What's the most used first letter for girls' names?

Basically I've noticed that a lot of very popular boys' names start with "J":





Jacob


Jack


John


Joseph


Jordan





but I couldn't figure out the same arrangement for girls' names. What do you think?







What's the most used first letter for girls' names?
I would have guessed it was the K/C sound, considering the popularity of names like Kaitlyn, Kayla, Kylie, and the like.





Luciella did an analysis, however, and discovered that the most popular first letter for girls' names is actually A.





Here's the link to her blog:


http://namestats.wordpress.com/2008/09/3...





She based her analysis on how many of the top 250 names start with each letter. It would be interesting to actually add up the number of girls named for each letter and see how close the results are. For example, last year 17,865 little girls were named Ava. Only 1,486 were named Angelica. However, she counted both Ava and Angelica as "1 A name," so they were given equal weight in her analysis.
Reply:I think either "A" names or "E" names are very common...





E-


Emma


Etta


Ella


Eliana(seems to be getting popular


Ellie


Ebony


Emily





A-


Anna(me HA!)


Ava(sis)


Audrey(is coming back-my sis's name)


Aubrey


Amy


Amelia


Arabella


Ariel
Reply:I'd say A





Anna


Adrianna


Ariana


Audrey


Aubrey


Ava


Ashley


Amanda


Allison


Alexandra


Annelise


Amber


Amelia


Addison


Abigail


Alana





obviously some are more popular then others, but there certainly is a lot of commonly used ones to choose from.
Reply:Hmm I think J as well and also K for girls. Jessica, Jennifer, Julia, etc and Kylie, Katie, Katherine, Kerry, Kaitlynn etc.
Reply:well i'd have to say k (i'll even name all the people i know with k names)


kayla


kelsey


kasey


kimmy


karen


kara


kari


karlee


karalee


kourtney


kalissa


kamryn


kate


kathryn


kaydee


kerry


karla


karlin


........... and the list goes on and on
Reply:I think it would be J for girls too!





Jessica


Julie


Juliana


Juliette


Jada


Jade


Justice


Jaelyn


Jocelyn


Jamie





ETC. . .






Reply:E
Reply:I would say E or A
Reply: I think it would be A, K, or J

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