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Top 1,000 Boys' Names of All Time

This list combines 8,932 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 "Michael" with 72 different spellings.

"Kristen" showed the biggest improvement in rank, moving up 1809 positions from 2706 to 897 as a result of combining spelling variations.

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#1
↑ 1
5,339,184
#2
↓ -1
5,230,198
#3
4,842,708
#4
4,621,483
#5
4,184,381
#6
3,662,949
#7
2,676,054
#8
2,576,486
#9
2,423,894
#10
2,345,110
#11
2,166,612
#12
↑ 9
2,158,888
#13
↓ -1
1,977,260
#14
↓ -1
1,720,965
#15
↓ -1
1,619,749
#16
↑ 9
1,600,289
#17
↑ 1
1,501,479
#18
↓ -3
1,494,593
#19
↓ -3
1,415,281
#20
↓ -3
1,395,630
#21
↓ -2
1,322,608
#22
↓ -2
1,302,896
#23
↓ -1
1,295,448
#24
↑ 5
1,283,719
#25
↓ -2
1,246,721
#26
↓ -2
1,200,828
#27
↑ 8
1,149,017
#28
↑ 4
1,105,433
#29
↓ -1
1,099,234
#30
↓ -3
1,087,473
#31
↓ -5
1,083,013