US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1956. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	y	15.506%	0	+0.728%
2.	n	14.684%	0	+2.022%
3.	d	13.316%	0	-3.458%
4.	s	11.196%	0	-2.720%
5.	l	10.626%	0	+0.644%
6.	e	8.202%	0	-0.049%
7.	t	6.429%	0	+0.768%
8.	k	4.384%	0	+6.745%
9.	h	3.935%	0	+0.872%
10.	m	3.306%	0	-2.420%
11.	r	3.006%	0	-3.157%
12.	o	1.130%	0	+1.164%
13.	w	0.565%	+2	+16.016%
14.	p	0.560%	-1	-2.778%
15.	g	0.552%	-1	+3.955%
16.	c	0.460%	0	+1.996%
17.	a	0.230%	0	+1.322%
18.	x	0.173%	0	+2.976%
19.	f	0.129%	0	+35.789%
20.	b	0.093%	0	+12.048%
21.	i	0.054%	0	+14.894%
22.	z	0.017%	0	0.000%
23.	u	0.005%	0	0.000%
24.	v	0.002%	0	0.000%
25.	j	0.000%	new	new

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	33.269%	0	-0.514%
2.	e	20.751%	0	-0.841%
3.	n	14.230%	0	+1.643%
4.	y	13.370%	0	+1.234%
5.	h	4.587%	0	-8.333%
6.	l	3.692%	0	-0.243%
7.	i	2.467%	0	+13.739%
8.	t	1.675%	0	-7.356%
9.	s	1.560%	0	-1.887%
10.	m	0.593%	+2	+58.556%
11.	r	0.516%	-1	+5.092%
12.	o	0.411%	-1	-10.458%
13.	d	0.190%	0	+3.261%
14.	u	0.085%	0	-8.602%
15.	z	0.038%	0	+8.571%
16.	g	0.017%	0	+41.667%
17.	k	0.012%	0	+20.000%
18.	b	0.009%	0	+80.000%
19.	x	0.004%	0	0.000%
20.	w	0.003%	0	0.000%
21.	p	0.002%	0	0.000%
22.	v	0.002%	+1	+100%
23.	c	0.002%	+1	+100%
24.	f	0.001%	-2	0.000%

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