US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1972. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	n	20.861%	0	+4.745%
2.	y	12.651%	0	-4.550%
3.	l	9.859%	+1	+0.520%
4.	d	9.375%	-1	-4.619%
5.	s	8.449%	0	-4.531%
6.	e	6.710%	0	+0.509%
7.	t	5.910%	0	-8.867%
8.	r	5.369%	0	+10.360%
9.	k	3.693%	0	-4.967%
10.	h	3.180%	0	-1.365%
11.	m	2.494%	0	-4.077%
12.	o	2.246%	0	+8.660%
13.	w	2.067%	0	+7.154%
14.	c	1.745%	0	+2.526%
15.	a	0.613%	+1	+25.102%
16.	g	0.589%	-1	-8.398%
17.	p	0.397%	0	-4.796%
18.	x	0.157%	0	-6.548%
19.	i	0.156%	+1	+9.859%
20.	b	0.152%	+1	+35.714%
21.	f	0.133%	-2	-16.352%
22.	z	0.033%	0	+13.793%
23.	u	0.022%	0	+15.789%
24.	v	0.009%	0	+28.571%
25.	j	0.007%	0	+16.667%
26.	q	0.002%	0	+100%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	34.593%	0	+0.142%
2.	e	19.559%	0	-0.316%
3.	y	14.354%	0	-3.412%
4.	n	8.588%	0	-8.443%
5.	r	5.436%	0	+19.683%
6.	i	4.271%	0	-1.203%
7.	l	3.070%	0	+2.573%
8.	h	2.432%	0	-4.440%
9.	t	0.684%	0	-3.390%
10.	s	0.548%	0	-6.961%
11.	m	0.250%	0	-14.676%
12.	o	0.226%	0	+4.630%
13.	d	0.153%	0	-1.290%
14.	z	0.055%	0	0.000%
15.	k	0.032%	0	+6.667%
16.	c	0.022%	0	+4.762%
17.	u	0.021%	0	+5.000%
18.	g	0.018%	0	+20.000%
19.	w	0.016%	0	+23.077%
20.	x	0.003%	0	0.000%
21.	p	0.002%	0	0.000%
22.	b	0.001%	0	0.000%
23.	f	0.000%	+1	0.000%
23.	j	0.000%	new	new
23.	v	0.000%	0	-100%

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