Here are the changes in name popularity from 2023 to 2024. The first sheet has the changes from names in 2023 to 2024. These are grouped by spelling, so only the most popular spelling is listed to save space. The second sheet lists all the names that debued this year, as well as all the names that dropped out of the Top 8000.
The full list is here: 2024 Top Boys' Names in the USA
The 2024 Boys' Names grouped by spelling is up! Here's the link.
Names ending in -ir and -aire are popular these days, but it's difficult to figure out which ones are pronounced like "eer" and which ones are "air." For example, the name that started it all: Zaire, is sometimes pronounced /zy AIR/ and sometimes /zy EER/. Some are obvious, like Jayeer, but others are a little more obscure, like Jair as in Brazil's former president Bolsonaro. We find that spelled Jaire, Jyaire, Jiayir etc. Every year a new name provides some complications!
Here's the top 150:
