This list combines 4,792 spelling variations into 1,004 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 1973 is Michael, given to 71,259 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Christopher has the most spelling variations with 30 different spellings, while Charisse has the highest confusion index at 91.4%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Charisse showed the biggest improvement, moving up 462 positions from 911 to 449, while Jill had the largest drop, falling 26 positions from 127 to 153.

Looking at trends, Katina shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1971–1973 are 4421.59% higher compared to 1964–1973), while Tim shows the steepest decline (78.49% lower). Compared to 1972, Alethea had the largest rank improvement, moving up 283 positions to rank #612, while Anissa fell 143 positions to rank #702.