I found a website that added up names based on the different spelling variations, this gives a more accurate account of what names are ranking. Here is the website link:
Name Nerds! (boys)
2009 top names: girls (girls)
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I was [name]JUST[/name] about to post this- thanks, [name]Plato[/name]!
I love that namernerds.com does this as it’s a far more accurate list of name popularity. Alternate spellings skew the accuracy of the SSA list and leave poor parents confused as to why their child’s name wasn’t in the Top 10, but there are six kids with the same name in their preschool. And, really, like there is any possibility [name]Aidan[/name] is really the #11 name (or that [name]Caden[/name] isn’t in the Top 10).