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.
9.	b	4.416%	-1	-5.134%
16.	h	2.684%	-1	-0.149%
1.	j	10.510%	0	-3.640%
2.	a	9.713%	0	+1.188%
3.	l	7.104%	0	-0.907%
4.	m	6.922%	0	+1.570%
5.	c	6.519%	0	-1.392%
6.	e	5.900%	0	+0.958%
7.	k	5.090%	0	+1.294%
10.	r	4.411%	0	+0.341%
11.	s	3.951%	0	+4.413%
12.	t	3.283%	0	+3.045%
13.	n	3.016%	0	-2.426%
14.	g	2.764%	0	-3.961%
17.	o	2.177%	0	+4.213%
18.	i	1.737%	0	+2.176%
19.	z	1.484%	0	+2.345%
20.	p	1.241%	0	-2.971%
21.	f	1.106%	0	+0.272%
22.	v	0.599%	0	+0.842%
23.	y	0.488%	0	+8.929%
24.	x	0.381%	0	-1.550%
25.	q	0.155%	0	-8.824%
26.	u	0.142%	0	+3.650%
8.	d	4.513%	+1	-1.269%
15.	w	2.700%	+1	+2.350%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	15.005%	0	-2.254%
2.	e	8.643%	0	-0.963%
3.	m	8.240%	0	+2.221%
4.	s	6.686%	0	+2.170%
5.	l	6.617%	0	+2.083%
6.	c	5.121%	0	-2.084%
7.	k	4.847%	0	-3.215%
8.	r	4.163%	0	-0.975%
9.	j	4.019%	0	-2.805%
10.	n	3.333%	0	+0.878%
11.	h	3.086%	0	-0.065%
12.	b	2.674%	0	-3.778%
13.	i	2.583%	0	+3.944%
14.	g	2.328%	0	-3.483%
15.	d	2.326%	0	+2.648%
16.	p	2.050%	0	-3.027%
17.	v	1.948%	0	+6.915%
18.	o	1.713%	0	+0.765%
19.	z	1.660%	0	+1.096%
20.	t	1.319%	0	-3.228%
21.	f	0.954%	0	+2.141%
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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