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Top 1,000 Girls' Names of 2016

This list combines 6,683 spelling variations into 1,000 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. Learn more about how this works.

The name with the most spelling variations is "Kaylee" with 50 different spellings.

"Kaylin" showed the biggest improvement in rank, moving up 457 positions from 587 to 130 as a result of combining spelling variations.

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Rank
Name
1Y Change
Grouping Impact
Total Births
Spellings
Confusion Index
Momentum
#1
↑ 3
25,539
↑ 14%
#2
21,020
↑ 15%
#3
20,645
↑ 11%
#4
↓ -3
19,576
↑ 5%
#5
16,817
↓ 16%
#6
15,573
↑ 28%
#7
↑ 3
↑ 3
14,270
↑ 100%
#8
↑ 5
↑ 14
14,037
↑ 8%
#9
↓ 2
13,191
↓ 33%
#10
↑ 6
↓ -3
13,144
↑ 146%
#11
↓ 3
↑ 15
12,938
↑ 26%
#12
↓ 3
↓ -4
12,710
↓ 21%
#13
↑ 7
↓ -1
11,565
↑ 65%
#14
↑ 3
↑ 16
11,301
↑ 22%
#15
↓ 3
↑ 46
11,289
↓ 1%
#16
↓ 5
↑ 9
11,211
↑ 52%
#17
↑ 4
↓ -6
10,807
↑ 269%