| 100% | KANSAS | 6 | Rock band with the hit "Carry On Wayward Son" who share a name with Topeka's state |
| 58% | OHIO | 4 | The ___ Express, pop band with the hit "Yummy Yummy Yummy" who share a name with Columbus' state |
| 56% | KANSAS | 6 | "Carry on Wayward Son" rock band with a state for a name |
| 56% | ALABAMA | 7 | Country music band with the hit "Mountain Music" who share a name with Montgomery's state |
| 50% | NEVADA | 6 | Artist with the hit "The Mack," who shares a name with Las Vegas' state |
| 50% | KANSAS | 6 | Geographically named band with the 1977 hit "Carry On Wayward Son" |
| 49% | FLORIDA | 7 | ___ Georgia Line, country music duo with the hit "Cruise" who share a name with Miami's state |
| 43% | RICHARDWRIGHT | 13 | Pink Floyd keyboardist who shares a name with the author of "Native Son" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | EDSEL | 5 | Henry Ford's only son who shares his name with a failed car enterprise |
| 39% | HESSE | 5 | Author who shares his name with a German state |
| 39% | MODESTMOUSE | 11 | *Indie rock band with the hit single "Float On" |
| 38% | LINC | 4 | Nickname for someone who shares a name with the 16th president |
| 38% | SON | 3 | "Carry on Wayward ___," classic hit by the rock band Kansas |
| 38% | MONTANA | 7 | Hannah ___, Disney character played by Miley Cyrus who shares her name with a U.S. state |
| 38% | INDIANA | 7 | ___ Jones, film character played by Harrison Ford who shares his name with a U.S. state |
| 38% | EINSTEIN | 8 | 7D's furry companion in "Back to the Future" who shares a name with the physicist who deduced E = mc^2 |
| 38% | TAFFY | 5 | Barbie's beloved dog in "Barbie & Her Sisters in the Great Puppy Adventure" who shares a name with a stretchable candy |
| 37% | KORN | 4 | On the cob rock band with a "Blind" single |
| 37% | ALABAMA | 7 | "Love in the First Degree" country-rock band with a state for a name |
| 36% | ABBA | 4 | Band with the 1978 hit "Take a Chance on Me" |
| 36% | PYLON | 5 | "M-Train" band who shares its name with a 1935 William Faulkner novel |
| 36% | EDNORTON | 8 | Glass Onion actor who shares his name with a character in The Honeymooners |
| 36% | OSLO | 4 | "Money Heist" character who shares a name with Norway's capital |
| 36% | CARRY | 5 | "___ On Wayward Son," 1976 song by the rock band Kansas |
| 36% | ORLANDO | 7 | ___ Bloom, "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor who shares his name with a Floridian city |
| 36% | SWAN | 4 | Bella ___, lead character of the "Twilight" series who shares her name with a bird |
| 36% | DRAKE | 5 | Nathan ___, lead character of the movie "Uncharted" who shares his name with a bird |
| 36% | DRHOOK | 6 | Rock's "___ & the Medicine Show", who had a hit with Shel Silverstein's "The Cover of the Rolling Stone" in 1972 |
| 36% | BON | 3 | With 44-Across, band with the #1 hits "Bad Medicine" and "Livin' on a Prayer" |
| 36% | HOOD | 4 | Robin ___, lead character of the many eponymous movies who shares his name with a bird |