This list combines 5,008 spelling variations into 1,002 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 2014 is Jackson, given to 26,157 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Kayden has the most spelling variations with 51 different spellings, while Jayshawn has the highest confusion index at 90.4%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Zavion showed the biggest improvement, moving up 375 positions from 784 to 409, while Leonardo had the largest drop, falling 18 positions from 113 to 131.

Looking at trends, Brantley shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 2012–2014 are 1313.46% higher compared to 2005–2014), while Brett shows the steepest decline (66.2% lower). Compared to 2013, Gannon had the largest rank improvement, moving up 247 positions to rank #369, while Travon fell 109 positions to rank #615.