US Popularity by Final Letter

This is a list of the most common final letters for American baby names of 2000. Note you can hover your cursor over a row to see more details.

Boys · Girls

Boys			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	n	29.436%	0	+2.600%
2.	r	8.122%	0	-1.396%
3.	l	7.446%	0	-0.958%
4.	e	7.134%	+2	+0.197%
5.	s	6.994%	0	-2.059%
6.	y	6.866%	-2	-4.293%
7.	h	4.077%	0	+0.443%
8.	o	3.860%	0	+3.264%
9.	d	3.083%	0	-4.195%
10.	w	2.671%	0	-6.116%
11.	b	2.439%	0	-0.733%
12.	t	2.429%	0	-0.898%
13.	k	2.133%	0	-1.614%
14.	m	1.987%	0	-1.193%
15.	a	1.957%	0	-1.856%
16.	c	1.294%	0	+0.779%
17.	i	0.881%	0	+7.570%
18.	x	0.512%	0	-1.916%
19.	p	0.170%	0	-3.409%
20.	z	0.142%	0	+0.709%
21.	g	0.115%	0	0.000%
22.	u	0.086%	0	+7.500%
23.	f	0.082%	0	+3.797%
24.	v	0.047%	+1	+9.302%
25.	j	0.044%	-1	-6.383%
26.	q	0.034%	0	-10.526%

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Girls			Change
Rank	Value	Pct.	Rank	Pct.
1.	a	33.888%	0	-0.543%
2.	e	15.962%	0	+1.192%
3.	n	12.453%	+1	+1.649%
4.	y	12.346%	-1	-0.259%
5.	h	5.882%	0	+1.274%
6.	l	2.839%	0	-1.629%
7.	r	2.545%	0	-9.816%
8.	i	2.135%	0	+2.694%
9.	s	1.634%	0	-6.735%
10.	t	0.491%	0	+1.446%
11.	d	0.220%	0	-2.222%
12.	m	0.192%	0	+6.667%
13.	o	0.110%	0	+5.769%
14.	z	0.077%	0	-3.750%
15.	w	0.043%	0	-2.273%
16.	x	0.037%	0	-5.128%
17.	g	0.029%	+2	+16.000%
18.	k	0.029%	0	+7.407%
19.	c	0.026%	-2	-13.333%
20.	u	0.024%	0	+14.286%
21.	b	0.019%	0	+11.765%
22.	j	0.005%	0	0.000%
23.	v	0.002%	+2	+100%
24.	p	0.002%	-1	-33.333%
25.	f	0.001%	-1	-50.000%

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