The most common first letter in states names is M with eight the second is N but all but two of them Nevada and Nebraska share New or North in their names.

Most common first letter names. These are my results. Inspired by this post on Andrew Gelmans blog and using data from the Social Security Administration here are some basic statistics on the frequency of letters in names across time. The top baby boy names are Liam Noah Oliver William and Elijah.

I found lists of the most common last name in the US today as well as lists of the most common first names male and female over the last 100 years. Full of joy and happiness this is a name choice that will fill any room with a beautiful vibe. Popular Names by State The following table shows the 100 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the last 100 years 1921-2020.

United States Baby Name Letter Statistics. Most languages have general rules to help us out -- the letter c has a hard sound when its before a o or u car cot cup and soft after i or e cite cereal. Teach letter names as soon as you need to talk about alternate spellings in reading andor spelling.

Typically the first time you need to do this will be when students learn that c k and ck are all alternatives for spelling k. First names starting with C D J M and R are fairly common as are last names starting with B M S and W. We count the number of occurrences of each name during the decade and then rank them in order of decreasing frequency.

The value for each letter represents the percentage of people whose names contain that letter at least once start with. You will need to talk about where children will see these alternatives. China most common names not official 爱 Ai 碧 Bi 彩 Cai 丹 Dan 芳 Fang 红 Hong 惠 Hui 娟 Juan 兰 Lan 莉 Li 丽 Li 莲 Lian 娜 Na 妮 Ni 倩 Qian 琼 Qiong 珊 Shan 淑 Shu 婷 Ting 霞 Xia 娴 Xian 嫣 Yan 云 Yun 贞 Zhen.

Select Decade2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s 1940s 1930s 1920s 1910s 1900s 1890s 1880s. I did a quick count of the number of names in each category that started with each letter. Youll see many of the above themes repeated here but these 26 boy and girl names for each letter are moving the chart most quickly.