This list combines 5,118 spelling variations into 1,000 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 1977 is Jennifer, given to 60,178 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Lakeisha has the most spelling variations with 40 different spellings, while Charisse has the highest confusion index at 92%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Shante showed the biggest improvement, moving up 373 positions from 567 to 194, while Jill had the largest drop, falling 14 positions from 41 to 55.

Looking at trends, Kizzy shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1975–1977 are 8027.78% higher compared to 1968–1977), while Kim shows the steepest decline (76.2% lower). Compared to 1976, Kizzy had the largest rank improvement, moving up 506 positions to rank #174, while Luciana fell 161 positions to rank #565.