About one in fifteen first names in the United States begins with the letter D…
This makes letter D an above-average initial for first names – with 26 letters of the alphabet, each letter is the initial of a first name by an average of 3.8 %. However, the average is only a median, as initials aren’t completely evenly distributed, of course. Some letters are more commonly found as initials than others. Most first names in the US start with the letters A and J, while the initials U and X are the least common.
Currently, in the US, the most common girls’ name with the initial D is Delilah, and the most common boys’ name is Daniel. In the United States, approximately 0.2 % of all newborn girls are named Delilah and 0.7 % of all boys are named Daniel. Other popular first names beginning with D for girls are Daisy and Destiny. For boys, the names David and Dylan are currently popular.