This list combines 3,133 spelling variations into 1,010 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 1984 is Michael, given to 70,107 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Christopher has the most spelling variations with 37 different spellings, while Jerrell has the highest confusion index at 86.3%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Jerrell showed the biggest improvement, moving up 233 positions from 541 to 308, while Andrew had the largest drop, falling 4 positions from 14 to 18.

Looking at trends, Colt shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1982–1984 are 2272.69% higher compared to 1975–1984), while Stacy shows the steepest decline (72.1% lower). Compared to 1983, Chance had the largest rank improvement, moving up 202 positions to rank #232, while Raheem fell 74 positions to rank #547.