| 100% | CARROL | 6 | Businessman Lou ___, who in 1952 gave VP candidate Richard Nixon a puppy, later named Checkers |
| 27% | BIEBER | 6 | Singer who gave his name to a "fever" in the 2010s |
| 25% | SHEEN | 5 | Mr. ___, animated mascot for a cleaning brand of the same name who debuted in the late '50s |
| 25% | MARPLE | 6 | Last name in a Christie mystery |
| 25% | KAM | 3 | ___ Heskin, actress who played Elizabeth Bennet in the 2003 adaptation named "Pride and Prejudice: A Latter-Day Comedy" |
| 24% | OPERAROLE | 9 | Richard Nixon or Mao Zedong, in a 1987 premiere |
| 24% | HENDERSON | 9 | Last name of family who took in Bigfoot Harry |
| 24% | GANTRY | 6 | Last name of Elmer in a Sinclair Lewis novel |
| 24% | TAFFY | 5 | Barbie's beloved dog in "Barbie & Her Sisters in the Great Puppy Adventure" who shares a name with a stretchable candy |
| 24% | AARON | 5 | Last name likely to be first in a roll call |
| 23% | EMME | 4 | One-named model who was a spokesperson for Revlon in the late 1990s |
| 23% | KILDARE | 7 | Last name of a 1960s TV doctor played by Richard Chamberlain |
| 23% | PITT | 4 | Last name on the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood poster |
| 23% | FINN | 4 | Huckleberry's last name, in a Mark Twain novel |
| 23% | NEILL | 5 | Last name of the "Jurassic Park" star who cameoed in "Thor: Ragnarok" |
| 23% | LABRAT | 6 | Name given to a rodent used in experimentation |
| 23% | PITT | 4 | Last name that shows up twice in a list of British prime ministers |
| 23% | HEIR | 4 | Person who's named in a will |
| 22% | BABA | 4 | First name in a Who song title |
| 22% | RADCLIFFE | 9 | Last name of the actor who was the titular protagonist in "Harry Potter" series |
| 22% | HAAS | 4 | Businessman who gave his name to Berkeley's business school |
| 22% | SUE | 3 | Name given to toughen up a boy, in a song |
| 22% | MACGUFFIN | 9 | Name given to a vague plot point in the movies |
| 22% | BINET | 5 | Psychologist who gave his name to a test |
| 22% | UTES | 4 | Indians who gave their name to a state |
| 22% | UTE | 3 | People who gave their name to a state |
| 22% | CHRISTINA | 9 | Aguilera who gave us Genie in a Bottle |
| 22% | AARON | 5 | First name in a Biblical Who's Who |
| 22% | SPEE | 4 | Last word in the name of a WW I German warship |
| 22% | IDINA | 5 | Menzel who was named a Disney Legend in 2022 |