This list combines 2,715 spelling variations into 1,012 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 1973 is Michael, given to 70,632 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Christopher has the most spelling variations with 30 different spellings, while Arlen has the highest confusion index at 81.4%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Tori showed the biggest improvement, moving up 184 positions from 508 to 324, while Brent had the largest drop, falling 9 positions from 78 to 87.

Looking at trends, Jermaine shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1971–1973 are 7160.92% higher compared to 1964–1973), while Pat shows the steepest decline (79.63% lower). Compared to 1972, Jeremiah had the largest rank improvement, moving up 129 positions to rank #231, while Vidal fell 68 positions to rank #526.