| 100% | TORRE | 5 | Manager who preceded Girardi (and has the same first name) |
| 49% | CHAR | 4 | Actor who played a character with the same first name on "Two and a Half Men" |
| 46% | HUMBERT | 7 | Literary character with the same first and last name |
| 45% | III | 3 | Roman numeral for someone who has the same name as his father and grandfather |
| 45% | OBAMA | 5 | President with the same first and last name as his father |
| 44% | WAUGH | 5 | Novelist whose first wife had the same first name, curiously |
| 43% | NED | 3 | First name of the man who lives next to Homer and Marge |
| 42% | ALAN | 4 | First name of two of the 12 astronauts who have walked on the moon |
| 42% | ALAN | 4 | First name of two of the dozen men who have walked on the Moon |
| 42% | NEIL | 4 | First name in NASA's prestigious list of astronauts who have been to the moon |
| 40% | ANAIVANOVIC | 11 | Retired Serbian tennis player whose first name is spelled the same forward and backward: 2 wds. |
| 40% | NIELS | 5 | First name of Danes Jerne and Finsen, who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 81 years apart |
| 40% | AVADUVERNAY | 11 | "When They See Us" director whose first name is spelled the same forward and backward: 2 wds. |
| 39% | EQUALITY | 8 | Having the same rights, status and opportunities |
| 39% | ARA | 3 | Football coach Parseghian, who has a palindromic name and once coached the 52-Down |
| 39% | FDR | 3 | Initials of the president who had the same last name as Teddy |
| 39% | MILEYCYRUS | 10 | She played a character with the same first name (and the last name Stewart) on "Hannah Montana": 2 wds. |
| 39% | ABBIJACOBSON | 12 | She played a character with the same first name (and the last name Abrams) on "Broad City": 2 wds. |
| 39% | AJANAOMIKING | 12 | "How to Get Away With Murder" actress whose first name is spelled the same forward and backward: 3 wds. |
| 39% | CONGRUENT | 9 | Having the same size and shape, in geometry |
| 38% | TRACY | 5 | "30 Rock" character with the same first name as its actor |
| 38% | DJIBOUTI | 8 | East African country, capital has the same name |
| 38% | ERIE | 4 | Lake with the same first and last letter |
| 37% | NAMESAKE | 8 | We have the same name, so he's my ___ |
| 37% | CHARLIEDAY | 10 | He plays a character with the same first name (and the last name Kelly) on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ENOS | 4 | Seldom used first name of Stan who, through his holding co., owns Colorado's Rapids of the MLS and Mammoth of the NLL |
| 37% | WADE | 4 | James ___, head coach and general manager of Chicago Sky who was named the 2022 WNBA "Executive of the Year" |
| 37% | WEDNESDAY | 9 | ___ Addams, character named after the day following Tuesday and played by Jenna Ortega who has a perfect poker face |
| 37% | FREDDIEMERCURY | 14 | Better-known name of Farrokh Bulsara, who had both royal and heavy metal affiliations throughout the '70s and '80s |
| 36% | CURIE | 5 | Last name of the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and who is credited with the theory of radioactivity |