diff --git a/internal/jet/sql_builder.go b/internal/jet/sql_builder.go
index 7077af4..8764dd7 100644
--- a/internal/jet/sql_builder.go
+++ b/internal/jet/sql_builder.go
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"database/sql/driver"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/internal/3rdparty/pq"
-	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/internal/utils/is"
-	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 	"unicode"
+
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/internal/3rdparty/pq"
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/internal/utils/is"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 )
 
 // SQLBuilder generates output SQL
@@ -309,8 +310,8 @@ func shouldQuoteIdentifier(identifier string) bool {
 	}
 
 	// check if contains non ascii characters
-	for _, c := range identifier {
-		if unicode.IsNumber(c) || c == '_' {
+	for i, c := range identifier {
+		if (unicode.IsNumber(c) && i > 0) || c == '_' {
 			continue
 		}
 		if c > unicode.MaxASCII || !unicode.IsLetter(c) || unicode.IsUpper(c) {
diff --git a/internal/jet/sql_builder_test.go b/internal/jet/sql_builder_test.go
index ebcf83f..fc6e326 100644
--- a/internal/jet/sql_builder_test.go
+++ b/internal/jet/sql_builder_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package jet
 
 import (
-	"github.com/google/uuid"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestArgToString(t *testing.T) {
@@ -58,4 +59,5 @@ func TestShouldQuote(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, shouldQuoteIdentifier("abc_123"), false)
 	require.Equal(t, shouldQuoteIdentifier("Abc_123"), true)
 	require.Equal(t, shouldQuoteIdentifier("DŽƜĐǶ"), true)
+	require.Equal(t, shouldQuoteIdentifier("1test"), true)
 }