US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1986. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	n	23.810%	0	-0.439%
2.	y	10.355%	0	+1.015%
3.	l	9.517%	0	-1.163%
4.	s	7.951%	0	-1.328%
5.	e	6.547%	0	+2.763%
6.	r	6.473%	0	+1.809%
7.	d	5.654%	0	-2.010%
8.	w	4.429%	0	+4.212%
9.	t	3.819%	0	-0.702%
10.	h	3.032%	0	-4.202%
11.	k	2.771%	0	-2.292%
12.	o	2.663%	+1	+3.861%
13.	m	2.521%	-1	-3.815%
14.	a	2.332%	0	-8.692%
15.	c	1.415%	0	-4.778%
16.	b	0.859%	0	+9.987%
17.	p	0.453%	0	+2.027%
18.	x	0.360%	+1	+24.567%
19.	g	0.321%	-1	-3.604%
20.	i	0.297%	0	+7.609%
21.	z	0.077%	+1	+6.944%
22.	f	0.070%	-1	-4.110%
23.	u	0.061%	0	-1.613%
24.	j	0.017%	+1	+13.333%
25.	v	0.017%	-1	0.000%
26.	q	0.003%	0	-50.000%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	33.877%	0	+0.127%
2.	e	16.922%	0	-2.360%
3.	y	15.931%	0	+4.165%
4.	n	9.986%	0	+0.020%
5.	r	4.422%	0	-7.081%
6.	h	4.102%	0	+4.937%
7.	l	3.639%	0	-6.501%
8.	i	2.473%	0	-3.699%
9.	s	0.555%	0	-3.310%
10.	t	0.483%	0	+1.684%
11.	o	0.131%	0	-5.072%
12.	d	0.109%	+1	+2.830%
13.	m	0.108%	-1	-2.703%
14.	z	0.047%	0	-2.083%
15.	w	0.037%	0	0.000%
16.	g	0.032%	0	-11.111%
17.	k	0.031%	0	-6.061%
18.	c	0.024%	0	0.000%
19.	x	0.017%	+1	+41.667%
20.	u	0.015%	-1	-16.667%
21.	b	0.008%	0	+14.286%
22.	p	0.005%	0	-16.667%
23.	j	0.002%	+1	+100%
24.	f	0.002%	-1	+100%
25.	v	0.000%	0	0.000%

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