This list combines 8,495 spelling variations into 1,001 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 2017 is Jackson, given to 24,236 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Kaylee has the most spelling variations with 68 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 758 positions from 1061 to 303, while Vincent had the largest drop, falling 53 positions from 180 to 233.

Looking at trends, Royalty shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 2015–2017 are 1612.12% higher compared to 2008–2017), while Megan shows the steepest decline (74.39% lower). Compared to 2016, Oaklynn had the largest rank improvement, moving up 375 positions to rank #740, while Brittany fell 112 positions to rank #793.