| 100% | AXL | 3 | Better known first name of William Bruce Bailey who made it big with GNR |
| 35% | IRA | 3 | Better known first name of lyricist Israel Gershowitz |
| 33% | KIT | 3 | Better known first name of Christopher Houston Carson, now resting in Taos, New Mexico |
| 32% | CYNDI | 5 | First name of the well-known singer who was musical director for the film "The Goonies" |
| 31% | GORDON | 6 | First name of the singer better known as Sting |
| 30% | CLINT | 5 | First name of the man who played the Man with No Name |
| 29% | LEBRON | 6 | First name of a basketball player who recently signed with a new team |
| 29% | BUD | 3 | Name of a son on both "Married... with Children" and "Father Knows Best" |
| 28% | MEATLOAF | 8 | Better known stage name of singer Michael Lee Aday who fell in Texas this year and broke his collarbone |
| 27% | METGALA | 7 | Big Apple fund-raiser with a kind of apple in its name |
| 27% | NAS | 3 | Better known name of rapper Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, who's received 13 Grammy Awards nominations |
| 27% | MARION | 6 | Real first name of the Iowa actor who was known as the "Duke" |
| 27% | GIL | 3 | First name of William Petersen's character on "CSI" |
| 27% | PILL | 4 | Better known name of Tyrone Rivers, Atlanta rapper who released "Back Right" in 2018 after a 6 year hiatus |
| 27% | MIA | 3 | Better known name of LA's María de Lourdes Villiers Farrow who became a UNICEF International Ambassador in 2000 |
| 26% | POM | 3 | Big name in fruit juice, or the first three letters of the fruit in it |
| 26% | NAOMI | 5 | With 35d, it's the name of the reigning US Open Champion in women's singles who defeated Serena Williams in September 2018 |
| 26% | KRANTZ | 6 | Jacob ___, real name of Ricardo Cortez who co-starred with Bette Davis in 1934's "The Big Shakedown" |
| 26% | KATE | 4 | First name of Prince William's wife |
| 26% | ANG | 3 | First name of 2012's Best Director |
| 26% | GWYNETH | 7 | First name of actress who founded Goop |
| 26% | IRAN | 4 | Country that shares the first three letters of its name with a neighboring country |
| 26% | ALVARO | 6 | First name of big hitting Spanish golfer Quirós |
| 26% | KELSEY | 6 | First name of actor who played Frasier Crane |
| 26% | JUSTIN | 6 | First name of singer who married Hailey Baldwin |
| 26% | CHARLES | 7 | First name of monarch who succeeded Elizabeth II |
| 26% | EVE | 3 | First name of Polastri, who Villanelle is killing |
| 26% | GEORGE | 6 | First name of American President with ivory teeth |
| 26% | ELLA | 4 | First name of a singer with 13 Grammys |
| 26% | NICKI | 5 | First name of rapper with an Anaconda, __ Minaj |