Some parents choose a family name for their children. Others go for something with more meaning to them personally, like the name of a celebrity they like or simply one they like the sound of.

Finding the right name for a child is one of the most important decisions for a parent, because once given the name is pretty permanent, unless its replaced by a more or less desirable nick name given by the community at large.

From a pure information perspective it is interesting to view the results from interrogating the data. The most popular boys name is Jacob and Sophia for the girls.

The letter A, however, has both the highest number of names that start with this letter when compared to the rest of the letters and the most number of people overall whose names start with that letter.

This applies equally to the ladies, where there are more names starting with the letter A and most women have a name starting with A’s when compared to the ratio of other letters to names and people.

The guys, however, also have the the highest range of A starting names, but more boys have a name starting with the letter J.