This list combines 3,252 spelling variations into 1,002 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 1985 is Michael, given to 67,407 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Christopher has the most spelling variations with 39 different spellings, while Taryn has the highest confusion index at 87.7%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Jerrell showed the biggest improvement, moving up 258 positions from 500 to 242, while William had the largest drop, falling 5 positions from 16 to 21.

Looking at trends, Ryne shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1983–1985 are 1088.64% higher compared to 1976–1985), while Demond shows the steepest decline (66.99% lower). Compared to 1984, Durrell had the largest rank improvement, moving up 188 positions to rank #346, while Marques fell 57 positions to rank #420.