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Top 1,000 Girls' Names of 2021

This list combines 6,001 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 "Kaliyah" with 41 different spellings.

"Kaylin" showed the biggest improvement in rank, moving up 530 positions from 727 to 197 as a result of combining spelling variations.

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Rank
Name
1Y Change
Grouping Impact
Total Births
Spellings
Confusion Index
Momentum
#1
↑ 5
19,658
↓ 24%
#2
↓ -1
19,053
↓ 4%
#3
↑ 1
18,242
↑ 65%
#4
↑ 1
16,016
↓ 14%
#5
↓ -3
15,546
↓ 18%
#6
↑ 1
↓ -3
13,384
↑ 42%
#7
↓ 1
12,716
↓ 33%
#8
11,775
↓ 12%
#9
↑ 28
11,212
↓ 4%
#10
↑ 2
10,972
↑ 48%
#11
↓ -2
10,920
↑ 19%
#12
↑ 26
10,466
↓ 17%
#13
↑ 11
10,285
↓ 7%
#14
↑ 56
9,286
↓ 17%
#15
↑ 3
↑ 7
9,034
↑ 49%
#16
↑ 7
↑ 31
8,873
↑ 64%
#17
↓ 2
↓ -4
8,712
↑ 64%