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Top 1,000 Baby Names of 2021

This list combines 6,671 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 752 positions from 1162 to 410 as a result of combining spelling variations.

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Rank
Name
1Y Change
Grouping Impact
Total Births
Spellings
Confusion Index
Momentum
#1
↑ 2
20,646
↑ 25%
#2
↑ 2
20,432
↑ 7%
#3
↓ 1
↑ 7
19,674
↓ 24%
#4
↓ 3
↑ 20
19,532
↓ 10%
#5
↓ -2
19,062
↓ 4%
#6
↑ 1
18,250
↑ 65%
#7
↑ 1
16,024
↓ 14%
#8
↓ -4
15,560
↓ 18%
#9
↑ 1
↓ -4
14,784
↑ 62%
#10
↓ 1
↑ 26
14,040
↓ 41%
#11
↑ 3
↓ -5
13,397
↑ 42%
#12
↑ 1
↑ 2
13,353
↑ 3%
#13
↓ 1
↓ -4
12,996
↓ 4%
#14
↑ 1
↑ 51
12,951
↓ 13%
#15
↑ 1
↑ 34
12,888
↑ 30%
#16
↓ 5
12,725
↓ 33%
#17
↑ 1
↓ -6
12,556
↓ 10%