US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2018. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
26.	u	0.130%	0	+5.691%
20.	z	1.354%	0	+3.914%
17.	o	1.905%	+1	+3.815%
16.	w	2.444%	0	+3.035%
8.	k	4.789%	+1	+3.011%
15.	h	2.525%	0	+2.393%
5.	l	6.672%	0	+1.769%
6.	e	5.693%	0	+1.173%
23.	y	0.428%	0	+1.182%
14.	n	3.034%	0	+0.931%
11.	s	3.723%	0	+0.867%
13.	t	3.056%	0	+0.792%
10.	r	4.236%	0	+0.713%
22.	v	0.609%	0	-0.164%
4.	m	6.836%	0	-0.422%
24.	x	0.408%	0	-0.730%
2.	a	9.360%	0	-0.931%
7.	d	4.996%	0	-1.069%
12.	g	3.057%	0	-1.260%
18.	i	1.839%	-1	-1.235%
21.	f	1.025%	0	-1.347%
3.	c	6.998%	0	-1.589%
19.	p	1.360%	0	-1.805%
25.	q	0.171%	0	-2.286%
1.	j	11.960%	0	-2.216%
9.	b	4.745%	-1	-2.786%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
22.	w	0.567%	0	+10.311%
25.	x	0.231%	0	+8.451%
18.	z	1.604%	+1	+5.180%
9.	r	4.020%	0	+4.961%
26.	u	0.032%	0	+3.226%
2.	e	8.437%	+1	+3.598%
20.	o	1.423%	0	+2.818%
11.	n	2.995%	+1	+2.709%
17.	v	1.864%	0	+2.249%
15.	d	2.189%	0	+1.956%
13.	i	2.342%	0	+1.341%
10.	h	3.133%	0	+0.934%
5.	l	6.296%	0	+0.865%
3.	m	8.197%	-1	+0.073%
7.	c	5.254%	0	-0.114%
14.	g	2.268%	0	-0.176%
24.	q	0.238%	0	-1.245%
4.	s	6.572%	0	-1.587%
8.	j	4.416%	0	-1.626%
6.	k	5.393%	0	-1.659%
23.	y	0.440%	0	-1.786%
12.	b	2.948%	-1	-1.995%
1.	a	16.065%	0	-2.346%
21.	f	0.919%	0	-2.545%
16.	p	2.071%	0	-2.907%
19.	t	1.476%	-1	-3.844%

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