This list combines 1,161 spelling variations into 1,008 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 1890 is John, given to 8,502 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Louis has the most spelling variations with 5 different spellings, while Carrie has the highest confusion index at 66.1%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Edmund showed the biggest improvement, moving up 40 positions from 162 to 122, while Percy had the largest drop, falling 8 positions from 100 to 108.

Looking at trends, Thurman shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1888–1890 are 392.02% higher compared to 1881–1890), while Garfield shows the steepest decline (54.43% lower). Compared to 1889, Isaiah had the largest rank improvement, moving up 45 positions to rank #144, while Harrison fell 39 positions to rank #103.