'Old' Names ('01-'03)
Consonant Frequency:
b - 1.914%
c - 1.435%
d - 1.435%
f - 1.914%
g - 3.349%
h - 11.005%
j - 1.435%
k - 20.01%
l - 5.263%
m - 7.416%
n - 8.612%
p - 3.828%
q - not used
r - 10.766%
s - 2.838%
t - 6.938%
v - 4.545%
w - 2.632%
x - 0.957%
y - 0.478%
z - 1.196%
In order from most common to least common: k,h,r,n,m,t,l,v,p,g,s,w,b,f,c,d,j,z,x,y.
Vowel Frequency:
a - 48.25%
e - 5.5%
i - 13.5%
o - 14.25%
u - 18.5%
y - not used
In order from most common to least common: a,u,o,i,e
'New' Names ('06-'08)
Consonant Frequency:
b - 2.469%
c - 2.469%
d - 7.407%
f - 1.543%
g - 2.469%
h - 4.63%
j - 0.309% (I think j only ever appeared in 'Jovan')
k - 15.432%
l - 7.407%
m - 4.012%
n - 11.11%
p - 2.778%
q - not used
r - 13.889%
s - 3.395%
t - 7.407%
v - 4.012%
w - not used
x - 5.556%
y - 0.309% (I think y was only ever used as a consonant in 'Voya Nui')
z - 1.196%
In order from most common to least common: k,r,n,d,l,t,x,h,m,v,s,z,p,b,c,g,f,j,y
Vowel Frequency:
a - 50.48% (Wow!)
e - 9.615%
i - 16.827%
o - 14.423%
u - 6.25%
y - 2.404%
While some things stayed the same (k remained the most common consonant, a remained the most common vowel [and in '06 and beyond, over half of all the vowels in names were a!], most rare letters stayed rare), some things obviously changed. l, n, r, z, a, and i all got more common; y, never before seen as a vowel, now became used almost exclusively as one; m, once one of the top 5 consonants, dropped down to 9th place. The most obvious changes, however, are these:
D, once very rarely used, became one of the top 5 consonants
X, once the second-least-common consonant, shot up to 7th place
E, once the rarest of the vowels, is now squarely in the middle
H, once the second-most-common consonant, dropped all the way down to 8th, lower than x!
K, once one out of every 5 consonants[!], is barely more common than r and n.
U, once solidly the second-most-common vowel, is now by far the least common (other than y).
On a somewhat related topic, I then used these percentages to make a program to generate Matoran-sounding names ('01-'03 style). The first four words it generated were:
Wuhe
Koda
Zasu
Jabu
Not bad!
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