question Are there advantages of a domain starting with the letter "A"

[ThatNameGuy]

I've been thinking about this for a while, but is there any relationship from a babies name that starts with the letter "A" and a domain name that starts with the letter "A"?

Studies have shown that babies and individuals whose names start with "A" and even "B" are more successful in life than other names. I can remember from elementary school David Ackerman and Julie Brigham were the first two alphabetically in my class, and they not only got good grades, they went on to be successful in life.

Actually i own about a dozen domains that start with the letter "A" and several that start with Ab as in Abort

Apple and Amazon are two of the most successful brands in the world. Anyone see a correlation here? I just found this, so i thought i would share; https://www.thetoptens.com/list/favorite-letter-in-the-alpahabet/

 

[David Day]

Sounds very anecdotal and superstitious to me.

Can you show me the studies?

 

[ThatNameGuy]

Sounds very anecdotal and superstitious to me.

Can you show me the studies?

David....there have been studies about this, and one in particular from Yale that I'll link later. As i said, i'm curious too....that's why i asked the question.

 

[NickB]

Is there method to the madness?

Out of the top 100 companies by market cap..........

Abbott Laboratories (U.S.) - Market Cap: 189.43
AbbVie (U.S.) - Market Cap: 261.92
Accenture (Ireland) - Market Cap: 172.99
Adobe (U.S.) - Market Cap: 144.52
Agricultural Bank of China (China) - Market Cap: 151.19
AIA Group (Hong Kong) - Market Cap: 128.21
Alibaba Group (China) - Market Cap: 216.55
Alphabet (U.S.) - Market Cap: 1,340.53
Amazon (U.S.) - Market Cap: 1,084.06
Amgen (U.S.) - Market Cap: 122.67
Anheuser-Busch InBev (Belgium) - Market Cap: 124.43
Apple (U.S.) - Market Cap: 2,746.21
ASML Holding (Netherlands) - Market Cap: 254.33
AstraZeneca (United Kingdom) - Market Cap: 233.12
AT&T (U.S.) - Market Cap: 120.4
Bank of America (U.S.) - Market Cap: 220.82
Bank of China (China) - Market Cap: 115.76
BHP Group Ltd (Australia) - Market Cap: 152.79
Bristol Myers Squibb (U.S.) - Market Cap: 150.51
Broadcom (U.S.) - Market Cap: 267.64
Caterpillar (U.S.) - Market Cap: 129.26
Chevron (U.S.) - Market Cap: 303.54
China Construction Bank (China) - Market Cap: 159.04
China Merchants Bank (China) - Market Cap: 122.69
China Mobile (Hong Kong) - Market Cap: 176.02
Cisco Systems (U.S.) - Market Cap: 186.41
Coca-Cola (U.S.) - Market Cap: 276.86
Comcast (U.S.) - Market Cap: 159.81
ConocoPhillips (U.S.) - Market Cap: 122.91
Contemporary Amperex Technology (China) - Market Cap: 159.81
Costco Wholesale (U.S.) - Market Cap: 221.32
Deutsche Telekom (Germany) - Market Cap: 118.61
Eli Lilly (U.S.) - Market Cap: 409.12
ExxonMobil (U.S.) - Market Cap: 439.39
Honeywell International (U.S.) - Market Cap: 121.45
Honeywell International (U.S.) - Market Cap: 121.45
HSBC Holdings (United Kingdom) - Market Cap: 151.64
ICBC (China) - Market Cap: 197.59
Intel (U.S.) - Market Cap: 122.74
International Holding Company (UAE) - Market Cap: 236
Intuit (U.S.) - Market Cap: 135.15
Johnson & Johnson (U.S.) - Market Cap: 422.76
JP Morgan Chase (United States) - Market Cap: 399.59
Kweichow Moutai (China) - Market Cap: 318.07
L'Oreal (France) - Market Cap: 250.39
Linde (Untied Kingdom) - Market Cap: 179.61
Lowe's (U.S.) - Market Cap: 119.5
LVMH Moet Hennessey Louis Vuitton (France) - Market Cap: 482.45
Mastercard (U.S.) - Market Cap: 364.34
McDonald's (U.S.) - Market Cap: 216.28
Medtronic (Ireland) - Market Cap: 121.18
Meta Platforms (U.S.) - Market Cap: 599.82
Microsoft (U.S.) - Market Cap: 2,309.84
Morgan Stanley (U.S.) - Market Cap: 150.43
Nestle (Switzerland) - Market Cap: 337.66
Netflix (U.S.) - Market Cap: 143.97
NextEra Energy (U.S.) - Market Cap: 143.48
Nike (U.S.) - Market Cap: 193.48
Novartis (Switzerland) - Market Cap: 205.45
Novo Nordisk (Denmark) - Market Cap: 359.43
NVIDIA (U.S.) - Market Cap: 708.47
Oracle (U.S.) - Market Cap: 261.8
PepsiCo (U.S.) - Market Cap: 262.71
PetroChina (China) - Market Cap: 119.82
Pfizer (U.S.) - Market Cap: 210.74
Philip Morris International (U.S.) - Market Cap: 151.1
Ping An Insurance Group (China) - Market Cap: 141.82
Porsche Automobil Holding (Germany) - Market Cap: 117.18
Procter & Gamble (U.S.) - Market Cap: 367.76
Prologis (U.S.) - Market Cap: 122.46
Qualcomm (U.S.) - Market Cap: 122.91
Raytheon Technologies (U.S.) - Market Cap: 150.51
RBC (Canada) - Market Cap: 141.76
Reliance Industries (India) - Market Cap: 183.63
Roche Holding (Switzerland) - Market Cap: 253.99
Salesforce (U.S.) - Market Cap: 194.58
Samsung Electronics (South Korea) - Market Cap: 334.31
Sanofi (France) - Market Cap: 141.12
SAP (Germany) - Market Cap: 143.15
Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia) - Market Cap: 2,055.22
Shell (United Kingdom) - Market Cap: 208.15
Siemens (Germany) - Market Cap: 122.67
Starbucks (U.S.) - Market Cap: 129.84
Taiwan Semiconductor (Taiwan) - Market Cap: 423.17
Tata Consultancy Services (India) - Market Cap: 151.11
Tencent Holdings (China) - Market Cap: 415.36
Tesla (U.S.) - Market Cap: 539
Texas Instruments (U.S.) - Market Cap: 151.64
The Home Depot (U.S.) - Market Cap: 293.95
Thermo Fisher Scientific (U.S.) - Market Cap: 208.15
TotalEnergies (France) - Market Cap: 142.36
Unilever (United Kingdom) - Market Cap: 141.76
Union Pacific (U.S.) - Market Cap: 124.43
UnitedHealth Group (U.S.) - Market Cap: 460.19
United Parcel Service (U.S.) - Market Cap: 156.95
Verizon Communications (U.S.) - Market Cap: 144.52
Visa (U.S.) - Market Cap: 477.38
Walmart (U.S.) - Market Cap: 406.11
Walt Disney (U.S.) - Market Cap: 176.02
Wells Fargo (U.S.) - Market Cap: 148.33

The below is a percentage value by letter of the alphabet......

• A: 15%
• B: 5%
• C: 11%
• D: 1%
• E: 2%
• H: 3%
• I: 4%
• J: 2%
• K: 1%
• L: 4%
• M: 6%
• N: 7%
• O: 1%
• P: 8%
• Q: 1%
• R: 4%
• S: 8%
• T: 8%
• U: 4%
• V: 2%
• W: 3%

And the "A"s win it by a nose.....

Small sample size I know - would be interesting to run it through say a list of start up companies from this year and see what the breakdown is.......

 

[NickB]

At the end of the day, I personally don't think it matters much - domain quality (whatever the letter) wins the day

 

[ThatNameGuy]

At the end of the day, I personally don't think it matters much - domain quality (whatever the letter) wins the day

Nick....thanks for chiming in, but I don't know what you meant by the "A"s win by a nose? I don't disagree with your "end of the day" comment, but the stats speak for themselves.

Ironically one of the businesses i started in 1978 "Accounts Receivable Management Corporation" changed it's name to AcSel three years later and it's still in business today 45 years later. This isn't to say it's because it's name started with an "A".......but because I was responsible for the re-branding, i know it didn't hurt.

Finally, thanks so much for sharing your research. It's because of some of the research you shared on another thread that I've been able to add 30 new restaurant and food service domains to my portfolio. Your input is very much appreciated

 

[NickB]

Nick....thanks for chiming in, but I don't know what you meant by the "A"s win by a nose? I don't disagree with your "end of the day" comment, but the stats speak for themselves.

Ironically one of the businesses i started in 1978 "Accounts Receivable Management Corporation" changed it's name to AcSel three years later and it's still in business today 45 years later. This isn't to say it's because it's name started with an "A".......but because I was responsible for the re-branding, i know it didn't hurt.

Finally, thanks so much for sharing your research. It's because of some of the research you shared on another thread that I've been able to add 30 new restaurant and food service domains to my portfolio. Your input is very much appreciated

The "A"s win it by a nose is just me attempting (and failing apparently) at horse racing analogy humour

The companies starting with the letter "A" had the highest percentage at 15%, followed by "C" at 11% so they just beat second place....

 

[ThatNameGuy]

The "A"s win it by a nose is just me attempting (and failing apparently) at horse racing analogy humour

The companies starting with the letter "A" had the highest percentage at 15%, followed by "C" at 11% so they just beat second place....

Maybe "By a Hair" is a better analogy Even more irony, the very first business i started in 1973 was called "Credit Control Corporation" where you have 3 "C"s.

Nick....i'll pm you later with some of what I intend to do with the restaurant/food service names. One in particular is modeled after Door Dash a multi billion dollar company. Thanks again Nick!

 

[Bob Hawkes]

There was a study out of University of Colorado that studied more than 3000 men (not sure why men only) and found that having surnames early in the alphabet was correlated with higher success, especially in school and college/university. However, the difference seemed to dissipate by middle age. The surname of the main author on this research? Zax!

https://www.colorado.edu/today/2017...e-could-foretell-ones-success-or-setback-life

PS Thanks for the OP @ThatNameGuy and thanks for the interesting little study of company names @NickB – really interesting! I wonder if some of the companies specifically considered alphabet when they were considering possible names.

 

[AEProgram]

Is there method to the madness?

Out of the top 100 companies by market cap..........

Abbott Laboratories (U.S.) - Market Cap: 189.43
AbbVie (U.S.) - Market Cap: 261.92
Accenture (Ireland) - Market Cap: 172.99
Adobe (U.S.) - Market Cap: 144.52
Agricultural Bank of China (China) - Market Cap: 151.19
AIA Group (Hong Kong) - Market Cap: 128.21
Alibaba Group (China) - Market Cap: 216.55
Alphabet (U.S.) - Market Cap: 1,340.53
Amazon (U.S.) - Market Cap: 1,084.06
Amgen (U.S.) - Market Cap: 122.67
Anheuser-Busch InBev (Belgium) - Market Cap: 124.43
Apple (U.S.) - Market Cap: 2,746.21
ASML Holding (Netherlands) - Market Cap: 254.33
AstraZeneca (United Kingdom) - Market Cap: 233.12
AT&T (U.S.) - Market Cap: 120.4
Bank of America (U.S.) - Market Cap: 220.82
Bank of China (China) - Market Cap: 115.76
BHP Group Ltd (Australia) - Market Cap: 152.79
Bristol Myers Squibb (U.S.) - Market Cap: 150.51
Broadcom (U.S.) - Market Cap: 267.64
Caterpillar (U.S.) - Market Cap: 129.26
Chevron (U.S.) - Market Cap: 303.54
China Construction Bank (China) - Market Cap: 159.04
China Merchants Bank (China) - Market Cap: 122.69
China Mobile (Hong Kong) - Market Cap: 176.02
Cisco Systems (U.S.) - Market Cap: 186.41
Coca-Cola (U.S.) - Market Cap: 276.86
Comcast (U.S.) - Market Cap: 159.81
ConocoPhillips (U.S.) - Market Cap: 122.91
Contemporary Amperex Technology (China) - Market Cap: 159.81
Costco Wholesale (U.S.) - Market Cap: 221.32
Deutsche Telekom (Germany) - Market Cap: 118.61
Eli Lilly (U.S.) - Market Cap: 409.12
ExxonMobil (U.S.) - Market Cap: 439.39
Honeywell International (U.S.) - Market Cap: 121.45
Honeywell International (U.S.) - Market Cap: 121.45
HSBC Holdings (United Kingdom) - Market Cap: 151.64
ICBC (China) - Market Cap: 197.59
Intel (U.S.) - Market Cap: 122.74
International Holding Company (UAE) - Market Cap: 236
Intuit (U.S.) - Market Cap: 135.15
Johnson & Johnson (U.S.) - Market Cap: 422.76
JP Morgan Chase (United States) - Market Cap: 399.59
Kweichow Moutai (China) - Market Cap: 318.07
L'Oreal (France) - Market Cap: 250.39
Linde (Untied Kingdom) - Market Cap: 179.61
Lowe's (U.S.) - Market Cap: 119.5
LVMH Moet Hennessey Louis Vuitton (France) - Market Cap: 482.45
Mastercard (U.S.) - Market Cap: 364.34
McDonald's (U.S.) - Market Cap: 216.28
Medtronic (Ireland) - Market Cap: 121.18
Meta Platforms (U.S.) - Market Cap: 599.82
Microsoft (U.S.) - Market Cap: 2,309.84
Morgan Stanley (U.S.) - Market Cap: 150.43
Nestle (Switzerland) - Market Cap: 337.66
Netflix (U.S.) - Market Cap: 143.97
NextEra Energy (U.S.) - Market Cap: 143.48
Nike (U.S.) - Market Cap: 193.48
Novartis (Switzerland) - Market Cap: 205.45
Novo Nordisk (Denmark) - Market Cap: 359.43
NVIDIA (U.S.) - Market Cap: 708.47
Oracle (U.S.) - Market Cap: 261.8
PepsiCo (U.S.) - Market Cap: 262.71
PetroChina (China) - Market Cap: 119.82
Pfizer (U.S.) - Market Cap: 210.74
Philip Morris International (U.S.) - Market Cap: 151.1
Ping An Insurance Group (China) - Market Cap: 141.82
Porsche Automobil Holding (Germany) - Market Cap: 117.18
Procter & Gamble (U.S.) - Market Cap: 367.76
Prologis (U.S.) - Market Cap: 122.46
Qualcomm (U.S.) - Market Cap: 122.91
Raytheon Technologies (U.S.) - Market Cap: 150.51
RBC (Canada) - Market Cap: 141.76
Reliance Industries (India) - Market Cap: 183.63
Roche Holding (Switzerland) - Market Cap: 253.99
Salesforce (U.S.) - Market Cap: 194.58
Samsung Electronics (South Korea) - Market Cap: 334.31
Sanofi (France) - Market Cap: 141.12
SAP (Germany) - Market Cap: 143.15
Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia) - Market Cap: 2,055.22
Shell (United Kingdom) - Market Cap: 208.15
Siemens (Germany) - Market Cap: 122.67
Starbucks (U.S.) - Market Cap: 129.84
Taiwan Semiconductor (Taiwan) - Market Cap: 423.17
Tata Consultancy Services (India) - Market Cap: 151.11
Tencent Holdings (China) - Market Cap: 415.36
Tesla (U.S.) - Market Cap: 539
Texas Instruments (U.S.) - Market Cap: 151.64
The Home Depot (U.S.) - Market Cap: 293.95
Thermo Fisher Scientific (U.S.) - Market Cap: 208.15
TotalEnergies (France) - Market Cap: 142.36
Unilever (United Kingdom) - Market Cap: 141.76
Union Pacific (U.S.) - Market Cap: 124.43
UnitedHealth Group (U.S.) - Market Cap: 460.19
United Parcel Service (U.S.) - Market Cap: 156.95
Verizon Communications (U.S.) - Market Cap: 144.52
Visa (U.S.) - Market Cap: 477.38
Walmart (U.S.) - Market Cap: 406.11
Walt Disney (U.S.) - Market Cap: 176.02
Wells Fargo (U.S.) - Market Cap: 148.33

The below is a percentage value by letter of the alphabet......

• A: 15%
• B: 5%
• C: 11%
• D: 1%
• E: 2%
• H: 3%
• I: 4%
• J: 2%
• K: 1%
• L: 4%
• M: 6%
• N: 7%
• O: 1%
• P: 8%
• Q: 1%
• R: 4%
• S: 8%
• T: 8%
• U: 4%
• V: 2%
• W: 3%

And the "A"s win it by a nose.....

Small sample size I know - would be interesting to run it through say a list of start up companies from this year and see what the breakdown is.......

if run a test over the top 1000 the winner is C, here is a list (does not add up to 1000 because of companies like 3M, 7-Eleven etc.) Source of list companiesmarketcap .com

A	103​
B	65​
C	112​
D	46​
E	46​
F	36​
G	25​
H	40​
I	35​
J	11​
K	29​
L	30​
M	59​
N	37​
O	13​
P	47​
Q	5​
R	30​
S	85​
T	52​
U	17​
V	20​
W	31​
X	3​
Y	4​
Z	7​