US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1978. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
26.	q	0.005%	0	0.000%
25.	v	0.011%	0	0.000%
24.	j	0.015%	0	0.000%
23.	u	0.043%	-1	-2.273%
22.	z	0.045%	+1	+15.385%
21.	f	0.093%	0	-1.064%
20.	x	0.165%	0	-6.780%
19.	i	0.270%	0	+1.504%
18.	g	0.382%	0	-3.778%
17.	b	0.439%	0	+5.783%
16.	p	0.470%	0	+8.796%
15.	c	1.582%	0	-4.411%
14.	a	1.840%	0	+9.654%
13.	o	2.521%	-1	+1.164%
12.	m	2.541%	+1	+5.567%
11.	k	3.024%	-1	+1.103%
10.	w	3.110%	+1	+6.325%
9.	h	3.386%	0	-2.054%
8.	t	4.315%	0	-3.077%
7.	r	5.219%	0	+0.909%
6.	e	6.089%	0	-1.233%
5.	d	7.398%	0	-2.990%
4.	s	8.535%	0	+8.823%
3.	l	9.673%	0	+0.052%
2.	y	11.697%	0	-4.530%
1.	n	23.233%	0	-0.951%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
24.	f	0.000%	0	-100%
24.	j	0.000%	+1	-100%
23.	v	0.001%	0	0.000%
22.	b	0.003%	-1	0.000%
21.	p	0.004%	+1	+100%
20.	x	0.007%	0	0.000%
19.	u	0.014%	0	-6.667%
18.	c	0.023%	0	+9.524%
17.	w	0.025%	0	+13.636%
16.	g	0.025%	0	+4.167%
15.	k	0.041%	0	+7.895%
14.	z	0.056%	0	+5.660%
13.	d	0.114%	0	-8.800%
12.	m	0.136%	0	-11.688%
11.	o	0.166%	0	-2.924%
10.	s	0.488%	0	+2.737%
9.	t	0.522%	0	-3.867%
8.	i	3.467%	-1	-3.561%
7.	h	3.674%	-1	+1.548%
6.	l	3.818%	+2	+11.118%
5.	r	5.786%	0	-3.711%
4.	n	8.340%	0	+0.688%
3.	y	13.765%	0	-1.460%
2.	e	17.771%	0	-0.297%
1.	a	34.938%	0	+0.371%

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