This list combines 1,349 spelling variations into 1,107 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 1900 is John, given to 9,836 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Louis has the most spelling variations with 6 different spellings, while Monte has the highest confusion index at 67.8%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Irvin showed the biggest improvement, moving up 47 positions from 153 to 106, while Tom had the largest drop, falling 6 positions from 52 to 58.

Looking at trends, Dewey shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1898–1900 are 1903.06% higher compared to 1891–1900), while Grover shows the steepest decline (80.08% lower). Compared to 1899, Bill had the largest rank improvement, moving up 36 positions to rank #111, while Mace fell 51 positions to rank #247.