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 | Change |
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Rank | Value | Pct. | Rank | Pct. |
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8. | k | 4.789% | +1 | +3.011% |
17. | o | 1.905% | +1 | +3.815% |
1. | j | 11.960% | 0 | -2.216% |
2. | a | 9.360% | 0 | -0.931% |
3. | c | 6.998% | 0 | -1.589% |
4. | m | 6.836% | 0 | -0.422% |
5. | l | 6.672% | 0 | +1.769% |
6. | e | 5.693% | 0 | +1.173% |
7. | d | 4.996% | 0 | -1.069% |
10. | r | 4.236% | 0 | +0.713% |
11. | s | 3.723% | 0 | +0.867% |
12. | g | 3.057% | 0 | -1.260% |
13. | t | 3.056% | 0 | +0.792% |
14. | n | 3.034% | 0 | +0.931% |
15. | h | 2.525% | 0 | +2.393% |
16. | w | 2.444% | 0 | +3.035% |
19. | p | 1.360% | 0 | -1.805% |
20. | z | 1.354% | 0 | +3.914% |
21. | f | 1.025% | 0 | -1.347% |
22. | v | 0.609% | 0 | -0.164% |
23. | y | 0.428% | 0 | +1.182% |
24. | x | 0.408% | 0 | -0.730% |
25. | q | 0.171% | 0 | -2.286% |
26. | u | 0.130% | 0 | +5.691% |
9. | b | 4.745% | -1 | -2.786% |
18. | i | 1.839% | -1 | -1.235% |
Girls | Change |
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Rank | Value | Pct. | Rank | Pct. |
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2. | e | 8.437% | +1 | +3.598% |
11. | n | 2.995% | +1 | +2.709% |
18. | z | 1.604% | +1 | +5.180% |
1. | a | 16.065% | 0 | -2.346% |
4. | s | 6.572% | 0 | -1.587% |
5. | l | 6.296% | 0 | +0.865% |
6. | k | 5.393% | 0 | -1.659% |
7. | c | 5.254% | 0 | -0.114% |
8. | j | 4.416% | 0 | -1.626% |
9. | r | 4.020% | 0 | +4.961% |
10. | h | 3.133% | 0 | +0.934% |
13. | i | 2.342% | 0 | +1.341% |
14. | g | 2.268% | 0 | -0.176% |
15. | d | 2.189% | 0 | +1.956% |
16. | p | 2.071% | 0 | -2.907% |
17. | v | 1.864% | 0 | +2.249% |
20. | o | 1.423% | 0 | +2.818% |
21. | f | 0.919% | 0 | -2.545% |
22. | w | 0.567% | 0 | +10.311% |
23. | y | 0.440% | 0 | -1.786% |
24. | q | 0.238% | 0 | -1.245% |
25. | x | 0.231% | 0 | +8.451% |
26. | u | 0.032% | 0 | +3.226% |
3. | m | 8.197% | -1 | +0.073% |
12. | b | 2.948% | -1 | -1.995% |
19. | t | 1.476% | -1 | -3.844% |