This list combines 4,793 spelling variations into 1,006 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 2001 is Jacob, given to 35,192 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Nicholas has the most spelling variations with 43 different spellings, while Taryn has the highest confusion index at 90.6%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Daylen showed the biggest improvement, moving up 331 positions from 722 to 391, while Dakota had the largest drop, falling 20 positions from 92 to 112.

Looking at trends, Jaheim shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 1999–2001 are 3603.7% higher compared to 1992–2001), while Tevin shows the steepest decline (74.52% lower). Compared to 2000, Jaheim had the largest rank improvement, moving up 438 positions to rank #317, while Elian fell 160 positions to rank #537.