This list combines 4,813 spelling variations into 1,005 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 1975 is Jennifer, given to 59,497 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Lakeisha has the most spelling variations with 36 different spellings, while Shante has the highest confusion index at 92.4%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Charisse showed the biggest improvement, moving up 364 positions from 633 to 269, while Jill had the largest drop, falling 16 positions from 46 to 62.

Looking at trends, Cicely shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1973–1975 are 2144.05% higher compared to 1966–1975), while Phyllis shows the steepest decline (77.23% lower). Compared to 1974, Taryn had the largest rank improvement, moving up 216 positions to rank #308, while Cicely fell 127 positions to rank #525.