| 100% | ENES | 4 | Basketballer Freedom who changed his last name from Kanter in 2021 |
| 51% | CAGE | 4 | Actor Nicolas who changed his last name from Coppola |
| 37% | RON | 3 | Basketball player Artest who changed his name to Metta World Peace in 2011 |
| 36% | BIEL | 4 | Actress Jessica who changed her last name to Timberlake in 2013 |
| 33% | JAMES | 5 | LeBron ___, basketballer who retired from his Olympic career after winning a gold medal in 2024 |
| 32% | RACCOON | 7 | Rocket ___, character from "Guardians of the Galaxy" who has consecutive double letters in his name |
| 32% | ROD | 3 | ___ Woodson, former Baltimore Ravens player who switched from cornerback to safety later in his career |
| 31% | NICKWILDE | 9 | Sly red fox who changes his ways in Zootopia |
| 30% | ELMO | 4 | Red '80s Muppet from the series "Sesame Street" who always speaks in third person, making his name his favorite word |
| 30% | HENDERSON | 9 | Last name of family who took in Bigfoot Harry |
| 30% | TERO | 4 | What Mr. T. used to call himself before he legally changed his last name to "T." |
| 30% | RON | 3 | 49-Down player Artest who changed his name to Metta World Peace |
| 30% | ALI | 3 | Actor who shortened his first name from Mahershalalhashbaz |
| 29% | NEILL | 5 | Last name of the "Jurassic Park" star who cameoed in "Thor: Ragnarok" |
| 28% | RADCLIFFE | 9 | Last name of the actor who was the titular protagonist in "Harry Potter" series |
| 28% | ZAYNMALIK | 9 | One Direction singer who changed the spelling of his first name: 2 wds. |
| 28% | EMANUEL | 7 | Who Lightfoot took over from in the Windy City last year |
| 27% | NAS | 3 | Rapper who won his first Grammy in 2021 |
| 27% | ALI | 3 | Muslim WWE wrestler who dropped "Mustafa" from his ring name in 2019 |
| 27% | MOMSSPAGHETTI | 13 | Restaurant opened by Eminem, in 2021, which takes its name from a line in “Lose Yourself” |
| 27% | AMES | 4 | Last name from Daniel Boone |
| 26% | LES | 3 | ___ Paul, American jazz guitarist who has a guitar model in his name |
| 26% | GODZILLA | 8 | Movie monster from Tokyo who fights 15-Across in a 2021 film |
| 26% | ONO | 3 | What John Lennon changed his middle name to in 1969 |
| 26% | ALI | 3 | Oscar-winning actor who shortened his first name from Mahershalalhashbaz |
| 26% | PLANCK | 6 | Max who lent his name to a constant in physics |
| 26% | BUSH | 4 | Last name of former First Daughters Jenna and Barbara, who now live four blocks apart in New York City |
| 26% | DEGAS | 5 | Painter Edgar whose last name is one letter away from being an anagram of his first name |
| 26% | BIEBER | 6 | Singer who gave his name to a "fever" in the 2010s |
| 26% | SUNRA | 5 | Jazz great who took his name from Egyptian mythology |