This list combines 4,842 spelling variations into 1,001 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 2018 is Jackson, given to 24,049 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Kayden has the most spelling variations with 41 different spellings, while Jayshawn has the highest confusion index at 91.6%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Zavion showed the biggest improvement, moving up 380 positions from 765 to 385, while Vincent had the largest drop, falling 22 positions from 106 to 128.

Looking at trends, Kylo shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 2016–2018 are 1588.1% higher compared to 2009–2018), while Cale shows the steepest decline (68.85% lower). Compared to 2017, Edrick had the largest rank improvement, moving up 167 positions to rank #637, while Maxton fell 86 positions to rank #624.