This list combines 7,868 spelling variations into 1,000 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name in 2021 is Liam, given to 20,670 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 93.8%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Kaylin showed the biggest improvement, moving up 776 positions from 1162 to 386, while Dallas had the largest drop, falling 70 positions from 374 to 444.

Looking at trends, Aziel shows the strongest upward momentum (births in 2019–2021 are 827% higher compared to 2012–2021), while Kaitlyn shows the steepest decline (75.66% lower). Compared to 2020, Wrenley had the largest rank improvement, moving up 232 positions to rank #536, while Alexa fell 256 positions to rank #794.