This list combines 1,058 spelling variations into 915 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 1880 is John, given to 9,655 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Louis has the most spelling variations with 5 different spellings, while Johnny has the highest confusion index at 66.2%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Maurice showed the biggest improvement, moving up 42 positions from 121 to 79, while Andrew had the largest drop, falling 4 positions from 23 to 27.