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Top 1,001 Girls' Names of 1997

This list combines 6,384 spelling variations into 1,001 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. Learn more about how this works.

The name with the most spelling variations is "Kaylee" with 51 different spellings.

"Shaelyn" showed the biggest improvement in rank, moving up 373 positions from 756 to 383 as a result of combining spelling variations.

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Rank
Name
1Y Change
Grouping Impact
Total Births
Spellings
Confusion Index
Momentum
#1
↑ 2
28,195
↑ 41%
#2
↓ 1
↑ 2
27,232
↓ 22%
#3
↓ 1
24,284
↓ 45%
#4
↑ 37
24,013
↑ 33%
#5
↑ 1
↑ 12
23,465
↑ 105%
#6
↑ 4
↓ -1
22,591
↑ 123%
#7
↓ 2
↓ -5
21,612
↓ 46%
#8
↓ -1
20,723
↑ 129%
#9
↓ 2
↓ -3
20,258
↓ 1%
#10
↓ 1
↑ 1
19,656
↓ 23%
#11
↑ 2
↑ 20
18,469
↑ 131%
#12
↑ 4
↓ -4
17,773
↑ 180%
#13
↑ 1
↑ 19
17,178
↓ 22%
#14
↑ 5
↓ -4
16,451
↑ 492%
#15
↓ 4
↑ 5
16,334
↓ 47%
#16
↑ 1
↓ -7
16,318
↓ 17%
#17
↓ 5
↓ -4
16,216
↓ 5%