This list combines 4,943 spelling variations into 1,006 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 1976 is Jennifer, given to 60,702 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Lakeisha has the most spelling variations with 41 different spellings, while Charisse has the highest confusion index at 92.8%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Charisse showed the biggest improvement, moving up 367 positions from 643 to 276, while Victoria had the largest drop, falling 12 positions from 92 to 104.

Looking at trends, Luciana shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1974–1976 are 1564.61% higher compared to 1967–1976), while Phyllis shows the steepest decline (76.85% lower). Compared to 1975, Tennille had the largest rank improvement, moving up 335 positions to rank #216, while Tamiko fell 127 positions to rank #418.