This list combines 4,629 spelling variations into 1,002 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 1999 is Jacob, given to 37,383 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Nicholas has the most spelling variations with 44 different spellings, while Taryn has the highest confusion index at 90.8%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Taryn showed the biggest improvement, moving up 303 positions from 728 to 425, while Maxwell had the largest drop, falling 16 positions from 106 to 122.

Looking at trends, Zion shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1997–1999 are 1893.94% higher compared to 1990–1999), while Clinton shows the steepest decline (70.2% lower). Compared to 1998, Zion had the largest rank improvement, moving up 267 positions to rank #246, while Denzel fell 101 positions to rank #572.