| 100% | TALKINGHEADS | 12 | Band whose name was taken from a term in TV Guide |
| 47% | EMF | 3 | British rock band whose name is also a circuitry term |
| 47% | ELAL | 4 | Company whose name is derived from a passage in Hosea |
| 43% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose name is a palindrome |
| 42% | ATARI | 5 | Company whose name comes from a term in the game Go |
| 42% | ABA | 3 | Band whose name is a rhyme scheme |
| 42% | ATARI | 5 | Company whose name comes from a term in the game of Go |
| 42% | LALAW | 5 | TV series whose name is shown on a vanity license plate in its opening sequence |
| 41% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose name is sometimes rendered with a backward B |
| 41% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band whose name is an electrical term |
| 41% | ASIA | 4 | 1980s band whose name is also a continent |
| 41% | NEONTREES | 9 | Band whose name was inspired by In-N-Out Burger signage |
| 40% | INXS | 4 | Australian band whose name is spelled in all caps |
| 40% | OKGO | 4 | Indie band whose name is a two-word command |
| 40% | ASIA | 4 | "Heat of the Moment" band whose name is a continent |
| 40% | XTC | 3 | British band whose name is also slang for a drug |
| 40% | AFRO | 4 | Hairstyle whose name is derived from a continent |
| 40% | JUDASPRIEST | 11 | Heavy metal band whose name is a euphemism for "Jesus Christ!" |
| 39% | MAZDA | 5 | Auto whose name is derived from a Zoroastrian deity |
| 39% | OCALA | 5 | City whose name is derived from a Timucua Indian name |
| 39% | ENO | 3 | Musician whose name is a number in reverse |
| 39% | ALT | 3 | ___-J (indie-rock band whose name is a keyboard shortcut for the symbol ∆) |
| 39% | YOLATENGO | 9 | Band whose name comes from a story about a shouting outfielder |
| 39% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band whose name came from a sewing machine |
| 39% | ATARI | 5 | Video game company whose name is a Go term |
| 39% | PELOTON | 7 | Stationary bike brand whose name is a cycling term |
| 39% | TOM | 3 | Boy whose name is repeated in a nursery rhyme |
| 39% | BTEN | 4 | Bygone bomber whose name is a call in bingo |
| 39% | AMOR | 4 | Deity whose name is a city in Italia backwards |
| 39% | SUEDE | 5 | Material whose name is a Scandinavian country in French |