This list combines 4,733 spelling variations into 1,000 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 2000 is Jacob, given to 37,009 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 90.7%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Daylen showed the biggest improvement, moving up 308 positions from 698 to 390, while Brady had the largest drop, falling 15 positions from 183 to 198.

Looking at trends, Zion shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1998–2000 are 2470.08% higher compared to 1991–2000), while Clinton shows the steepest decline (71.68% lower). Compared to 1999, Elian had the largest rank improvement, moving up 376 positions to rank #377, while Infant fell 98 positions to rank #564.