US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1938. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	d	17.030%	0	-1.040%
2.	n	13.062%	0	-0.237%
3.	s	13.030%	0	+1.535%
4.	e	11.083%	0	-1.080%
5.	y	10.855%	0	+4.195%
6.	t	8.080%	0	-3.245%
7.	l	6.630%	0	+2.441%
8.	m	4.395%	0	+0.274%
9.	h	3.891%	+1	+0.777%
10.	r	3.883%	-1	-0.077%
11.	k	2.515%	0	-2.178%
12.	o	1.186%	0	-4.892%
13.	p	0.476%	0	-0.833%
14.	w	0.325%	0	-1.813%
15.	a	0.265%	0	-4.676%
16.	x	0.255%	+1	+1.190%
17.	b	0.249%	-1	-9.783%
18.	c	0.165%	0	+1.852%
19.	g	0.111%	0	-2.632%
20.	i	0.041%	0	-4.651%
21.	f	0.036%	0	+5.882%
22.	z	0.020%	0	-9.091%
23.	u	0.007%	0	+16.667%
24.	v	0.002%	0	-33.333%

Back to Top

Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	27.014%	0	+1.913%
2.	e	24.557%	0	-1.215%
3.	y	17.768%	0	-2.126%
4.	n	11.015%	0	+2.199%
5.	s	4.422%	0	-6.866%
6.	h	3.530%	+1	+10.416%
7.	l	3.443%	-1	+5.066%
8.	t	2.702%	0	-1.745%
9.	r	0.690%	0	-7.133%
10.	d	0.553%	0	-7.059%
11.	o	0.407%	0	-1.691%
12.	i	0.289%	0	+21.429%
13.	m	0.094%	+1	-5.051%
14.	u	0.094%	-1	-5.051%
15.	z	0.067%	0	-18.293%
16.	k	0.009%	0	-18.182%
17.	g	0.006%	0	+20.000%
18.	x	0.003%	+3	+50.000%
19.	w	0.003%	-1	0.000%
20.	p	0.002%	-1	0.000%
21.	b	0.001%	-1	-50.000%

Back to Top