| 100% | SALLIES | 7 | Field, Ride, Struthers, collectively by first name |
| 42% | DEBBI | 5 | First name of Mrs. Fields |
| 41% | AYDA | 4 | First name of Turkish-American model Field |
| 41% | AYDA | 4 | First name of Turkish-American actor Field |
| 41% | VLADIMIR | 8 | First name shared by Lenin and Putin |
| 41% | EDGAR | 5 | First name shared by Burroughs and Poe |
| 41% | MEL | 3 | First name shared by two Spice Girls |
| 40% | STEVE | 5 | First name shared by both founders of Apple |
| 40% | TAYLOR | 6 | First name of the singer adored by Swifties |
| 40% | ICELAND | 7 | European country whose telephone directories list people alphabetically by first name |
| 39% | TAXIS | 5 | Rides typically summoned by shouting their name |
| 39% | KEVIN | 5 | First Minion identified by name |
| 39% | TYRA | 4 | First name of the supermodel who now goes by "BanX" |
| 39% | MEL | 3 | First name shared by two of the five Spice Girls |
| 38% | GUIDO | 5 | First name adopted by Guy Fawkes during his time in Spain |
| 37% | ALBERT | 6 | First name of 18-Across's adopted brother, played by Matthew Laborteaux |
| 37% | HAN | 3 | First name of the character played by Harrison Ford and Alden Ehrenreich |
| 37% | LARA | 4 | First name shared by the heroines of “Tomb Raider” and “Doctor Zhivago” |
| 37% | JAMES | 5 | Only first name shared by two consecutive U.S. Presidents |
| 37% | KIM | 3 | First name of the lawyer played by Rhea Seehorn on "Better Call Saul" |
| 36% | ALOU | 4 | Name shared by MLB's first all-brother outfield |
| 36% | SLEIPNIR | 8 | Name of the eight-legged horse ridden by Odin |
| 36% | CARRIE | 6 | First name of 18-Across's little sister, played by Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush |
| 36% | RON | 3 | First name of the character played by Rupert Grint in the Harry Potter movies |
| 36% | REBA | 4 | First name of the singer honored by a 2023 Country Music Corn Maze campaign |
| 36% | JASON | 5 | Name spelled by the first letters of consecutive calendar months |
| 35% | ALBAN | 5 | Berg whose first name is formed by inserting a B inside 73 Down |
| 34% | SIC | 3 | Name of the first EP by rapper Krizz Kaliko, released in 2011 |
| 34% | ESSO | 4 | Brand name first used by Standard Oil of New Jersey |
| 33% | SHERLOCK | 8 | Detective Holmes goes by this first name |