Thursday, February 20, 2014

Too Many Variants! (2012)

Only a little bit late (and yay! I figured out a quicker way to compile the data!).
As always, many of the spellings are rather....ambiguous, and could easily lend themselves to multiple pronunciations.
In previous years, I've listed names with more than 20 spellings recorded, but either my former "browse and count" method was inefficient, or there's a lot more "creativity" this year (I'm guessing the former), so I'll only be listing names with 25 or more recorded spellings. 
I know, you're sad now. ;)

Boys:
  • 65 spellings--Kayden
  • 52 spellings--Giovanni
  • 49 spellings--Aiden
  • 41 spellings--Jayden
  • 34 spellings--Kason
  • 31 spellings--Isaac
  • 31 spellings--Josiah
  • 30 spellings--Mekhi
  • 29 spellings--Aaron
  • 29 spellings--Kian
  • 29 spellings--Javon
  • 28 spellings--Zayden
  • 27 spellings--Cameron
  • 27 spellings--Zachary
  • 26 spellings--Isaiah
  • 26 spellings--Calen
  • 26 spellings--Keshawn
  • 25 spellings--Jackson
  • 25 spellings--Kamari
Girls:
  • 80 spellings--Arianna
  • 78 spellings--Kaylee
  • 75 spellings--Aaliyah
  • 66 spellings--Kaliyah
  • 60 spellings--Mackenzie
  • 58 spellings--Jocelyn
  • 56 spellings--Makayla
  • 55 spellings--Kaelyn
  • 54 spellings--Madelyn
  • 53 spellings--Kamiyah
  • 45 spellings--Malia
  • 42 spellings--Amaya
  • 42 spellings--Giselle
  • 40 spellings--Aniyah
  • 39 spellings--Alicia
  • 39 spellings--Janiyah
  • 37 spellings--Abigail
  • 37 spellings--Hailey
  • 37 spellings--Brianna
  • 37 spellings--Jaliyah
  • 36 spellings--Makiyah
  • 35 spellings--Liliana
  • 34 spellings--Adalyn
  • 34 spellings--Saniyah
  • 34 spellings--Kiana
  • 34 spellings--Alaysia
  • 33 spellings--Elena
  • 33 spellings--Jaelyn
  • 32 spellings--Emily
  • 32 spellings--Annalise
  • 32 spellings--Aliana
  • 31 spellings--Kaitlyn
  • 31 spellings--Kylie
  • 31 spellings--Alyssa
  • 31 spellings--Samiyah
  • 30 spellings--Riley
  • 30 spellings--Nevaeh
  • 30 spellings--Kennedy
  • 30 spellings--Raelynn
  • 30 spellings--Tiana
  • 30 spellings--Maylee
  • 29 spellings--Aria
  • 29 spellings--Eliana
  • 29 spellings--Jacqueline
  • 29 spellings--Zariah
  • 29 spellings--Alani
  • 28 spellings--Aiyana
  • 28 spellings--Liana
  • 28 spellings--Casey
  • 28 spellings--Cataleya
  • 27 spellings--Kaydence
  • 27 spellings--Kiara
  • 26 spellings--Alana
  • 26 spellings--Elise
  • 26 spellings--Jamiyah
  • 26 spellings--Adalee
  • 26 spellings--Dania
  • 25 spellings--Olivia
  • 25 spellings--Madison
  • 25 spellings--Addison
  • 25 spellings--Natalie
  • 25 spellings--Amelia
  • 25 spellings--Lillian
  • 25 spellings--Reagan
  • 25 spellings--Jazlyn
  • 25 spellings--Mckinley

Analysis based on NameNerds' popularity lists.
If you want my full (painful) re-rankings, you can find them here (boys) and here (girls)

1 comment:

  1. 65 spellings of Kayden? How is that even possible? I'd love to see your list of variants. Jeebus.

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