US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1955. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
24.	v	0.002%	0	-33.333%
23.	u	0.005%	0	+25.000%
22.	z	0.017%	0	+6.250%
21.	i	0.047%	0	-2.083%
20.	b	0.083%	-1	+10.667%
19.	f	0.095%	+1	+31.944%
18.	x	0.168%	0	-2.326%
17.	a	0.227%	0	0.000%
16.	c	0.451%	0	+7.637%
15.	w	0.487%	0	+8.705%
14.	g	0.531%	0	+7.490%
13.	p	0.576%	0	+1.230%
12.	o	1.117%	0	-0.089%
11.	r	3.104%	0	+1.239%
10.	m	3.388%	0	-1.740%
9.	h	3.901%	0	+2.415%
8.	k	4.107%	0	+6.454%
7.	t	6.380%	0	-1.725%
6.	e	8.206%	0	-2.006%
5.	l	10.558%	0	+0.706%
4.	s	11.509%	0	-2.951%
3.	d	13.793%	0	-1.570%
2.	n	14.393%	0	+0.798%
1.	y	15.394%	0	+1.370%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
24.	c	0.001%	-2	0.000%
23.	v	0.001%	0	0.000%
22.	f	0.001%	+2	0.000%
21.	p	0.002%	0	+100%
20.	w	0.003%	0	+50.000%
19.	x	0.004%	-1	0.000%
18.	b	0.005%	+1	+66.667%
17.	k	0.010%	-1	-9.091%
16.	g	0.012%	+1	+33.333%
15.	z	0.035%	0	+9.375%
14.	u	0.093%	0	-19.828%
13.	d	0.184%	0	-5.641%
12.	m	0.374%	0	+61.207%
11.	o	0.459%	-1	-6.327%
10.	r	0.491%	+1	+0.821%
9.	s	1.590%	0	-5.075%
8.	t	1.808%	0	-3.881%
7.	i	2.169%	0	+12.558%
6.	l	3.701%	0	+5.562%
5.	h	5.004%	0	-3.192%
4.	y	13.207%	0	-1.071%
3.	n	14.000%	0	-2.016%
2.	e	20.927%	0	+0.775%
1.	a	33.441%	0	+0.144%

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