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Top 1,002 Boys' Names of 2016

This list combines 4,277 spelling variations into 1,002 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. Learn more about how this works.

The name with the most spelling variations is "Kayden" with 36 different spellings.

"Zavion" showed the biggest improvement in rank, moving up 391 positions from 791 to 400 as a result of combining spelling variations.

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Rank
Name
1Y Change
Grouping Impact
Total Births
Spellings
Confusion Index
Momentum
#1
↑ 16
25,178
↑ 48%
#2
↑ 14
21,779
↓ 17%
#3
↓ -2
19,260
↑ 21%
#4
↓ -2
18,510
↑ 101%
#5
↓ -1
16,182
↑ 25%
#6
↑ 3
↓ -3
15,813
↓ 11%
#7
↓ 1
15,272
↓ 31%
#8
↑ 2
15,137
↓ 26%
#9
↑ 3
↓ -4
14,972
↓ 1%
#10
↑ 5
↑ 4
14,770
↑ 31%
#11
↑ 5
↓ -5
14,746
↑ 6%
#12
↓ 4
↑ 88
14,650
↓ 7%
#13
↓ 6
↑ 13
14,361
↓ 30%
#14
↓ -5
14,143
↑ 6%
#15
↓ 4
↓ -5
14,115
↓ 23%
#16
↑ 5
↑ 20
13,900
↑ 181%
#17
↓ 4
↓ -6
13,730
↓ 16%