Monday, March 19, 2012

Too Many Variants!

After doing my "No Alternates Allowed" posts, for some masochistic reason, I decided to look for names with tons of different variants in use, using the spellings recorded with the SSA. If you don't want to have to spell your child's name every time you introduce them, avoid these! (and yes, these really hurt to compile)
Here are the names from the top 200 for boys and top 100 for girls, with at least 20 different spellings in use.

  • 55 spellings--Kaden
  • 46 spellings--Giovanni
  • 46 spellings--Jayden
  • 42 spellings--Aiden
  • 31 spellings--Isaac
  • 31 spellings--Zachary
  • 30 spellings--Caleb
  • 30 spellings--Cason
  • 29 spellings--Cameron
  • 29 spellings--Isaiah
  • 29 spellings--Nicholas
  • 26 spellings--Brayden
  • 25 spellings--Jaylen
  • 25 spellings--Braylon
  • 24 spellings--Damian
  • 24 spellings--Elijah
  • 24 spellings--Zayden
  • 23 spellings--Aaron
  • 21 spellings--Jeremiah
  • 20 spellings--Jonathan
  • 20 spellings--Xavier

  • 90 spellings--Arianna (I assume that in this case, so many exist to clarify pronunciation)
  • 79 spellings--Kaylee
  • 73 spellings--Makayla
  • 72 spellings--Aaliyah
  • 69 spellings--Jocelyn
  • 67 spellings--Kaelyn
  • 56 spellings--Madelyn (another with pronunciation variants)
  • 50 spellings--Malia
  • 47 spellings--Giselle
  • 45 spellings--Brianna
  • 42 spellings--Jacqueline
  • 41 spellings--Mackenzie
  • 40 spellings--Abigail
  • 40 spellings--Hailey
  • 40 spellings--Riley
  • 39 spellings--Amaya
  • 39 spellings--Liliana
  • 38 spellings--Aniyah
  • 38 spellings--Kaitlyn
  • 35 spellings--Elena
  • 34 spellings--Jaelyn
  • 33 spellings--Amelia
  • 33 spellings--Kennedy
  • 31 spellings--Addison
  • 31 spellings--Kylie
  • 30 spellings--Juliana
  • 30 spellings--Nevaeh
  • 29 spellings--Cadence
  • 29 spellings--Chloe
  • 29 spellings--Emily
  • 28 spellings--Madison
  • 28 spellings--Peyton
  • 27 spellings--Adriana
  • 27 spellings--Lillian
  • 27 spellings--Reagan
  • 26 spellings--Adalyn
  • 26 spellings--Natalie
  • 25 spellings--Isabella
  • 22 spellings--Bailey
  • 22 spellings--Olivia
  • 21 spellings--Gianna
  • 21 spellings--Jasmine
  • 20 spellings--Aubrey
  • 20 spellings--Avery
  • 20 spellings--Destiny

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