In 2011, the most popular first letters for girl names were A, M and K:
The top 8 letters for girl names in 2010 were the same, though in slightly different order.
The most popular first letters for boy names were J, A and C:
Again, the top 8 letters for boy names in 2010 were the same, but the sequence was not.
Here’s boys vs. girls, on the same chart:
This is similar to the graph I created for the most popular first letters of 2009 post.
Loved this, i have a thing for names! Any chance you will be doing an updated version for 2012/2013?
Hi Anna,
Sure, I can put together an updated version.
I’m not sure when I’ll get around to posting it, though, so maybe subscribe to the feed, or just bookmark the site and check back in a month or two.
I suspect the updated graphs won’t look too different from the ones above, but who knows, maybe I’m wrong…
Here are the top first letters of 2012…and they’re just about identical to the 2012 numbers. :)