This list combines 8,754 spelling variations into 1,000 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 2016 is Sophia, given to 25,575 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Kaylee has the most spelling variations with 61 different spellings, while Kaylin has the highest confusion index at 93.4%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Kaylin showed the biggest improvement, moving up 731 positions from 1003 to 272, while Walker had the largest drop, falling 64 positions from 580 to 644.

Looking at trends, Daleyza shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 2014–2016 are 2210.26% higher compared to 2007–2016), while Megan shows the steepest decline (74.52% lower). Compared to 2015, Royalty had the largest rank improvement, moving up 268 positions to rank #826, while Raylan fell 158 positions to rank #871.