This list combines 16,498 spelling variations into 1,000 grouped names based on shared pronunciations. The most popular name across all years is John, given to 5,370,866 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, Kehlani showed the biggest improvement, moving up 1498 positions from 2393 to 895, while Manuel had the largest drop, falling 57 positions from 403 to 460.