US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1979. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	n	22.871%	0	-1.558%
2.	y	11.308%	0	-3.326%
3.	l	9.584%	0	-0.920%
4.	s	8.849%	0	+3.679%
5.	d	7.240%	0	-2.136%
6.	e	6.081%	0	-0.131%
7.	r	5.288%	0	+1.322%
8.	t	4.342%	0	+0.626%
9.	h	3.465%	0	+2.333%
10.	w	3.149%	0	+1.254%
11.	k	3.070%	0	+1.521%
12.	m	2.637%	0	+3.778%
13.	o	2.573%	0	+2.063%
14.	a	2.093%	0	+13.750%
15.	c	1.552%	0	-1.896%
16.	b	0.506%	+1	+15.262%
17.	p	0.459%	-1	-2.340%
18.	g	0.344%	0	-9.948%
19.	i	0.304%	0	+12.593%
20.	x	0.170%	0	+3.030%
21.	f	0.090%	0	-3.226%
22.	u	0.055%	+1	+27.907%
23.	z	0.048%	-1	+6.667%
24.	j	0.014%	0	-6.667%
25.	v	0.013%	0	+18.182%
26.	q	0.005%	0	0.000%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	35.550%	0	+1.752%
2.	e	17.616%	0	-0.872%
3.	y	13.412%	0	-2.564%
4.	n	8.472%	0	+1.583%
5.	r	5.624%	0	-2.800%
6.	l	3.820%	0	+0.052%
7.	h	3.690%	0	+0.435%
8.	i	3.331%	0	-3.923%
9.	t	0.528%	0	+1.149%
10.	s	0.486%	0	-0.410%
11.	o	0.154%	0	-7.229%
12.	m	0.144%	0	+5.882%
13.	d	0.118%	0	+3.509%
14.	z	0.057%	0	+1.786%
15.	k	0.042%	0	+2.439%
16.	g	0.030%	0	+20.000%
17.	w	0.027%	0	+8.000%
18.	c	0.021%	0	-8.696%
19.	u	0.015%	0	+7.143%
20.	x	0.008%	0	+14.286%
21.	p	0.003%	0	-25.000%
22.	b	0.003%	0	0.000%
23.	v	0.001%	0	0.000%
24.	f	0.000%	0	0.000%

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