| 100% | POLARSEA | 8 | One is named for the explorer James Ross |
| 48% | MCA | 3 | Stage name for Adam Yauch, who was one of the Beastie Boys |
| 47% | TENDON | 6 | The most well-known one is named for a Greek hero |
| 46% | ELNINO | 6 | It was named for the infant Jesus |
| 44% | SAINT | 5 | Pope Francis is named for one |
| 43% | LIBERIA | 7 | Country whose capital is named for James Monroe |
| 43% | FIVER | 5 | Slangy name for the bill Lincoln is on |
| 43% | ANNE | 4 | Name which in the UK was for royalty whereas the same name, but with one less letter, was for commoners |
| 42% | STATE | 5 | Washington is the only one named for a president |
| 42% | EURO | 4 | Money named for the continent where it is used |
| 42% | EASTERISLAND | 12 | Pacific spot named for the day it was discovered |
| 42% | PONCE | 5 | Puerto Rican city named for the descendant of an explorer |
| 42% | SRTA | 4 | Dora the Explorer, for one: Abbr. |
| 42% | ROI | 3 | The last one was named Louis |
| 41% | EMME | 4 | One-named model who was a spokesperson for Revlon in the late 1990s |
| 41% | XXX | 3 | Each of the two cheapest Monopoly avenues is named for one |
| 41% | WATERLOO | 8 | 1974 ABBA song named for the place where Napoleon was defeated |
| 41% | TECATE | 6 | Mexican beer named for the city it was first produced in |
| 41% | DENVERBOOT | 10 | Car-immobilizing device named for the city where it was invented |
| 41% | ERA | 3 | One may be named for a president |
| 41% | IGUANA | 6 | Isa on “Dora the Explorer,” for one |
| 41% | FOX | 3 | Swiper of "Dora the Explorer," for one |
| 41% | NNE | 3 | The Star Spangled Ba___r is one name for the American flag |
| 41% | FERNDALE | 8 | Detroit suburb named for the plants the area was once overgrown with |
| 41% | CROMAGNON | 9 | Prehistoric hominid named for the French cave where it was first discovered |
| 41% | ADELPHI | 7 | Long Island university named for the Brooklyn street where it was founded |
| 41% | SULU | 4 | "Star Trek" character who was named for a sea in the Philippines |
| 41% | GEOSPACE | 8 | One name for the region of outer space near Earth |
| 40% | NONET | 5 | Name for one of the 3x3 regions in a Sudoku grid |
| 40% | SPADES | 6 | Card game named for one of the black suits |