According to the United States Social Security Administration (SSA) top list of girl names in 2020, seven of the top 10 names for girls end in A, while one, Evelyn, ends in N. The Y doesn’t appear until Emily at number 18. It is much more common for boy names to end in N rather than in A or Y. Top names ending in N include Benjamin, Logan, Mason, and Ethan. The most common Y names are Henry at number 9 and Anthony at number 41. If none of those currently popular appeal to you, consider that you may be calling William “Billy” or Thomas “Tommy.” As a bonus, some of the popular boy names ending in Y are gender-neutral, with Riley and Avery appearing on lists for both boys and girls. Ezra is the most common boy name ending in A, appearing at number 41, and there are only eight boy names ending in A in the SSA 2020 top 1,000 list of boy names. Your choices will include names that are more unique than their peers will have. If you are satisfied with the “ah” sound rather than being a stickler about the name ending in A, you need to look no farther than Noah and Elijah, which are in the top 10 most popular boy names. The -ah ending is often seen in Biblical male names, including those two plus Isaiah, Josiah, Jeremiah, Micah, Jonah, Nehemiah, and Zachariah.

Girl Names Ending in A

Alexa Amelia Anna Aria Ariana Aurora Ava Bella Camila Elena Ella Emma Gabriella Isabella Julia Layla Luna Maya Mia Mila Nora Olivia Samantha Sophia/Sofia Stella Victoria Zara

Boy Names Ending in A

Akira Asa Cuba Dakota Dana Elisha Ezra Hamza Hosea Ilya Indiana Ira Koa Koda Joshua Luca/Lucca/Luka Misha Musa Mustafa Nicola Nikita Nova Pasha Santana Sasha/Sascha Seneca Sequoia Vanya Yehuda

Girl Names Ending in N

Addison Adelyn Allison Autumn Brooklyn Eden Emerson Evelyn Hayden Jocelyn Jordyn Lauren Lillian Lynn London Madelyn Madison Morgan Payton/Peyton Quinn Raelynn Reagan Rowan Teagan Vivian

Boy Names Ending in N

Aaron Adan/Aden/Aidan/Aiden/Ayden Adrian/Adrien  Benjamin Cameron  Carson Christian Colton  Dylan  Easton  Ethan  Grayson  Hudson  Jackson/Jaxon  Jayden  John/Jonathan  Julian  Landon  Lincoln  Logan  Mason  Nathan  Nolan  Owen  Ryan  Sebastian

Girl Names Ending in Y

Ashley Aubrey Audrey Avery Bailey Emery Emily Everly Finley Hadley Hailey Ivy Kennedy Kimberly Kinsley Lilly/Lily Lucy Mary Melody Paisley Riley Ruby Serenity Sydney Trinity Zoey

Boy Names Ending in Y

Andy  Anthony  Avery  Bentley  Bradley  Brady  Brantley  Brody  Cody  Corey  Finley  Grady  Gregory  Harvey  Henry Jay  Jeffrey  Jeremy  Johnny  Oakley Riley  Rory  Timothy  Troy  Wesley  Zachary