This list combines 8,686 spelling variations into 1,000 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 2000 is Jacob, given to 37,068 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 539 positions from 1178 to 639, while Paul had the largest drop, falling 48 positions from 180 to 228.

Looking at trends, Zion shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1998–2000 are 2352.38% higher compared to 1991–2000), while Heather shows the steepest decline (70.04% lower). Compared to 1999, Litzy had the largest rank improvement, moving up 547 positions to rank #617, while Tyrese fell 185 positions to rank #522.