This list combines 7,964 spelling variations into 1,002 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 440 positions from 792 to 352, 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 428 positions to rank #336, while Infant fell 126 positions to rank #643.