This list combines 9,479 spelling variations into 1,000 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name across all years is John, given to 5,339,192 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 90.4%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Taryn showed the biggest improvement, moving up 1573 positions from 2441 to 868, while Liam had the largest drop, falling 18 positions from 106 to 124.