This list combines 4,819 spelling variations into 1,004 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 2017 is Jackson, given to 24,130 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Kayden has the most spelling variations with 43 different spellings, while Kason has the highest confusion index at 90.2%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Zavion showed the biggest improvement, moving up 388 positions from 799 to 411, while Harrison had the largest drop, falling 21 positions from 112 to 133.

Looking at trends, Atlas shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 2015–2017 are 569.41% higher compared to 2008–2017), while Keshawn shows the steepest decline (62.62% lower). Compared to 2016, Kairo had the largest rank improvement, moving up 122 positions to rank #389, while Cale fell 82 positions to rank #604.