US Popularity by Initial Letter

This is a list of the most common initial letters for American baby names of 2019. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
3.	l	6.952%	+2	+4.197%
7.	k	4.956%	+1	+3.487%
12.	t	3.043%	+1	-0.425%
13.	n	3.039%	+1	+0.165%
19.	z	1.367%	+1	+0.960%
1.	j	11.670%	0	-2.425%
2.	a	9.478%	0	+1.261%
6.	e	5.796%	0	+1.809%
9.	b	4.661%	0	-1.770%
10.	r	4.255%	0	+0.449%
11.	s	3.739%	0	+0.430%
15.	h	2.514%	0	-0.436%
16.	w	2.461%	0	+0.696%
17.	o	1.956%	0	+2.677%
18.	i	1.783%	0	-3.045%
21.	f	1.044%	0	+1.854%
22.	v	0.605%	0	-0.657%
23.	y	0.462%	0	+7.944%
24.	x	0.412%	0	+0.980%
25.	q	0.172%	0	+0.585%
26.	u	0.135%	0	+3.846%
4.	c	6.864%	-1	-1.915%
5.	m	6.852%	-1	+0.234%
8.	d	4.783%	-1	-4.263%
20.	p	1.300%	-1	-4.412%
14.	g	2.961%	-2	-3.140%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
19.	o	1.507%	+1	+5.903%
1.	a	15.759%	0	-1.905%
2.	e	8.650%	0	+2.525%
3.	m	8.145%	0	-0.634%
4.	s	6.471%	0	-1.537%
5.	l	6.355%	0	+0.937%
6.	k	5.303%	0	-1.669%
7.	c	5.287%	0	+0.628%
8.	j	4.323%	0	-2.106%
9.	r	4.107%	0	+2.164%
10.	h	3.176%	0	+1.372%
11.	n	3.076%	0	+2.705%
12.	b	2.879%	0	-2.341%
13.	i	2.375%	0	+1.409%
14.	g	2.211%	0	-2.513%
15.	d	2.144%	0	-2.056%
16.	p	2.124%	0	+2.559%
17.	v	1.919%	0	+2.951%
18.	z	1.596%	0	-0.499%
21.	f	0.915%	0	-0.435%
22.	w	0.661%	0	+16.578%
23.	y	0.450%	0	+2.273%
24.	q	0.232%	0	-2.521%
25.	x	0.222%	0	-3.896%
26.	u	0.033%	0	+3.125%
20.	t	1.450%	-1	-1.762%

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