Most popular first letters: Girl names, 2010

Most Popular First Letters for Baby Girls in 2010


In 2010, the most popular first letters for girl names were A, M and K. Here’s the breakdown:

  1. A – 17.601% (of the baby girls born in 2010 were given an A-name)
  2. M – 9.885%
  3. K – 8.188%
  4. S – 7.782%
  5. E – 6.755%
  6. J – 6.720%
  7. L – 6.568%
  8. C – 5.502%
  9. B – 3.649%
  10. R – 3.215%
  11. N – 3.072%
  12. G – 2.808%
  13. D – 2.684%
  14. I – 2.680%
  15. H – 2.668%
  16. T – 2.282%
  17. P – 1.832%
  18. V – 1.654%
  19. Z – 1.391%
  20. O – 1.116%
  21. F – 0.792%
  22. Y – 0.657%
  23. W – 0.218%
  24. X – 0.137%
  25. Q – 0.109%
  26. U – 0.034%

The 2010 numbers indicate that, since 2009, there’s been a decrease in the popularity of J-names and an increase in the popularity of E-names.

Note: This analysis doesn’t account for all of the baby girls born in 2010, but it does account for most of them (over 1.7 million).

Related: Most Popular First Letters for Boy Names

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  1. Hi, Please let me know new born baby girl’s first letter of name. She born on : 27-Feb-2013 Place: Vill. Bngoli, Dist – Raipur (C.G.) time 11:36 AM

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