| 100% | ANAIS | 5 | Diarist first name with a diaeresis |
| 58% | ERNIE | 5 | Golfer Els who shares his first name with a Muppet |
| 57% | AETNA | 5 | Insurance name with a silent first letter |
| 56% | ELLE | 4 | Fashion model Macpherson who shares her first name with a fashion magazine |
| 56% | DCON | 4 | Household brand name with a lowercase first letter |
| 55% | ELLA | 4 | First name of a singer with 13 Grammys |
| 54% | ELON | 4 | First name of a man associated with Tesla, SpaceX |
| 54% | ENOCH | 5 | Violinist Light with a biblical first name |
| 54% | LEELEE | 6 | Actress Sobieski with a reduplicative first name |
| 54% | ETHELMERMAN | 11 | ... and 99-Across starred in musicals and share their first names with a classic sitcom couple |
| 53% | CHICKCOREA | 10 | Jazz pianist with a bird-like first name |
| 52% | CLIVE | 5 | First name of a music mogul that rhymes with a number |
| 51% | LEBRON | 6 | First name of a basketball player who recently signed with a new team |
| 49% | BRONTE | 6 | Author with a first name in 20-A, 35-A or 53-A |
| 49% | HOLLY | 5 | Actress Hunter whose first name is shared with a "decked up" Christmas decoration |
| 49% | VIOLET | 6 | ___ Anne Affleck, celebrity whose first name is shared with a shade of purple |
| 49% | ZORRO | 5 | Swordsman associated with a mark shaped like the first letter of his name |
| 49% | NIN | 3 | Diarist Anais ___ with a palindromic name |
| 48% | NMI | 3 | Abbr. for someone with just a first and last name |
| 48% | NMI | 3 | Abbr. for someone with only a first and last name |
| 48% | ALAI | 4 | Second word of a game name that rhymes with the first |
| 46% | MOET | 4 | Champagne with a diaeresis |
| 46% | JULIAFOX | 8 | Actress who shares a first name with her Uncut Gems character |
| 46% | PIUSI | 5 | First of 12 popes with a religious-sounding name |
| 45% | ANAIS | 5 | Literary name with a dieresis |
| 45% | UNSER | 5 | Family name with a checkered past? |
| 45% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band name with a slash |
| 45% | AETNA | 5 | Insurance name with a silent letter |
| 45% | ANAIS | 5 | First name among diarists |
| 44% | TITLED | 6 | With a noble name |