US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1987. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	n	23.785%	0	-0.105%
2.	y	10.419%	0	+0.618%
3.	l	9.401%	0	-1.219%
4.	s	7.958%	0	+0.088%
5.	r	6.539%	+1	+1.020%
6.	e	6.490%	-1	-0.871%
7.	d	5.496%	0	-2.794%
8.	w	4.458%	0	+0.655%
9.	t	3.746%	0	-1.911%
10.	h	2.994%	0	-1.253%
11.	k	2.800%	0	+1.047%
12.	o	2.687%	0	+0.901%
13.	a	2.438%	+1	+4.545%
14.	m	2.425%	-1	-3.808%
15.	c	1.435%	0	+1.413%
16.	b	0.910%	0	+5.937%
17.	p	0.460%	0	+1.545%
18.	x	0.434%	0	+20.556%
19.	i	0.317%	+1	+6.734%
20.	g	0.291%	-1	-9.346%
21.	z	0.088%	0	+14.286%
22.	f	0.065%	0	-7.143%
23.	u	0.054%	0	-11.475%
24.	j	0.017%	0	0.000%
25.	v	0.016%	0	-5.882%
26.	q	0.004%	0	+33.333%

Back to Top

Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	34.557%	0	+2.007%
2.	e	16.777%	0	-0.857%
3.	y	15.999%	0	+0.427%
4.	n	9.778%	0	-2.083%
5.	r	4.140%	0	-6.377%
6.	h	4.030%	0	-1.755%
7.	l	3.452%	0	-5.139%
8.	i	2.397%	0	-3.073%
9.	s	0.563%	0	+1.441%
10.	t	0.482%	0	-0.207%
11.	o	0.127%	0	-3.053%
12.	m	0.111%	+1	+2.778%
13.	d	0.111%	-1	+1.835%
14.	z	0.049%	0	+4.255%
15.	g	0.047%	+1	+46.875%
16.	w	0.036%	-1	-2.703%
17.	k	0.032%	0	+3.226%
18.	c	0.024%	0	0.000%
19.	x	0.023%	0	+35.294%
20.	u	0.014%	0	-6.667%
21.	b	0.009%	0	+12.500%
22.	p	0.004%	0	-20.000%
23.	f	0.001%	+1	-50.000%
24.	v	0.000%	+1	0.000%
25.	j	0.000%	-2	-100%

Back to Top