| 100% | SARAI | 5 | Name changed in Genesis 17:15 |
| 45% | ADAM | 4 | Name in early Genesis chapters |
| 45% | PACTEN | 6 | Conference name changed in 2011 when a pair of schools were added |
| 45% | SEGA | 4 | Name in the Genesis creation story |
| 44% | MONROE | 6 | County name in 17 states |
| 43% | BABEL | 5 | City name in Genesis |
| 43% | AVENUE | 6 | Word in 17 Monopoly property names |
| 42% | SIAM | 4 | Country that changed its name in 1939 |
| 42% | EDEN | 4 | Place named in Genesis 2 |
| 41% | SIAM | 4 | Asian country that changed its name in 1939 |
| 41% | MYANMAR | 7 | Burma changed its name to this in 1989 |
| 41% | ITAR | 4 | With 17-Across, big name in international news |
| 41% | ADAM | 4 | Name first encountered in Genesis 2 |
| 40% | SEN | 3 | Chihiro changes her name to this in Spirited Away |
| 40% | STATE | 5 | Name hidden in 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 40% | EBAY | 4 | Online company that changed its name from AuctionWeb in 1997 |
| 39% | SCOPE | 5 | Disability charity founded in 1951 that changed its name in 1994 |
| 39% | BIEL | 4 | Actress Jessica who changed her last name to Timberlake in 2013 |
| 39% | ENES | 4 | Basketballer Freedom who changed his last name from Kanter in 2021 |
| 39% | BENIN | 5 | West African country that changed its name from Dahomey, in 1975 |
| 38% | EDEN | 4 | Garden first named in Genesis 2:8 |
| 38% | EDEN | 4 | Place first named in Genesis 2:8 |
| 38% | EVE | 3 | Woman first named in Genesis 3:20 |
| 38% | ADAM | 4 | Namer of the animals, in Genesis |
| 38% | BOND | 4 | Lead character's last name in 15-, 18-, 32-, and 44-Across |
| 37% | FOREMAN | 7 | Overseer in favour of name change |
| 37% | LADYTENNISSTARS | 15 | Names hidden in 17-, 25-, 51- and 65-Across (twice in the last of these) |
| 37% | PIBB | 4 | Mr. ___ (soft drink that debuted in 1972 and changed its name in 2001) |
| 37% | RON | 3 | Basketball player Artest who changed his name to Metta World Peace in 2011 |
| 36% | IKEA | 4 | Big name in home furnishings started by Ingvar Kamprad, then aged 17, in 1943 |