This list combines 4,960 spelling variations into 1,000 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 1974 is Michael, given to 71,144 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Christopher has the most spelling variations with 34 different spellings, while Shante has the highest confusion index at 91.8%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Charisse showed the biggest improvement, moving up 488 positions from 971 to 483, while Frank had the largest drop, falling 24 positions from 133 to 157.

Looking at trends, Katina shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1972–1974 are 4483.21% higher compared to 1965–1974), while Tim shows the steepest decline (81.92% lower). Compared to 1973, Nakia had the largest rank improvement, moving up 703 positions to rank #274, while Katina fell 221 positions to rank #390.