US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1959. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
24.	v	0.004%	0	0.000%
23.	u	0.006%	0	0.000%
22.	z	0.016%	0	-5.882%
21.	i	0.058%	0	+7.407%
20.	x	0.179%	-1	+3.468%
19.	b	0.188%	+1	+9.942%
18.	a	0.241%	0	+6.637%
17.	f	0.392%	0	+30.667%
16.	p	0.551%	0	+2.226%
15.	c	0.676%	0	+12.667%
14.	w	0.689%	0	+0.878%
13.	g	0.870%	0	+25.723%
12.	o	1.218%	0	+3.836%
11.	r	2.973%	0	+3.086%
10.	m	3.413%	0	-0.669%
9.	h	3.664%	0	-2.058%
8.	k	4.823%	0	+3.587%
7.	t	6.499%	0	-1.321%
6.	e	8.480%	0	+0.142%
5.	l	10.300%	-1	-2.425%
4.	s	10.345%	+1	-1.654%
3.	d	12.293%	0	-2.891%
2.	n	14.724%	0	+1.517%
1.	y	15.879%	0	+0.158%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
24.	f	0.001%	0	0.000%
23.	p	0.002%	-1	0.000%
22.	c	0.003%	+1	+50.000%
20.	w	0.004%	+1	+33.333%
20.	x	0.004%	0	+33.333%
19.	v	0.006%	0	0.000%
18.	k	0.016%	0	+6.667%
17.	g	0.019%	0	+18.750%
16.	b	0.034%	0	+3.030%
15.	z	0.061%	0	+3.390%
14.	u	0.061%	0	-14.085%
13.	d	0.191%	0	+4.945%
12.	o	0.267%	0	-17.593%
11.	r	0.596%	0	+6.050%
10.	m	0.805%	0	+9.524%
9.	s	1.288%	0	-5.224%
8.	t	1.515%	0	-1.367%
7.	l	3.402%	-1	-6.538%
6.	i	3.572%	+1	+7.429%
5.	h	3.703%	0	-4.291%
4.	n	13.100%	0	-2.486%
3.	y	14.879%	0	+0.738%
2.	e	20.909%	0	-1.363%
1.	a	32.892%	0	+2.029%

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