Awesome American Names

The popularity of Aiden has sparked many creative spellings - this one is understandably towards the bottom of the Top 1000.

Alayna might be considered a variation of Alana with an extra-Y spin or phonetic version of Elena, which is a variation of Elaine. Might appeal to parents looking to honor an ancestral Alan or Elaine.

One of the most girlish offshoots of Braeden.

Sweet but spirited name.

Similar to Brielle and Riley, this name lags quite far behind these more common variations. It peaked at Number 622 in 2009 in the US, but it is now descending the ranks.

This is a name you get stuck with, not (we hope) one your parents choose for you.

Cady is one of those names that sounds popular but is actually rare in this form, given to only a few dozen baby girls in the US last year.

One of the original unisex Irish surname names, energetic Casey bounced onto the scene in the 1960s, then peaked in the 1980s for both boys and girls. Today Casey is having a resurgence for both girls and boys and re-entered the charts on the girls' side, likely due to the character Kayce Dutton (pronounced like Casey) on the hit show Yellowstone.

The name of a courageous tribe, Cheyenne became quite popular in the 1990s, inspiring a wide range of spelling variations—Shyanne is one example that's still on the rise.