This list combines 16,439 spelling variations into 1,000 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name across all years is John, given to 5,362,262 babies in total. Learn more about how this works.

Makayla has the most spelling variations with 134 different spellings, while Kaylin has the highest confusion index at 93.6%, indicating the greatest diversity in how parents choose to spell it.

When combining spelling variations, Kalani showed the biggest improvement, moving up 1613 positions from 2558 to 945, while Seth had the largest drop, falling 56 positions from 451 to 507.