This list combines 9,500 spelling variations into 1,000 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name across all years is John, given to 5,347,790 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Jayden has the most spelling variations with 71 different spellings, while Zavion has the highest confusion index at 90.5%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Taryn showed the biggest improvement, moving up 1562 positions from 2432 to 870, while Howard had the largest drop, falling 17 positions from 98 to 115.