US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1996. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	n	27.399%	0	+1.715%
2.	r	8.387%	+1	-1.248%
3.	y	8.282%	-1	-4.574%
4.	l	7.777%	0	-2.519%
5.	s	7.451%	0	-1.831%
6.	e	7.114%	0	+1.527%
7.	o	3.607%	+1	+2.384%
8.	d	3.505%	-1	-2.639%
9.	h	3.370%	+1	+10.059%
10.	w	3.054%	-1	-2.147%
11.	t	2.745%	0	-3.718%
12.	k	2.337%	0	+1.653%
13.	b	2.137%	+2	+5.479%
14.	a	2.135%	-1	-4.602%
15.	m	2.043%	-1	+0.492%
16.	c	1.312%	0	+0.153%
17.	i	0.660%	0	+4.762%
18.	x	0.480%	0	-5.697%
19.	p	0.223%	0	-4.292%
20.	g	0.150%	0	-12.791%
21.	z	0.132%	0	+0.763%
22.	u	0.078%	0	0.000%
23.	f	0.071%	0	+5.970%
24.	j	0.029%	0	+7.407%
25.	v	0.026%	0	+4.000%
26.	q	0.026%	0	+30.000%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	34.183%	0	-0.254%
2.	e	15.693%	0	+0.089%
3.	y	13.392%	0	-2.724%
4.	n	11.629%	0	+1.148%
5.	h	5.353%	0	+5.499%
6.	r	3.116%	0	-6.846%
7.	l	3.008%	0	-0.562%
8.	i	2.187%	0	-0.996%
9.	s	1.636%	0	+14.406%
10.	t	0.474%	0	-1.455%
11.	d	0.200%	0	+7.527%
12.	m	0.132%	0	+0.763%
13.	o	0.121%	0	-4.724%
14.	z	0.070%	0	-1.408%
15.	x	0.060%	0	+11.111%
16.	c	0.038%	0	+8.571%
17.	w	0.031%	+1	+6.897%
18.	k	0.030%	-1	-9.091%
19.	g	0.027%	0	-3.571%
20.	u	0.022%	0	0.000%
21.	b	0.014%	0	+7.692%
22.	p	0.006%	+1	+100%
23.	j	0.003%	-1	-25.000%
24.	f	0.001%	0	0.000%
25.	v	0.000%	0	0.000%

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