| 100% | ARUBA | 5 | First island mentioned in the chorus of the Beach Boys' "Kokomo" |
| 58% | RAH | 3 | Cheer syllable repeated in the chorus of the Beach Boys song "Be True to Your School" |
| 57% | ARUBA | 5 | First island in The Beach Boys' "Kokomo" |
| 57% | ARUBA | 5 | Island that's the first word of the Beach Boys' "Kokomo" |
| 55% | ISLES | 5 | Most of the locales mentioned in the Beach Boys' "Kokomo" |
| 54% | ARUBA | 5 | First word of The Beach Boys' "Kokomo" |
| 53% | ARUBA | 5 | Caribbean island that's the first word of the 1988 Beach Boys hit "Kokomo" |
| 51% | ARUBA | 5 | Island listed in the Beach Boys song "Kokomo" |
| 50% | EVE | 3 | First woman mentioned in the Book of Genesis |
| 49% | RYE | 3 | Drink mentioned in the chorus of "American Pie" |
| 45% | TBIRD | 5 | Car mentioned in the Beach Boys' "Fun, Fun, Fun" |
| 45% | WINTER | 6 | Season mentioned in the first line of Richard III |
| 44% | TBIRD | 5 | Car mentioned in the Beach Boys' "Fun, Fun, Fun": Hyph. |
| 44% | ARUBA | 5 | Island nation mentioned in a Beach Boys song |
| 44% | CATO | 4 | Ancient Roman senator mentioned in the first chapter of “Moby-Dick” |
| 43% | TBIRD | 5 | Ford model mentioned in the Beach Boys song "Fun, Fun, Fun": Hyph. |
| 43% | SHOREWARD | 9 | In the direction of the beach |
| 42% | IGET | 4 | "___ Around," the first number-one charting song released by The Beach Boys in 1964: 2 wds. |
| 42% | BOAC | 4 | Airline mentioned in the first line of the Beatles' "Back in the 52-Across" |
| 42% | ARUBA | 5 | Caribbean island that's also mentioned in a Beach Boys song |
| 41% | BOAC | 4 | Airline mentioned in the first line of the Beatles' "Back in the U.S.S.R." |
| 41% | ALITO | 5 | First justice alphabetically in the history of the Supreme Court |
| 41% | MOOCOW | 6 | Kidspeak animal mentioned in the first line of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" |
| 41% | EVE | 3 | First woman mentioned in the Bible |
| 41% | ADAM | 4 | First man mentioned in the Bible |
| 41% | ONYX | 4 | First gemstone mentioned in the Bible |
| 41% | AARON | 5 | Alphabetically first of the 100 most popular boys' names in the U.S. |
| 40% | BEREA | 5 | Greek city mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles |
| 40% | LOVE | 4 | One of the Beach Boys |