This list combines 6,956 spelling variations into 1,000 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 2021 is Sophia, given to 19,671 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Kaliyah has the most spelling variations with 53 different spellings, while Kaylin has the highest confusion index at 93.1%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Kaylin showed the biggest improvement, moving up 529 positions from 727 to 198, while Hope had the largest drop, falling 56 positions from 218 to 274.

Looking at trends, Nairobi shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 2019–2021 are 1000.36% higher compared to 2012–2021), while Jayden shows the steepest decline (80.63% lower). Compared to 2020, Wrenley had the largest rank improvement, moving up 147 positions to rank #288, while Denise fell 163 positions to rank #616.