US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1898. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	e	13.114%	0	+1.040%
2.	n	12.960%	0	+0.031%
3.	s	11.980%	0	-2.324%
4.	d	9.740%	0	+3.287%
5.	y	8.418%	0	+9.325%
6.	m	6.844%	0	-3.224%
7.	r	6.510%	0	-4.991%
8.	t	6.310%	0	-0.583%
9.	l	5.784%	0	-0.448%
10.	h	3.932%	0	+2.905%
11.	k	3.584%	0	-1.213%
12.	o	1.140%	0	+8.571%
13.	w	0.612%	0	+2.341%
14.	a	0.554%	0	+3.551%
15.	x	0.329%	0	+5.449%
16.	p	0.274%	0	+9.600%
17.	b	0.255%	+1	+12.832%
18.	c	0.183%	-1	-23.109%
19.	g	0.149%	0	-11.310%
20.	f	0.083%	0	-15.306%
21.	i	0.081%	0	-4.706%
22.	v	0.017%	+1	+30.769%
23.	z	0.011%	+1	0.000%
24.	u	0.008%	-2	-61.905%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	e	33.249%	0	-0.282%
2.	a	28.872%	0	-0.647%
3.	y	8.801%	0	-0.599%
4.	n	5.600%	0	+4.595%
5.	h	5.006%	0	-1.843%
6.	l	4.778%	0	-1.138%
7.	s	2.927%	0	+5.668%
8.	t	2.232%	0	+2.198%
9.	r	1.191%	0	-1.814%
10.	d	1.076%	0	+8.797%
11.	z	0.177%	0	+10.625%
12.	u	0.138%	0	+9.524%
13.	i	0.118%	+1	+5.357%
14.	o	0.103%	-1	-8.036%
15.	m	0.087%	0	-14.706%
16.	g	0.024%	0	+71.429%
17.	k	0.007%	0	0.000%
18.	w	0.006%	new	new

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