US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1949. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	d	14.791%	0	-1.050%
2.	n	13.703%	+1	+1.881%
3.	y	13.626%	-1	-0.880%
4.	s	13.370%	0	+0.075%
5.	e	9.607%	0	-2.743%
6.	l	9.191%	0	+5.753%
7.	t	6.784%	0	-1.866%
8.	m	3.964%	0	-4.528%
9.	h	3.706%	0	-0.883%
10.	r	3.390%	0	-0.732%
11.	k	2.928%	0	+6.511%
12.	o	1.020%	0	-0.585%
13.	p	0.649%	0	+1.406%
14.	g	0.383%	0	-1.289%
15.	w	0.366%	0	+5.172%
16.	c	0.339%	0	+8.654%
17.	a	0.228%	0	-1.299%
18.	x	0.170%	0	+2.410%
19.	b	0.117%	0	-23.026%
20.	f	0.057%	0	-14.925%
21.	i	0.031%	0	-3.125%
22.	z	0.015%	0	+7.143%
23.	u	0.004%	0	0.000%
24.	v	0.002%	0	+100%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	32.964%	0	-0.441%
2.	e	21.385%	0	+0.230%
3.	n	14.348%	+1	+0.865%
4.	y	14.203%	-1	-1.080%
5.	h	3.978%	+1	+12.915%
6.	l	3.697%	-1	-5.132%
7.	s	2.352%	0	-7.692%
8.	t	2.193%	0	+1.340%
9.	i	0.955%	0	+6.111%
10.	r	0.477%	0	+7.432%
11.	o	0.420%	0	-1.639%
12.	d	0.276%	0	-2.128%
13.	m	0.088%	0	-13.725%
14.	u	0.055%	0	0.000%
15.	z	0.037%	0	-2.632%
16.	k	0.012%	+1	+100%
17.	g	0.008%	-1	+14.286%
18.	x	0.002%	0	-33.333%
19.	w	0.002%	+1	0.000%
20.	b	0.002%	-1	0.000%
21.	p	0.002%	0	+100%
22.	c	0.001%	+1	0.000%
23.	v	0.000%	-1	-100%

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