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Top 1,002 Boys' Names of 2017

This list combines 4,242 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 34 different spellings.

"Zavion" showed the biggest improvement in rank, moving up 393 positions from 799 to 406 as a result of combining spelling variations.

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Rank
Name
1Y Change
Grouping Impact
Total Births
Spellings
Confusion Index
Momentum
#1
↑ 19
23,890
↑ 33%
#2
↑ 15
19,605
↓ 24%
#3
↑ 1
↓ -2
19,086
↑ 74%
#4
↓ 1
↓ -2
18,570
↑ 14%
#5
↑ 1
↓ -2
15,054
↓ 12%
#6
↑ 4
↑ 5
14,852
↑ 27%
#7
↑ 9
↑ 27
14,434
↑ 160%
#8
↑ 1
↓ -4
14,409
↑ 0%
#9
↓ 4
↓ -2
14,348
↑ 9%
#10
↑ 12
↓ -5
14,106
↓ 8%
#11
↓ -5
13,905
↑ 6%
#12
↓ 5
↓ -3
13,870
↓ 33%
#13
↓ 1
↑ 84
13,840
↓ 16%
#14
↓ 6
↓ -2
13,635
↓ 27%
#15
↓ 1
↓ -7
13,591
↑ 3%
#16
↓ 3
↑ 10
13,373
↓ 38%
#17
↑ 2
↓ -7
13,280
↑ 166%