 0 | +2.438% |
16. | w | 2.638% | 0 | +6.543% |
17. | o | 2.090% | 0 | +3.465% |
18. | i | 1.699% | 0 | -2.803% |
19. | z | 1.449% | 0 | +4.320% |
20. | p | 1.279% | 0 | -2.959% |
21. | f | 1.103% | 0 | +4.352% |
22. | v | 0.594% | 0 | +1.712% |
23. | y | 0.447% | 0 | +1.822% |
24. | x | 0.387% | 0 | -2.273% |
25. | q | 0.169% | 0 | +1.198% |
26. | u | 0.137% | 0 | +2.239% |
9. | d | 4.571% | -1 | -2.765% |
Girls | Change |
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Rank | Value | Pct. | Rank | Pct. |
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8. | r | 4.203% | +1 | +1.792% |
13. | i | 2.484% | +1 | +3.285% |
18. | o | 1.699% | +1 | +8.562% |
1. | a | 15.350% | 0 | -1.438% |
2. | e | 8.729% | 0 | +0.960% |
3. | m | 8.063% | 0 | -0.149% |
4. | s | 6.543% | 0 | +1.426% |
5. | l | 6.482% | 0 | +0.934% |
6. | c | 5.232% | 0 | -0.834% |
7. | k | 5.007% | 0 | -3.896% |
10. | n | 3.305% | 0 | +3.898% |
11. | h | 3.088% | 0 | -0.803% |
12. | b | 2.777% | 0 | -2.527% |
15. | d | 2.266% | 0 | +2.534% |
16. | p | 2.114% | 0 | -0.424% |
17. | v | 1.822% | 0 | -1.514% |
20. | t | 1.362% | 0 | -2.014% |
21. | f | 0.934% | 0 | +2.077% |
22. | w | 0.830% | 0 | +18.234% |
23. | y | 0.430% | 0 | -1.376% |
24. | x | 0.254% | 0 | +9.957% |
25. | q | 0.235% | 0 | +3.070% |
26. | u | 0.039% | 0 | +8.333% |
9. | j | 4.135% | -1 | -0.625% |
14. | g | 2.412% | -1 | -3.520% |
19. | z | 1.641% | -1 | +0.306% |