This list combines 7,415 spelling variations into 1,003 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 2018 is Sophia, given to 21,803 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Kaylee has the most spelling variations with 54 different spellings, while Kaylin has the highest confusion index at 92.8%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Kaylin showed the biggest improvement, moving up 534 positions from 684 to 150, while Parker had the largest drop, falling 50 positions from 161 to 211.

Looking at trends, Oaklynn shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 2016–2018 are 2139% higher compared to 2009–2018), while Jayden shows the steepest decline (79.52% lower). Compared to 2017, Zhavia had the largest rank improvement, moving up 338 positions to rank #586, while Audrina fell 114 positions to rank #713.