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Top 1,000 Boys' Names of All Time

This list combines 7,600 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 59 different spellings.

"Taryn" showed the biggest improvement in rank, moving up 1572 positions from 2441 to 869 as a result of combining spelling variations.

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Rank
Name
Grouping Impact
Total Births
Spellings
Confusion Index
#1
↑ 1
5,346,881
#2
↓ -1
5,230,198
#3
4,842,669
#4
4,623,239
#5
4,182,784
#6
3,662,444
#7
2,685,060
#8
2,575,159
#9
2,423,894
#10
2,345,110
#11
2,169,600
#12
↑ 9
2,154,783
#13
↓ -1
1,977,566
#14
↓ -1
1,720,800
#15
↓ -1
1,619,749
#16
↑ 9
1,600,299
#17
↑ 1
1,501,479