US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 1998. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	n	28.112%	0	+1.572%
2.	r	8.354%	0	+1.004%
3.	l	7.650%	+1	-1.405%
4.	y	7.450%	-1	-5.780%
5.	s	7.275%	0	-1.835%
6.	e	7.149%	0	+0.619%
7.	h	3.789%	+1	+7.094%
8.	o	3.646%	-1	-0.654%
9.	d	3.342%	0	-3.438%
10.	w	2.875%	0	-4.990%
11.	t	2.547%	0	-3.923%
12.	b	2.484%	0	+7.393%
13.	k	2.185%	0	-2.846%
14.	a	2.037%	0	-1.926%
15.	m	2.001%	0	-0.150%
16.	c	1.314%	0	+1.546%
17.	i	0.794%	0	+9.216%
18.	x	0.520%	0	+4.208%
19.	p	0.191%	0	-8.612%
20.	z	0.137%	+1	+3.788%
21.	g	0.122%	-1	-10.949%
22.	u	0.079%	0	+1.282%
23.	f	0.076%	0	+15.152%
24.	q	0.049%	+2	+75.000%
25.	j	0.044%	-1	+18.919%
26.	v	0.036%	-1	+20.000%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	34.200%	0	-0.213%
2.	e	15.519%	0	-0.385%
3.	y	12.442%	0	-2.728%
4.	n	12.300%	0	+3.197%
5.	h	5.668%	0	+1.160%
6.	r	2.954%	0	-4.308%
7.	l	2.920%	0	-1.017%
8.	i	2.078%	0	-1.283%
9.	s	1.816%	0	+9.200%
10.	t	0.456%	0	+0.441%
11.	d	0.215%	0	+13.158%
12.	m	0.172%	0	+14.667%
13.	o	0.114%	0	-0.870%
14.	z	0.080%	0	+1.266%
15.	x	0.039%	0	-17.021%
16.	w	0.036%	+1	+24.138%
17.	c	0.033%	-1	-5.714%
18.	k	0.028%	0	0.000%
19.	g	0.026%	0	+4.000%
20.	u	0.020%	0	+11.111%
21.	b	0.016%	0	+6.667%
22.	j	0.005%	+1	+66.667%
23.	p	0.003%	-1	-25.000%
24.	f	0.003%	0	+50.000%
25.	v	0.001%	0	-50.000%
26.	q	0.000%	new	new

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