
In 2010, the most popular first letters for girl names were A, M and K. Here’s the breakdown:
- A – 17.601% (of the baby girls born in 2010 were given an A-name)
- M – 9.885%
- K – 8.188%
- S – 7.782%
- E – 6.755%
- J – 6.720%
- L – 6.568%
- C – 5.502%
- B – 3.649%
- R – 3.215%
- N – 3.072%
- G – 2.808%
- D – 2.684%
- I – 2.680%
- H – 2.668%
- T – 2.282%
- P – 1.832%
- V – 1.654%
- Z – 1.391%
- O – 1.116%
- F – 0.792%
- Y – 0.657%
- W – 0.218%
- X – 0.137%
- Q – 0.109%
- 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).