This list combines 8,365 spelling variations into 1,000 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 2018 is Jackson, given to 24,155 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Kaylee has the most spelling variations with 55 different spellings, while Kaylin has the highest confusion index at 93.5%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Kaylin showed the biggest improvement, moving up 797 positions from 1107 to 310, while Peter had the largest drop, falling 57 positions from 367 to 424.

Looking at trends, Oaklynn shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 2016–2018 are 2107.41% higher compared to 2009–2018), while Kaitlyn shows the steepest decline (76.4% lower). Compared to 2017, Kairo had the largest rank improvement, moving up 227 positions to rank #521, while Gage fell 106 positions to rank #634.