US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1953. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	y	14.707%	+1	+2.753%
2.	d	14.294%	-1	-0.390%
3.	n	13.999%	0	-0.723%
4.	s	12.369%	0	-2.683%
5.	l	10.292%	0	+2.042%
6.	e	8.525%	0	-1.978%
7.	t	6.581%	0	-0.664%
8.	h	3.759%	0	-0.870%
9.	k	3.597%	+1	+5.022%
10.	m	3.547%	-1	-2.689%
11.	r	3.221%	0	-0.556%
12.	o	1.122%	0	+4.762%
13.	p	0.586%	0	+1.034%
14.	g	0.456%	0	+3.167%
15.	w	0.443%	0	+2.784%
16.	c	0.398%	0	-0.500%
17.	a	0.226%	0	+4.630%
18.	x	0.173%	0	-5.464%
19.	b	0.076%	0	-1.299%
20.	f	0.064%	0	+20.755%
21.	i	0.047%	0	+9.302%
22.	z	0.016%	0	+23.077%
23.	u	0.005%	0	+25.000%
24.	v	0.002%	0	0.000%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	33.422%	0	+1.735%
2.	e	21.161%	0	-2.186%
3.	n	14.116%	0	+0.548%
4.	y	13.297%	0	-1.372%
5.	h	5.192%	0	-1.029%
6.	l	3.395%	0	-3.055%
7.	t	1.955%	0	-4.167%
8.	s	1.841%	0	-4.759%
9.	i	1.620%	0	+21.348%
10.	r	0.477%	0	-3.245%
11.	o	0.474%	0	+2.155%
12.	d	0.213%	0	-2.294%
13.	m	0.165%	0	+16.197%
14.	u	0.111%	0	+106%
15.	z	0.032%	0	+3.226%
16.	k	0.009%	0	-18.182%
17.	g	0.009%	0	-10.000%
18.	x	0.004%	0	+33.333%
19.	w	0.003%	0	+50.000%
20.	b	0.002%	+2	+100%
21.	c	0.001%	-1	0.000%
22.	p	0.001%	-1	0.000%
23.	v	0.000%	new	new
24.	f	0.000%	-1	0.000%

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