This list combines 1,030 spelling variations into 893 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 1883 is John, given to 8,894 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Louis has the most spelling variations with 5 different spellings, while Auther has the highest confusion index at 64.6%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Maurice showed the biggest improvement, moving up 40 positions from 122 to 82, while Richard had the largest drop, falling 3 positions from 21 to 24.