This list combines 2,595 spelling variations into 1,012 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 1970 is Michael, given to 88,258 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Christopher has the most spelling variations with 29 different spellings, while Jerrell has the highest confusion index at 80.3%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Jerrell showed the biggest improvement, moving up 169 positions from 580 to 411, while Samuel had the largest drop, falling 10 positions from 62 to 72.

Looking at trends, Dustin shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1968–1970 are 1623.54% higher compared to 1961–1970), while Bob shows the steepest decline (76.09% lower). Compared to 1969, Jermaine had the largest rank improvement, moving up 166 positions to rank #440, while Jemal fell 141 positions to rank #576.