| 100% | BOWWOW | 6 | Rapper whose album “Unleashed” was his first after dropping “Lil’” from his stage name |
| 50% | NAS | 3 | Rapper whose 2018 album was his first in six years |
| 48% | LIL | 3 | Word rapper Bow Wow dropped from his stage name |
| 44% | BIL | 3 | Cartoonist Keane who dropped the second “L” from his first name “just to be different” |
| 41% | DEGAS | 5 | Painter Edgar whose last name is one letter away from being an anagram of his first name |
| 41% | ALDA | 4 | Actor whose last name is a 41-Down of his first name, after a D is changed to an N |
| 40% | NAS | 3 | Rapper whose first album was 1994's "Illmatic" |
| 40% | EDSHEERAN | 9 | Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter whose first five solo albums were named after mathematical symbols |
| 39% | NAS | 3 | Lil ___ X, rapper whose birth name is Montero Lamar Hill |
| 38% | NASA | 4 | Hit song by Ariana Grande from her 2019 album whose title is named after the U.S. space agency |
| 38% | MARIO | 5 | Mustached plumber from a popular '90s video game whose catchphrase is nothing but his name after "It's-a me!" |
| 38% | PIKACHU | 7 | Adorable, electric creature from the '90s series "Pokemon" whose only dialogue is his name |
| 38% | LIL | 3 | Word that rappers Boosie and Bow Wow dropped from their stage names |
| 37% | STRO | 4 | "The Astronomical Kid" who is a rapper and is known by his stage name ___ |
| 37% | KANYE | 5 | Rapper West who dropped the first three letters of his first name |
| 36% | HODOR | 5 | Loyal protector from the '90s novel "Game of Thrones" whose only dialogue is his name |
| 36% | MARLEY | 6 | Reggae musician Damian whose new album "Stony Hill" is his first solo release in 12 years |
| 36% | LADO | 4 | Director Aldo whose first name is an anagram of his last name |
| 35% | KRIS | 4 | Singer whose first name is the first four letters of his last name |
| 35% | MARTINLAWRENCE | 14 | Stand-up comedian and star of a 1990s Fox sitcom, whose title was his first name: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ENYA | 4 | Irish singer whose stage name comes from the pronunciation of her first name, Eithne |
| 35% | NICKIMINAJ | 10 | Female rapper whose first studio album "Pink Friday" was certified triple Platinum: 2 wds. |
| 35% | RIPTORN | 7 | Entertainer whose last name is the past tense of a synonym of his first name |
| 35% | NAS | 3 | "___: Time Is Illmatic" (2014 documentary about a rapper whose first album turned 20 this year) |
| 34% | LAWRENCE | 8 | Katniss portrayer from "The Hunger Games" whose first name is at 44a |
| 34% | NAS | 3 | Rapper whose debut album was "Illmatic" |
| 34% | FLORIDA | 7 | Rapper and singer whose name comes from the state he was born in: 2 wds. |
| 34% | YIPES | 5 | Milwaukee band whose first album (named after themselves) was in 1979 and their most recent album (named after themselves!) was in 2018 |
| 34% | LOPEZ | 5 | Marisa Ventura portrayer from "Maid in Manhattan" whose first name is at 44a |
| 33% | MACHINEGUNKELLY | 15 | *Rapper whose stage name refers to his rapid-fire delivery |