US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2022. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	j	10.511%	0	-3.657%
2.	a	9.712%	0	+1.167%
3.	l	7.103%	0	-0.907%
4.	m	6.923%	0	+1.585%
5.	c	6.518%	0	-1.392%
6.	e	5.900%	0	+0.958%
7.	k	5.092%	0	+1.293%
8.	d	4.514%	+1	-1.247%
9.	b	4.417%	-1	-5.113%
10.	r	4.411%	0	+0.364%
11.	s	3.951%	0	+4.413%
12.	t	3.283%	0	+3.077%
13.	n	3.015%	0	-2.459%
14.	g	2.764%	0	-3.994%
15.	w	2.699%	+1	+2.312%
16.	h	2.683%	-1	-0.186%
17.	o	2.177%	0	+4.213%
18.	i	1.737%	0	+2.237%
19.	z	1.484%	0	+2.274%
20.	p	1.241%	0	-2.971%
21.	f	1.106%	0	+0.272%
22.	v	0.599%	0	+0.842%
23.	y	0.489%	0	+9.152%
24.	x	0.381%	0	-1.550%
25.	q	0.155%	0	-8.824%
26.	u	0.142%	0	+3.650%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	15.003%	0	-2.261%
2.	e	8.642%	0	-0.963%
3.	m	8.239%	0	+2.208%
4.	s	6.686%	0	+2.186%
5.	l	6.618%	0	+2.082%
6.	c	5.120%	0	-2.085%
7.	k	4.848%	0	-3.214%
8.	r	4.163%	0	-0.999%
9.	j	4.021%	0	-2.780%
10.	n	3.333%	0	+0.847%
11.	h	3.087%	0	-0.032%
12.	b	2.675%	0	-3.742%
13.	i	2.583%	0	+3.986%
14.	g	2.329%	0	-3.481%
15.	d	2.326%	0	+2.648%
16.	p	2.050%	0	-2.982%
17.	v	1.948%	0	+6.915%
18.	o	1.714%	0	+0.824%
19.	z	1.659%	0	+0.974%
20.	t	1.320%	0	-3.155%
21.	f	0.955%	0	+2.248%
22.	w	0.907%	0	+9.146%
23.	y	0.512%	0	+19.070%
24.	x	0.278%	0	+9.881%
25.	q	0.225%	0	-4.255%
26.	u	0.038%	0	-2.564%

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