This list combines 4,919 spelling variations into 1,001 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 2016 is Jackson, given to 25,443 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Kayden has the most spelling variations with 46 different spellings, while Kanan has the highest confusion index at 90.7%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Zavion showed the biggest improvement, moving up 390 positions from 791 to 401, while Harrison had the largest drop, falling 22 positions from 106 to 128.

Looking at trends, Kylo shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 2014–2016 are 958.42% higher compared to 2007–2016), while Keshawn shows the steepest decline (64.78% lower). Compared to 2015, Kylo had the largest rank improvement, moving up 201 positions to rank #655, while Gannon fell 108 positions to rank #573.