This list combines 3,802 spelling variations into 1,005 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 1990 is Michael, given to 68,117 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Nicholas has the most spelling variations with 41 different spellings, while Taryn has the highest confusion index at 87.9%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Jerrell showed the biggest improvement, moving up 287 positions from 564 to 277, while Kyle had the largest drop, falling 5 positions from 18 to 23.

Looking at trends, Tevin shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1988–1990 are 2776.71% higher compared to 1981–1990), while Jason shows the steepest decline (63.61% lower). Compared to 1989, Tevin had the largest rank improvement, moving up 365 positions to rank #346, while Arsenio fell 136 positions to rank #537.