This list combines 3,097 spelling variations into 1,006 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 1983 is Michael, given to 70,488 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Christopher has the most spelling variations with 40 different spellings, while Jaron has the highest confusion index at 87.4%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Jerrell showed the biggest improvement, moving up 240 positions from 570 to 330, while Raymond had the largest drop, falling 4 positions from 71 to 75.

Looking at trends, Kellen shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1981–1983 are 2150.48% higher compared to 1974–1983), while Stacy shows the steepest decline (73.67% lower). Compared to 1982, Akeem had the largest rank improvement, moving up 162 positions to rank #456, while Dusty fell 74 positions to rank #392.