US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1940. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	d	16.522%	0	-1.987%
2.	s	13.312%	0	+0.506%
3.	n	13.047%	0	+0.146%
4.	y	11.836%	0	+4.883%
5.	e	10.786%	0	-1.812%
6.	t	7.659%	0	-2.184%
7.	l	6.939%	0	+2.542%
8.	m	4.471%	0	+1.799%
9.	r	3.854%	+1	-0.925%
10.	h	3.817%	-1	-2.203%
11.	k	2.435%	0	+0.412%
12.	o	1.089%	0	-2.681%
13.	p	0.537%	0	+12.343%
14.	w	0.324%	0	-2.703%
15.	a	0.257%	0	0.000%
16.	b	0.230%	0	-7.631%
17.	x	0.221%	0	-4.329%
18.	c	0.168%	0	-3.448%
19.	g	0.114%	0	+0.885%
20.	f	0.042%	+1	+20.000%
21.	i	0.035%	-1	-5.405%
22.	z	0.019%	0	-5.000%
23.	u	0.006%	0	-25.000%
24.	v	0.003%	0	+50.000%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	28.165%	0	+2.905%
2.	e	23.665%	0	-1.322%
3.	y	16.774%	0	-3.403%
4.	n	11.742%	0	+2.667%
5.	h	4.373%	+1	+8.944%
6.	s	3.912%	-1	-5.644%
7.	l	3.479%	0	+0.173%
8.	t	2.615%	0	-3.220%
9.	r	0.613%	0	-8.234%
10.	d	0.494%	0	-8.349%
11.	o	0.399%	0	-6.557%
12.	i	0.304%	0	+0.997%
13.	m	0.090%	0	0.000%
14.	u	0.087%	0	-3.333%
15.	z	0.063%	0	-4.545%
16.	k	0.008%	0	-27.273%
17.	g	0.005%	0	-16.667%
18.	w	0.003%	0	-25.000%
19.	x	0.003%	0	+50.000%
20.	p	0.001%	0	-50.000%
21.	b	0.000%	0	-100%
21.	v	0.000%	new	new

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