The popularity of certain alphabets in today’s kids names

A few alphabets seem more popular than others in the current generation kids names.

I drew up a list of Kairavi’s friends (and our friends kids) and tried to see which alphabets are popular. The numbers below signify how many kids have names starting with that letter in our circle.

A:16, K: 13 (including Kairavi), R: 11, S: 10
D,M,P,V were in the 4-6 range
N, J were 3 each and T was 2

The Least used were (not considering X, Q , etc):
C,F,G,H,I, L,O, U, W,Z : 0
B,E,Y : 1

So as you can see “A” is very popular currently. And in that category “Aa” is also popular (Aayush, Aarshi, Aadi, Aashvi, Aashna, Aaryahi, Aadish)
One of our friends had named his boy “Anay” and later after 2 weeks changed it to Tanay. :-). K is also very popular among kids now-a-days.

What new names will come out from the parents-to-be in the coming year remains to be seen. Maybe some of the less popular alphabets can get bumped up depending on the 2007-2008 arrivals :-).

The Kutchi (related to Bay Area at some time) Breakdown of Kids Names is as (Sorry for any omissions):

1) A : Aayush, Aarshi, Arav, Arya, Ananya, Ananya Malde, Aashna Gajaria, Anav, Anya, Anish, Anushka, Arnavi, Aryushi
2) B: Bhumi
3) C:
4) D: Devanshi, Dilan, Dhruvi
5) E:
6) F:
7) G:
8) H: Harsh Chothani
9) I:
10) J: Jash, Jainisha,
11) K: Kevali, Keya, Kairavi, Khushi
12) L:
13) M: Mithil, Miloni Shah, Miloni Dharod
14) N: Niyom, Nupur
15) O:
16) P: Prerna, Prasham
17) Q:
18) R: Rushabh, Rushabh, Rishab Desai, Rashi, Ruchi, Riyana
19) S: Saahas, Shivani, Suhani, Saahil, Saachi, Sohani
20) T:
21) U:
22) V: Veer
23) W:
24) X:
25) Y: Yash. Yash Chothani
26) Z: