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Top 1,000 Baby Names of 2018

This list combines 7,045 spelling variations into 1,000 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. Learn more about how this works.

The name with the most spelling variations is "Kaylee" with 45 different spellings.

"Kaylin" showed the biggest improvement in rank, moving up 789 positions from 1107 to 318 as a result of combining spelling variations.

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Rank
Name
1Y Change
Grouping Impact
Total Births
Spellings
Confusion Index
Momentum
#1
↑ 25
23,864
↑ 20%
#2
↑ 6
21,821
↓ 10%
#3
↑ 5
↓ -2
20,237
↑ 58%
#4
↓ 1
19,568
↑ 4%
#5
↑ 2
↓ -2
19,136
↑ 9%
#6
↓ 2
↓ -1
19,046
↑ 0%
#7
↓ 2
↓ -5
18,844
↓ 0%
#8
↓ 2
↑ 22
17,740
↓ 32%
#9
↑ 1
↑ 9
16,864
↑ 101%
#10
↓ 1
↓ -3
16,602
↓ 23%
#11
↑ 2
↑ 33
14,734
↑ 115%
#12
↓ -6
14,676
↓ 13%
#13
↑ 3
↑ 47
14,510
↓ 4%
#14
↑ 2
14,400
↑ 23%
#15
↑ 4
↑ 140
13,761
↓ 23%
#16
↑ 1
↓ -7
13,749
↓ 1%
#17
↓ 6
↓ -7
13,643
↓ 6%