This list combines 5,645 spelling variations into 1,002 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 1979 is Michael, given to 71,118 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Lakeisha has the most spelling variations with 39 different spellings, while Shante has the highest confusion index at 92.1%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Shante showed the biggest improvement, moving up 526 positions from 933 to 407, while Ronald had the largest drop, falling 21 positions from 98 to 119.

Looking at trends, Kizzy shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1977–1979 are 14519.88% higher compared to 1970–1979), while Mike shows the steepest decline (75.07% lower). Compared to 1978, Brianne had the largest rank improvement, moving up 506 positions to rank #269, while Kizzy fell 157 positions to rank #699.