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Top 1,001 Girls' Names of 2000

This list combines 7,947 spelling variations into 1,001 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 2000 is Emily, given to 29,056 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Makayla has the most spelling variations with 87 different spellings, while Kaliyah has the highest confusion index at 92.8%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Kaliyah showed the biggest improvement, moving up 441 positions from 792 to 351, while Angela had the largest drop, falling 34 positions from 78 to 112.

Looking at trends, Amaya shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1998–2000 are 2088.11% higher compared to 1991–2000), while Hillary shows the steepest decline (80.76% lower). Compared to 1999, Litzy had the largest rank improvement, moving up 429 positions to rank #336, while Infant fell 123 positions to rank #642.

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#2
Kaitlyn
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↑ 10%
↑ 28
27,364
47 spellings: Kaitlyn 8.8k 32.01%Katelyn 5.5k 20.11%Caitlin 4.1k 14.99%Caitlyn 2.8k 10.36%Kaitlin 2.1k 7.81%Katelynn 1.4k 5.07%Kaitlynn 801 2.93%Katelin 409 1.49%Caitlynn 274 1.00%Kaytlin 187 0.68%Kaytlyn 146 0.53%Catelyn 91 0.33%Katilyn 88 0.32%Kaytlynn 80 0.29%Katelynne 61 0.22%Kaitlynne 60 0.22%Kaitlan 42 0.15%Caitlan 36 0.13%Kaitlen 28 0.10%Catelynn 26 0.10%Caitlynne 23 0.08%Katelyne 23 0.08%Kaetlyn 19 0.07%Katilynn 19 0.07%Caitlinn 18 0.07%Caytlin 17 0.06%Caitlen 16 0.06%Katelen 14 0.05%Kaytlen 13 0.05%Kaitelyn 12 0.04%Kaitlyne 12 0.04%Katelinn 12 0.04%Catilyn 11 0.04%Kaithlyn 11 0.04%Kaitlinn 11 0.04%Caytlyn 10 0.04%Kateleen 9 0.03%Caitlain 7 0.03%Caitlyne 7 0.03%Kaetlin 7 0.03%Kaytlan 7 0.03%Caetlin 6 0.02%Kaitleen 6 0.02%Kateline 6 0.02%Kaytelyn 6 0.02%Kaytlynne 6 0.02%Kaytelynn 5 0.02%
#5
Brianna
↓ 1
↑ 32%
↑ 10
23,965
47 spellings: Brianna 12.9k 53.75%Breanna 3.8k 15.96%Briana 3.8k 15.66%Bryanna 943 3.93%Breana 480 2.00%Bryana 239 1.00%Brionna 238 0.99%Breonna 217 0.91%Breeanna 156 0.65%Brieanna 143 0.60%Breeana 86 0.36%Briona 86 0.36%Breauna 84 0.35%Briauna 69 0.29%Briannah 61 0.25%Breyana 60 0.25%Bryonna 59 0.25%Briahna 56 0.23%Breyanna 55 0.23%Briyana 41 0.17%Briyanna 40 0.17%Breaunna 38 0.16%Breyonna 38 0.16%Brieana 37 0.15%Breannah 32 0.13%Briaunna 26 0.11%Breahna 25 0.10%Breianna 22 0.09%Brianah 20 0.08%Breanah 15 0.06%Breiana 15 0.06%Briyonna 15 0.06%Bryauna 14 0.06%Breawna 13 0.05%Bryannah 10 0.04%Breeauna 7 0.03%Breeona 7 0.03%Breeonna 7 0.03%Bryahna 7 0.03%Briahnna 6 0.03%Briawna 6 0.03%Brieona 6 0.03%Bryianna 6 0.03%Brieonna 5 0.02%Brihana 5 0.02%Briunna 5 0.02%Bryanah 5 0.02%
#21
Makayla
↓ 5
↑ 139%
↑ 45
14,998
87 spellings: Makayla 4.9k 32.78%Mikayla 3.2k 21.06%Michaela 2.2k 14.48%Mikaela 759 5.06%Mckayla 658 4.39%Micaela 417 2.78%Mikala 204 1.36%Makaila 184 1.23%Mykayla 184 1.23%Micayla 153 1.02%Macayla 140 0.93%Makaela 138 0.92%Mikaila 128 0.85%Mickayla 124 0.83%Makaylah 108 0.72%Mykala 106 0.71%Mekayla 91 0.61%Michaella 89 0.59%Makyla 86 0.57%Michayla 86 0.57%Michala 72 0.48%Mackayla 71 0.47%Mykaela 69 0.46%Micheala 59 0.39%Michela 59 0.39%Mikaylah 58 0.39%Mikela 35 0.23%Mikhayla 28 0.19%Mykaila 28 0.19%Machaela 27 0.18%Mkayla 26 0.17%Mickaela 25 0.17%Mikalah 24 0.16%Mikhaila 23 0.15%Mychaela 23 0.15%Mikhaela 18 0.12%Mckaylah 17 0.11%Makailah 16 0.11%Mikeala 16 0.11%Micalah 15 0.10%Makela 14 0.09%Mikaelah 14 0.09%Mckala 13 0.09%Michaila 13 0.09%Mykela 13 0.09%Mykalah 12 0.08%Macaila 11 0.07%Mccayla 11 0.07%Micala 11 0.07%Makylah 10 0.07%Mekaela 10 0.07%Mikhala 10 0.07%Macaela 9 0.06%Mickala 9 0.06%Makayela 8 0.05%Makhayla 8 0.05%Makilah 8 0.05%Mckaela 8 0.05%Mckaila 8 0.05%Mckyla 8 0.05%Mekaila 8 0.05%Micaila 8 0.05%Micaylah 8 0.05%Michaelah 8 0.05%Michalea 8 0.05%Mikaella 8 0.05%Mikeila 8 0.05%Mycala 8 0.05%Maikayla 7 0.05%Makeila 7 0.05%Mcayla 7 0.05%Micaella 7 0.05%Mikahla 7 0.05%Mikailah 7 0.05%Mychala 7 0.05%Machayla 6 0.04%Mahkayla 6 0.04%Makeyla 6 0.04%Mikkayla 6 0.04%Mykailah 6 0.04%Macheala 5 0.03%Makhaila 5 0.03%Mekaylah 5 0.03%Micahla 5 0.03%Mikaylla 5 0.03%Mkaila 5 0.03%Mykalla 5 0.03%
#28
Kaylee
↓ 3
↑ 91%
↑ 43
12,173
64 spellings: Kaylee 4.5k 36.91%Kailey 1.1k 8.63%Kayleigh 885 7.27%Kaylie 759 6.24%Kaleigh 683 5.61%Kailee 536 4.40%Kaley 505 4.15%Kayley 388 3.19%Kayli 301 2.47%Caleigh 251 2.06%Kalie 209 1.72%Cailey 191 1.57%Caylee 187 1.54%Kaylea 149 1.22%Kaeli 110 0.90%Kaili 109 0.90%Caley 107 0.88%Kaileigh 94 0.77%Caylie 80 0.66%Kaily 66 0.54%Kaylei 62 0.51%Kaelee 58 0.48%Cayley 55 0.45%Cailee 54 0.44%Keily 53 0.44%Kailie 52 0.43%Cayleigh 49 0.40%Caeley 46 0.38%Kaeleigh 45 0.37%Caileigh 38 0.31%Calie 38 0.31%Kaelie 35 0.29%Kaeley 31 0.25%Calee 29 0.24%Kaely 27 0.22%Kailei 26 0.21%Keilly 22 0.18%Kayliegh 19 0.16%Calleigh 18 0.15%Kaly 18 0.15%Kayelee 17 0.14%Caeli 16 0.13%Ceili 16 0.13%Kayly 15 0.12%Kaliegh 14 0.12%Keyli 14 0.12%Cailie 13 0.11%Cayli 13 0.11%Keyly 13 0.11%Keili 12 0.10%Chaeli 11 0.09%Caeleigh 10 0.08%Keilee 10 0.08%Ceilidh 8 0.07%Keighly 8 0.07%Keylie 8 0.07%Caily 7 0.06%Caylea 7 0.06%Kalleigh 7 0.06%Kaelei 6 0.05%Cailley 5 0.04%Kailly 5 0.04%Keighley 5 0.04%Keyleigh 5 0.04%

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