US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1936. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	d	17.267%	0	+0.959%
2.	n	13.255%	0	-0.158%
3.	s	12.652%	0	-0.792%
4.	e	11.437%	0	-0.901%
5.	y	9.981%	0	+1.982%
6.	t	8.262%	0	+1.449%
7.	l	6.388%	0	+0.821%
8.	m	4.364%	0	-1.712%
9.	r	3.981%	0	-1.509%
10.	h	3.921%	0	+1.501%
11.	k	2.672%	0	-0.964%
12.	o	1.278%	0	-5.543%
13.	p	0.466%	0	+1.085%
14.	w	0.324%	0	-1.520%
15.	b	0.284%	+1	+1.068%
16.	a	0.279%	-1	-2.448%
17.	x	0.272%	0	-2.857%
18.	c	0.158%	0	-3.659%
19.	g	0.104%	0	+2.970%
20.	i	0.044%	0	-6.383%
21.	f	0.033%	0	0.000%
22.	z	0.020%	0	-16.667%
23.	u	0.007%	0	-36.364%
24.	v	0.002%	0	0.000%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	25.358%	0	+0.871%
2.	e	25.074%	0	+0.549%
3.	y	18.989%	0	-2.275%
4.	n	11.024%	0	+2.349%
5.	s	5.011%	0	-4.915%
6.	l	3.094%	+1	+8.829%
7.	h	3.022%	-1	-1.242%
8.	t	2.608%	0	+1.007%
9.	r	0.780%	0	-0.256%
10.	d	0.642%	0	-6.821%
11.	o	0.425%	0	-2.523%
12.	i	0.221%	0	-2.643%
13.	m	0.099%	0	-2.941%
14.	u	0.097%	0	-3.000%
15.	z	0.084%	0	-5.618%
16.	k	0.011%	0	0.000%
17.	g	0.005%	0	-16.667%
18.	w	0.004%	0	+33.333%
19.	p	0.001%	+1	0.000%
19.	x	0.001%	0	-66.667%
21.	b	0.001%	0	0.000%
21.	c	0.001%	+1	0.000%

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