US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1942. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	d	16.295%	0	-1.410%
2.	s	14.239%	0	+5.937%
3.	n	12.919%	0	-0.324%
4.	y	12.062%	0	-0.855%
5.	e	10.259%	0	-3.708%
6.	t	7.498%	0	-1.134%
7.	l	7.078%	0	+1.419%
8.	m	4.616%	0	+2.692%
9.	h	3.845%	0	-0.026%
10.	r	3.836%	0	+1.455%
11.	k	2.432%	0	+1.630%
12.	o	0.966%	0	-8.000%
13.	p	0.573%	0	+0.703%
14.	w	0.340%	0	+1.190%
15.	a	0.239%	0	-5.159%
16.	c	0.214%	+2	+12.042%
17.	b	0.205%	-1	-4.651%
18.	x	0.189%	-1	-9.135%
19.	g	0.159%	0	+28.226%
20.	f	0.048%	0	+2.128%
21.	i	0.033%	0	0.000%
22.	z	0.016%	0	-11.111%
23.	u	0.006%	0	-14.286%
24.	v	0.002%	0	0.000%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	28.750%	0	+0.500%
2.	e	23.011%	0	-1.096%
3.	y	15.992%	0	-2.613%
4.	n	13.495%	0	+7.908%
5.	h	4.093%	0	-4.747%
6.	l	3.735%	+1	+6.532%
7.	s	3.465%	-1	-6.174%
8.	t	2.560%	0	-2.365%
9.	r	0.506%	0	-8.000%
10.	d	0.441%	0	-6.568%
11.	i	0.440%	+1	+25.000%
12.	o	0.408%	-1	-2.625%
13.	m	0.084%	0	-2.326%
14.	u	0.082%	0	-3.529%
15.	z	0.053%	0	-1.852%
16.	k	0.008%	0	0.000%
17.	g	0.005%	0	-16.667%
18.	x	0.003%	+1	+50.000%
19.	w	0.003%	-1	+50.000%
20.	p	0.002%	0	+100%
21.	b	0.002%	0	+100%
22.	c	0.001%	new	new
23.	v	0.001%	-1	0.000%

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