| 100% | TOMCRUISE | 9 | "Mission: Impossible" star who goes by his first and middle names, not his last name (Mapother): 2 wds. |
| 78% | TOBYKEITH | 9 | "Red Solo Cup" singer who goes by his first and middle names, not his last name (Covel): 2 wds. |
| 77% | RAYCHARLES | 10 | "Georgia on My Mind" singer who went by his first and middle names, not his last name (Robinson): 2 wds. |
| 71% | LEAMICHELE | 10 | "Glee" actress who goes by her first and middle names, not her last name (Sarfati): 2 wds. |
| 64% | JASONSUDEIKIS | 13 | "Horrible Bosses 2" star who goes by his middle name, not his first name, Daniel: 2 wds. |
| 59% | ERICCHURCH | 10 | "Talladega" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Kenneth): 2 wds. |
| 59% | TIMMCGRAW | 9 | "Shotgun Rider" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Samuel): 2 wds. |
| 57% | DAKOTAFANNING | 13 | "War of the Worlds" star who goes by her middle name, not her first name, Hannah: 2 wds. |
| 53% | WARREN | 6 | With 34-Across, "Dick Tracy" star who goes by his middle name, not his first name, Henry |
| 52% | BOBNEWHART | 10 | Sitcom star (he played an innkeeper) who dropped his first name of George to go by his middle name's nickname: 2 wds. |
| 52% | FAITHHILL | 9 | "Mississippi Girl" singer who goes by her middle name, not first name (Audrey): 2 wds. |
| 51% | LEANNRIMES | 10 | "Something's Gotta Give" singer who goes by her middle name, not first name (Margaret): 2 wds. |
| 48% | ALEXTREBEK | 10 | "Jeopardy!" host who dropped his first name of George to go by his middle name's nickname: 2 wds. |
| 43% | DAVIDTENNANT | 12 | 2005-2010 "Doctor Who" star whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
| 42% | KENGRIFFEYJR | 12 | Baseball great who dropped his first name of George to go by his middle name's nickname: 3 wds. |
| 40% | DONOVAN | 7 | 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who went by his first name only and had the hit "Mellow Yellow" |
| 40% | MARTINLAWRENCE | 14 | Stand-up comedian and star of a 1990s Fox sitcom, whose title was his first name: 2 wds. |
| 39% | HARLEYQUINN | 11 | DC supervillain who goes by the name of Harleen Frances Quinzel, and appears in "Suicide Squad": 2 wds. |
| 38% | ANNAKENDRICK | 12 | "Pitch Perfect 3" star whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
| 37% | WONDERWOMAN | 11 | DC superheroine who goes by the name of Princess Diana, and appears in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice": 2 wds. |
| 36% | ELVISPRESLEY | 12 | "Love Me Tender" star who was given the honorific title of "King of Rock and Roll" by his fans: 2 wds. |
| 35% | GARYSHEFFIELD | 13 | Baseball player who hit his first home run at age 19 (Brewers, 1988) and his last at age 40 (Mets, 2009): 2 wds. |
| 35% | CHRISTO | 7 | 20th- and 21st-century artist known by his first name |
| 34% | JERRYSEINFELD | 13 | The lead character from "Seinfeld", who is a semi-fictional version of the actor who plays the role and goes by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 34% | GRANTGUSTIN | 11 | "The Flash" star whose first name is a presidential last name: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TOMMYGUNN | 9 | Rocky's opponent in "Rocky V," played by real-life boxer Morrison (who shares a first name with his character): 2 wds. |
| 34% | MARYBERRY | 9 | Former "Great British Bake Off" host whose first and last names rhyme: 2 wds. |
| 34% | JACKBLACK | 9 | "King Kong" and "School of Rock" actor whose first and last names rhyme: 2 wds. |
| 34% | DRAKE | 5 | Rapper Aubrey Graham, who's known professionally by his middle name |
| 33% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Prolific children's writer and illustrator who used his real middle name as part of his pen name (2 wds.) |