US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1897. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	e	12.979%	+1	+1.541%
2.	n	12.956%	-1	-0.545%
3.	s	12.265%	0	+0.376%
4.	d	9.430%	0	-1.049%
5.	y	7.700%	0	-0.965%
6.	m	7.072%	0	-2.870%
7.	r	6.852%	0	-1.126%
8.	t	6.347%	0	+1.212%
9.	l	5.810%	0	+1.733%
10.	h	3.821%	0	-1.597%
11.	k	3.628%	0	+2.255%
12.	o	1.050%	0	-2.778%
13.	w	0.598%	0	+1.874%
14.	a	0.535%	0	-1.473%
15.	x	0.312%	0	-9.302%
16.	p	0.250%	0	-6.367%
17.	c	0.238%	+1	+3.930%
18.	b	0.226%	-1	-9.237%
19.	g	0.168%	0	+10.526%
20.	f	0.098%	+1	+10.112%
21.	i	0.085%	-1	-7.609%
22.	u	0.021%	+1	+75.000%
23.	v	0.013%	-1	-50.000%
24.	z	0.011%	-1	-8.333%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	e	33.343%	0	-0.394%
2.	a	29.060%	0	-0.479%
3.	y	8.854%	0	-0.326%
4.	n	5.354%	0	+2.489%
5.	h	5.100%	0	-0.468%
6.	l	4.833%	0	-0.923%
7.	s	2.770%	0	+2.365%
8.	t	2.184%	0	+3.360%
9.	r	1.213%	0	+2.019%
10.	d	0.989%	0	+5.101%
11.	z	0.160%	0	-3.030%
12.	u	0.126%	0	-11.268%
13.	o	0.112%	+1	-3.448%
14.	i	0.112%	-1	-12.500%
15.	m	0.102%	0	+8.511%
16.	g	0.014%	0	-33.333%
17.	k	0.007%	0	-22.222%

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