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Top 1,002 Baby Names of 2009

This list combines 9,967 spelling variations into 1,002 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 2009 is Aiden, given to 33,059 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Kaylee has the most spelling variations with 80 different spellings, while Kaylin has the highest confusion index at 92.9%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Annalee showed the biggest improvement, moving up 651 positions from 1187 to 536, while Valeria had the largest drop, falling 44 positions from 174 to 218.

Looking at trends, Kingston shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 2007–2009 are 2348.14% higher compared to 2000–2009), while Brittany shows the steepest decline (76.71% lower). Compared to 2008, Analia had the largest rank improvement, moving up 494 positions to rank #509, while Jonas fell 149 positions to rank #691.

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#1

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↑ 144%

↑ 15

33,059

#2

—

↑ 138%

↑ 2

32,313

#3

↑ 4

↑ 102%

↓ -2

25,613

#4

↑ 1

↑ 102%

↑ 9

22,825

13 spellings: Sophia 17k 74.29%Sofia 5.7k 24.96%Sofiya 48 0.21%Sophya 29 0.13%Sophea 22 0.10%Sofya 15 0.07%Sofija 12 0.05%Sophiah 12 0.05%Sophiya 10 0.04%Sofiah 8 0.04%Soffia 6 0.03%Sofhia 5 0.02%Sofiyah 5 0.02%

#5

↓ 2

↓ 27%

↓ -3

22,732

12 spellings: Jacob 21.2k 93.37%Jakob 989 4.35%Jaycob 206 0.91%Jakub 145 0.64%Jaykob 72 0.32%Jakeb 41 0.18%Jacub 10 0.04%Jaicob 10 0.04%Jaikob 10 0.04%Jaycub 9 0.04%Jaecob 7 0.03%Jakeob 7 0.03%

#6

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↑ 152%

↑ 166

21,063

#7

↑ 2

↑ 20%

↓ -4

20,440

14 spellings: Ethan 19.9k 97.24%Ethen 233 1.14%Ethyn 97 0.47%Eathan 61 0.30%Eithan 46 0.23%Eythan 27 0.13%Eathen 25 0.12%Ethin 19 0.09%Ethon 16 0.08%Eithen 11 0.05%Eathon 9 0.04%Eathyn 7 0.03%Ithan 7 0.03%Ethann 6 0.03%

#8

↓ 4

↓ 30%

↓ -3

20,428

#9

↑ 4

↑ 33%

↑ 2

20,022

#10

↑ 2

↑ 6%

↓ -4

19,274

#11

↓ 3

↓ 26%

↑ 9

18,919

#12

↓ 2

↓ 8%

↑ 9

18,807

#13

↓ 2

↓ 19%

↑ 1

18,184

#14

↑ 2

↑ 18%

↓ -6

18,141

4 spellings: Emma 17.9k 98.84%Ema 148 0.82%Emmah 55 0.30%Emah 8 0.04%

#15

↑ 19

↑ 94%

↑ 19

18,078

#16

↑ 3

↓ 8%

↓ -9

17,976

5 spellings: William 17.9k 99.82%Wiliam 14 0.08%Wiiliam 7 0.04%Wylliam 6 0.03%Willliam 5 0.03%

#17

↓ 3

↓ 26%

↓ -8

17,843

8 spellings: Joshua 17.7k 99.13%Joshuah 69 0.39%Jashua 43 0.24%Joshia 14 0.08%Josua 11 0.06%Jahshua 7 0.04%Joshaua 6 0.03%Jousha 5 0.03%

#18

↓ 3

↓ 13%

↓ -8

17,778

9 spellings: Daniel 17.6k 99.00%Danial 44 0.25%Daniyal 37 0.21%Danniel 34 0.19%Danyel 29 0.16%Daniell 11 0.06%Danyal 10 0.06%Danyl 8 0.04%Daneil 5 0.03%

#19

↑ 14

↑ 27%

↓ -7

17,667

5 spellings: Noah 17.3k 98.09%Noa 298 1.69%Noha 17 0.10%Noach 15 0.08%Knoah 7 0.04%

#20

↑ 1

↑ 10%

↑ 5

17,069

#21

↑ 18

↑ 81%

↑ 16

17,028

#22

↓ 4

↓ 33%

↓ -5

16,928

5 spellings: Matthew 16k 94.64%Mathew 799 4.72%Mathieu 70 0.41%Matthieu 28 0.17%Matheu 11 0.06%

#23

↓ 1

↑ 46%

↑ 35

16,779

#24

↑ 14

↑ 23%

↑ 71

16,726

80 spellings: Kaylee 7.2k 43.19%Kayleigh 1.4k 8.66%Caylee 1.2k 7.46%Kailey 999 5.97%Kaylie 929 5.55%Kaleigh 479 2.86%Kailee 455 2.72%Calleigh 335 2.00%Caleigh 289 1.73%Kayley 288 1.72%Keily 254 1.52%Kaley 253 1.51%Kayli 222 1.33%Cayleigh 162 0.97%Cailey 139 0.83%Kaily 111 0.66%Kaylei 109 0.65%Caylie 106 0.63%Kaili 104 0.62%Kaileigh 101 0.60%Keyli 95 0.57%Kalie 90 0.54%Kaylea 85 0.51%Cailee 70 0.42%Kaeleigh 65 0.39%Caileigh 55 0.33%Calie 55 0.33%Kalleigh 55 0.33%Kaeli 48 0.29%Keilly 42 0.25%Kaelee 41 0.25%Kailie 40 0.24%Caley 39 0.23%Cayley 39 0.23%Calee 37 0.22%Keilee 37 0.22%Kaeley 34 0.20%Kaelie 31 0.19%Kailei 31 0.19%Keyly 30 0.18%Kaely 29 0.17%Kayly 28 0.17%Keili 23 0.14%Caeley 22 0.13%Kayliegh 22 0.13%Caeli 21 0.13%Keylie 20 0.12%Keyleigh 18 0.11%Kayelee 15 0.09%Cayli 14 0.08%Caylea 13 0.08%Caylei 13 0.08%Keileigh 13 0.08%Kaliegh 12 0.07%Kaly 12 0.07%Caliegh 11 0.07%Kailly 11 0.07%Caeleigh 10 0.06%Ceili 10 0.06%Cailie 9 0.05%Caily 9 0.05%Khaylee 9 0.05%Ceilidh 8 0.05%Kayliee 8 0.05%Kaylii 8 0.05%Kayeleigh 7 0.04%Chaeli 6 0.04%Kaelei 6 0.04%Kaeliegh 6 0.04%Kaelly 6 0.04%Kahley 6 0.04%Keylly 6 0.04%Khailee 6 0.04%Caelee 5 0.03%Caely 5 0.03%Kealii 5 0.03%Keilie 5 0.03%Keylei 5 0.03%Khaleigh 5 0.03%Khalie 5 0.03%

#25

↓ 8

↓ 8%

↓ -10

16,696

9 spellings: Anthony 16.3k 97.92%Antony 199 1.19%Anthoney 39 0.23%Anthoni 38 0.23%Anthonie 22 0.13%Anthany 20 0.12%Antonie 13 0.08%Anthonny 9 0.05%Anthonee 7 0.04%

#26

↓ 6

↑ 208%

↓ -8

16,513

10 spellings: Ava 15.9k 96.27%Avah 289 1.75%Ayva 164 0.99%Ayvah 45 0.27%Aiva 44 0.27%Aeva 36 0.22%Aivah 17 0.10%Aava 10 0.06%Eyva 6 0.04%Avva 5 0.03%

#27

↓ 3

↓ 9%

↑ 4

16,340

18 spellings: Christian 12.8k 78.57%Cristian 2.4k 14.77%Kristian 616 3.77%Khristian 118 0.72%Krystian 102 0.62%Chrystian 48 0.29%Cristhian 43 0.26%Christien 39 0.24%Christion 37 0.23%Christyan 14 0.09%Crystian 12 0.07%Christiaan 11 0.07%Khrystian 10 0.06%Christiane 9 0.06%Kristion 9 0.06%Christianne 8 0.05%Kristjan 8 0.05%Kristhian 5 0.03%

#28

↑ 13

↑ 10%

↑ 16

15,547

#29

↑ 1

↓ 15%

↓ -10

15,519

6 spellings: David 15.5k 99.68%Dawid 18 0.12%Duvid 12 0.08%Davud 7 0.05%Davyd 7 0.05%Davidjames 6 0.04%

#30

↓ 1

↓ 6%

↑ 38

15,422

#31

↑ 12

↑ 21%

↓ -9

15,394

10 spellings: Logan 15.1k 98.41%Logen 75 0.49%Loghan 62 0.40%Logyn 28 0.18%Logun 26 0.17%Logann 20 0.13%Lohgan 17 0.11%Loganne 7 0.05%Loagan 5 0.03%Logunn 5 0.03%

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