US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1980. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	n	23.469%	0	+2.615%
2.	y	10.849%	0	-4.059%
3.	l	9.557%	0	-0.282%
4.	s	8.702%	0	-1.661%
5.	d	6.981%	0	-3.577%
6.	e	6.064%	0	-0.280%
7.	r	5.094%	0	-3.669%
8.	t	4.201%	0	-3.247%
9.	h	3.461%	0	-0.115%
10.	w	3.231%	0	+2.604%
11.	k	3.164%	0	+3.062%
12.	m	2.700%	0	+2.389%
13.	o	2.700%	0	+4.936%
14.	a	2.287%	0	+9.269%
15.	c	1.639%	0	+5.606%
16.	b	0.547%	0	+8.103%
17.	p	0.463%	0	+0.871%
18.	g	0.354%	0	+2.907%
19.	i	0.299%	0	-1.645%
20.	x	0.169%	0	-0.588%
21.	f	0.089%	0	-1.111%
22.	u	0.086%	0	+56.364%
23.	z	0.053%	0	+10.417%
24.	j	0.014%	0	0.000%
25.	v	0.013%	0	0.000%
26.	q	0.004%	0	-20.000%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	35.275%	0	-0.774%
2.	e	17.447%	0	-0.959%
3.	y	13.335%	0	-0.574%
4.	n	8.855%	0	+4.521%
5.	r	5.579%	0	-0.800%
6.	h	4.005%	+1	+8.537%
7.	l	3.851%	-1	+0.812%
8.	i	3.231%	0	-3.002%
9.	t	0.516%	0	-2.273%
10.	s	0.511%	0	+5.144%
11.	o	0.173%	0	+12.338%
12.	m	0.132%	0	-8.333%
13.	d	0.114%	0	-3.390%
14.	z	0.057%	0	0.000%
15.	k	0.049%	0	+16.667%
16.	g	0.032%	0	+6.667%
17.	w	0.025%	0	-7.407%
18.	c	0.023%	0	+9.524%
19.	u	0.018%	0	+20.000%
20.	x	0.009%	0	+12.500%
21.	b	0.004%	+1	+33.333%
22.	p	0.004%	-1	+33.333%
23.	f	0.001%	+1	0.000%
24.	v	0.001%	-1	0.000%
25.	j	0.001%	new	new

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