US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1988. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	n	23.917%	0	+0.555%
2.	y	10.337%	0	-0.787%
3.	l	9.261%	0	-1.489%
4.	s	8.062%	0	+1.307%
5.	r	6.720%	0	+2.768%
6.	e	6.509%	0	+0.293%
7.	d	5.258%	0	-4.330%
8.	w	4.287%	0	-3.836%
9.	t	3.693%	0	-1.415%
10.	h	2.998%	0	+0.134%
11.	o	2.779%	+1	+3.424%
12.	k	2.735%	-1	-2.321%
13.	a	2.516%	0	+3.199%
14.	m	2.367%	0	-2.392%
15.	c	1.405%	0	-2.091%
16.	b	0.986%	0	+8.352%
17.	x	0.442%	+1	+1.843%
18.	p	0.414%	-1	-10.000%
19.	i	0.344%	0	+8.517%
20.	g	0.295%	0	+1.375%
21.	z	0.107%	0	+21.591%
22.	f	0.069%	0	+6.154%
23.	u	0.057%	0	+5.556%
24.	j	0.018%	0	+5.882%
25.	v	0.016%	0	0.000%
26.	q	0.006%	0	+50.000%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	34.488%	0	-0.200%
2.	e	16.759%	0	-0.107%
3.	y	15.877%	0	-0.763%
4.	n	10.301%	0	+5.349%
5.	h	4.101%	+1	+1.762%
6.	r	3.815%	-1	-7.850%
7.	l	3.284%	0	-4.867%
8.	i	2.313%	0	-3.504%
9.	s	0.605%	0	+7.460%
10.	t	0.457%	0	-5.187%
11.	o	0.132%	0	+3.937%
12.	d	0.114%	+1	+2.703%
13.	m	0.106%	-1	-4.505%
14.	z	0.062%	0	+26.531%
15.	g	0.037%	0	-21.277%
16.	k	0.032%	+1	0.000%
17.	w	0.032%	-1	-11.111%
18.	x	0.029%	+1	+26.087%
19.	c	0.023%	-1	-4.167%
20.	u	0.017%	0	+21.429%
21.	b	0.007%	0	-22.222%
22.	p	0.005%	0	+25.000%
23.	f	0.001%	0	0.000%
24.	j	0.001%	+1	0.000%

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