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Top 1,001 Boys' Names of 2022

This list combines 4,033 spelling variations into 1,001 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. Learn more about how this works.

The name with the most spelling variations is "Kason" with 34 different spellings.

"Zavion" showed the biggest improvement in rank, moving up 419 positions from 791 to 372 as a result of combining spelling variations.

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Rank
Name
1Y Change
Grouping Impact
Total Births
Spellings
Confusion Index
Momentum
#1
20,762
↑ 16%
#2
↑ 1
18,877
↑ 2%
#3
↓ 1
↑ 20
16,822
↓ 20%
#4
↓ -1
15,214
↑ 50%
#5
↑ 24
12,920
↓ 41%
#6
↑ 2
12,501
↓ 4%
#7
↑ 5
↑ 4
12,448
↑ 80%
#8
↓ 1
↓ -3
12,187
↓ 8%
#9
↓ -5
12,123
↓ 12%
#10
↑ 5
↑ 18
11,908
↑ 191%
#11
↓ 3
↑ 26
11,592
↑ 15%
#12
↑ 1
↓ -5
11,433
↑ 20%
#13
↓ 3
↓ -7
11,344
↓ 25%
#14
↑ 89
11,162
↓ 27%
#15
↓ 4
↓ -6
10,919
↓ 13%
#16
↑ 3
↓ -6
10,893
↑ 138%
#17
↓ -5
9,986
↑ 22%