US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1961. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
25.	j	0.001%	new	new
24.	v	0.003%	0	-25.000%
23.	u	0.007%	0	+16.667%
22.	z	0.018%	0	0.000%
21.	i	0.065%	0	+8.333%
20.	b	0.173%	0	-4.420%
19.	x	0.177%	0	-2.747%
18.	a	0.244%	0	+1.245%
17.	f	0.473%	0	+11.033%
16.	p	0.547%	0	-2.147%
15.	c	0.760%	0	+6.443%
14.	w	0.782%	0	+3.030%
13.	g	0.940%	0	+0.642%
12.	o	1.275%	0	+0.870%
11.	r	3.147%	0	+2.944%
10.	m	3.251%	0	-2.402%
9.	h	3.653%	0	-2.143%
8.	k	4.859%	0	-0.041%
7.	t	6.556%	0	+1.439%
6.	e	8.031%	0	-2.714%
5.	s	9.978%	0	-1.325%
4.	l	10.413%	0	+0.833%
3.	d	11.967%	0	-1.140%
2.	n	15.306%	0	+1.924%
1.	y	15.829%	0	-0.158%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
25.	j	0.000%	new	new
24.	f	0.001%	0	0.000%
23.	p	0.003%	0	+50.000%
22.	w	0.003%	-1	0.000%
21.	x	0.003%	-1	-25.000%
20.	v	0.005%	-1	-16.667%
19.	c	0.005%	+3	+150%
18.	g	0.013%	-1	-13.333%
17.	k	0.017%	+1	+13.333%
16.	b	0.029%	0	-12.121%
15.	u	0.053%	0	-5.357%
14.	z	0.065%	0	+1.563%
13.	d	0.177%	0	-1.117%
12.	o	0.212%	0	-10.549%
11.	r	0.761%	0	+15.653%
10.	m	0.765%	0	-8.602%
9.	s	1.163%	0	-6.210%
8.	t	1.435%	0	-2.844%
7.	l	3.227%	0	-2.004%
6.	h	3.465%	0	-1.590%
5.	i	4.154%	0	+6.924%
4.	n	12.633%	0	-0.559%
3.	y	14.368%	0	-3.122%
2.	e	21.162%	0	+1.181%
1.	a	33.448%	0	+0.632%

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