US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1985. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	n	23.915%	0	-0.179%
2.	y	10.251%	0	+2.112%
3.	l	9.629%	0	-1.069%
4.	s	8.058%	0	-1.383%
5.	e	6.371%	+1	+4.769%
6.	r	6.358%	-1	+1.956%
7.	d	5.770%	0	-3.641%
8.	w	4.250%	0	+0.071%
9.	t	3.846%	0	-1.460%
10.	h	3.165%	0	-2.914%
11.	k	2.836%	0	-2.308%
12.	m	2.621%	0	-9.683%
13.	o	2.564%	0	+2.396%
14.	a	2.554%	0	+2.859%
15.	c	1.486%	0	-2.557%
16.	b	0.781%	0	+7.576%
17.	p	0.444%	0	+3.016%
18.	g	0.333%	0	-0.893%
19.	x	0.289%	+1	+19.917%
20.	i	0.276%	-1	+1.845%
21.	f	0.073%	0	0.000%
22.	z	0.072%	+1	+12.500%
23.	u	0.062%	-1	-4.615%
24.	v	0.017%	+1	+41.667%
25.	j	0.015%	-1	0.000%
26.	q	0.006%	0	+50.000%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	33.834%	0	-0.262%
2.	e	17.331%	0	+0.487%
3.	y	15.294%	0	+3.136%
4.	n	9.984%	0	+2.769%
5.	r	4.759%	0	-10.495%
6.	h	3.909%	+1	-2.251%
7.	l	3.892%	-1	-2.749%
8.	i	2.568%	0	-4.251%
9.	s	0.574%	0	-5.124%
10.	t	0.475%	0	-0.210%
11.	o	0.138%	0	+1.471%
12.	m	0.111%	0	-4.310%
13.	d	0.106%	0	+1.923%
14.	z	0.048%	0	-4.000%
15.	w	0.037%	+1	+12.121%
16.	g	0.036%	-1	-5.263%
17.	k	0.033%	0	+6.452%
18.	c	0.024%	0	+4.348%
19.	u	0.018%	0	0.000%
20.	x	0.012%	0	-7.692%
21.	b	0.007%	0	+16.667%
22.	p	0.006%	0	+20.000%
23.	f	0.001%	+1	0.000%
24.	j	0.001%	-1	0.000%
25.	v	0.000%	0	0.000%

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