US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1896. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	n	13.027%	0	-1.957%
2.	e	12.782%	0	-1.320%
3.	s	12.219%	0	-1.966%
4.	d	9.530%	0	+2.771%
5.	y	7.775%	0	+0.647%
6.	m	7.281%	0	+3.985%
7.	r	6.930%	0	-0.173%
8.	t	6.271%	0	+2.150%
9.	l	5.711%	0	+0.316%
10.	h	3.883%	0	+0.910%
11.	k	3.548%	0	-4.108%
12.	o	1.080%	0	+1.887%
13.	w	0.587%	+1	+0.514%
14.	a	0.543%	-1	-8.277%
15.	x	0.344%	0	+12.418%
16.	p	0.267%	+1	+5.534%
17.	b	0.249%	-1	-12.014%
18.	c	0.229%	0	+18.041%
19.	g	0.152%	0	-13.143%
20.	i	0.092%	0	-8.000%
21.	f	0.089%	0	+3.488%
22.	v	0.026%	+1	+73.333%
23.	u	0.012%	+1	+71.429%
23.	z	0.012%	-1	-25.000%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	e	33.475%	0	-1.379%
2.	a	29.200%	0	-1.161%
3.	y	8.883%	0	+1.242%
4.	n	5.224%	+1	+5.153%
5.	h	5.124%	-1	-1.176%
6.	l	4.878%	0	+0.205%
7.	s	2.706%	0	+11.266%
8.	t	2.113%	0	+2.028%
9.	r	1.189%	0	+2.236%
10.	d	0.941%	0	+2.505%
11.	z	0.165%	0	-3.509%
12.	u	0.142%	0	-10.127%
13.	i	0.128%	0	+11.304%
14.	o	0.116%	0	+13.725%
15.	m	0.094%	0	-6.000%
16.	g	0.021%	0	+23.529%
17.	k	0.009%	0	-40.000%
18.	p	0.002%	new	new
18.	x	0.002%	0	0.000%
20.	c	0.002%	new	new

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