This list combines 2,648 spelling variations into 1,004 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 1971 is Michael, given to 80,476 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Christopher has the most spelling variations with 26 different spellings, while Kristen has the highest confusion index at 80.8%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Tori showed the biggest improvement, moving up 170 positions from 526 to 356, while Joshua had the largest drop, falling 10 positions from 80 to 90.

Looking at trends, Jermaine shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1969–1971 are 7303.23% higher compared to 1962–1971), while Bob shows the steepest decline (76.11% lower). Compared to 1970, Jermaine had the largest rank improvement, moving up 246 positions to rank #194, while Boyd fell 55 positions to rank #461.