| 100% | CASH | 4 | "A Boy Named Sue" singer |
| 100% | JOHNNYCASH | 10 | ''A Boy Named Sue'' singer |
| 97% | CASH | 4 | "A Boy Named Sue" singer Johnny |
| 75% | SHEL | 4 | "A Boy Named Sue" writer Silverstein |
| 75% | SHEL | 4 | "A Boy Named Sue" songwriter Silverstein |
| 73% | SHEL | 4 | Silverstein who wrote "A Boy Named Sue" |
| 70% | SHEL | 4 | Poet Silverstein who wrote the song "A Boy Named Sue" |
| 66% | JOHNNYCASH | 10 | Country singer with the 1969 crossover hit "A Boy Named Sue": 2 wds. |
| 63% | NAMED | 5 | A Boy ___ Sue |
| 57% | SHANE | 5 | Title film character who's idolized by a boy named Joey |
| 57% | RENE | 4 | Name for a French boy |
| 56% | RANI | 4 | Royal that sounds like a boy's name |
| 56% | ONO | 3 | Singer with a negative-sounding name |
| 56% | KESHA | 5 | Singer whose name once had a ''$'' |
| 55% | RHONDA | 6 | Name in a Beach Boys title |
| 55% | SUE | 3 | "A Boy Named ___" |
| 55% | CHAD | 4 | African country that's also a boy's name |
| 55% | ONO | 3 | Singer whose name sounds like a cry |
| 54% | RHONDA | 6 | Name in a #1 Beach Boys song |
| 54% | SIMONSAYS | 9 | Playground game with a boy's name in the title |
| 54% | AARONCARTER | 11 | Singer who's a Backstreet Boy's brother |
| 54% | TOM | 3 | Boy's name repeated in a nursery rhyme |
| 54% | BRAD | 4 | Boy's name that's a hardware item |
| 54% | KESHA | 5 | Singer who once spelled her name with a "$" |
| 53% | OAK | 3 | The ___ Ridge Boys, "Bobbie Sue" singers |
| 53% | RED | 3 | "The ___ Pony," episodic novel by American author John Steinbeck about a boy named Jody Tiflin |
| 53% | SUE | 3 | "A Boy Named ___" (1969 song) |
| 53% | TOM | 3 | Boy whose name is repeated in a nursery rhyme |
| 53% | EMIL | 4 | Boy's name that's a fruit spelled backward |
| 53% | CHARLIEWORLD | 12 | *Amusement park named after a "Peanuts" boy? |