| 100% | SMITHS | 6 | With "The," '80s British rockers who gave their group "the most ordinary name" |
| 37% | ROBERTPEEL | 10 | British leader from whom the "bobbies" got their name |
| 36% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Beckham, British soccer player who is one of the most followed athletes on Instagram with over 64 million followers |
| 35% | HELEN | 5 | ___ Mirren, "Excalibur" actress who shares her name with the most beautiful woman in Greek mythology |
| 35% | HOOD | 4 | Robin ___, lead character of the many eponymous movies who shares his name with a bird |
| 35% | AXIS | 4 | Name given to the countries who allied with Germany in the Second World War |
| 34% | THEOPHANE | 9 | Figure in Greek mythology whose name roughly means “manifestation of God” and who gave birth to the ram with the golden fleece |
| 33% | UTES | 4 | Indians who gave their name to a state |
| 33% | UTE | 3 | People who gave their name to a state |
| 32% | RUS | 3 | Medieval European people who gave their name to a nation |
| 32% | ALPHANERDS | 10 | Group members who are the most tech-savvy |
| 31% | TEDLEO | 6 | Rocker who performed with Aimee Mann as the Both |
| 31% | DWAYNE | 6 | With 15-Across, more formal name for The Rock |
| 31% | SWEEPEA | 7 | Comics boy with the given name Scooner |
| 31% | STINE | 5 | Writer with the given names Robert Lawrence |
| 31% | FURY | 4 | Tommy ___, British boxer who was one of the most searched figures on the Internet in 2019 |
| 31% | TRENT | 5 | Rocker Reznor who scored "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" |
| 31% | ISRAEL | 6 | Name given to Jacob after he wrestled with the angel |
| 31% | FOUCAULT | 8 | French scientist who gave the gyroscope its name |
| 31% | SAVALAS | 7 | Oscar-nominated actor with the given name Aristotelis |
| 31% | GREEKGODS | 9 | Many share their name with planets |
| 30% | CLEOPATRA | 9 | British girl group that shares its name with an Egyptian queen |
| 30% | SORENSTAM | 9 | Female golfer with the most wins to her name |
| 30% | ORANGES | 7 | Citrus fruits with the same name as their color |
| 30% | PAUL | 4 | Beatle who was born with the first name James |
| 30% | DURANDURAN | 10 | British pop group with a repetitive name |
| 30% | OMAHA | 5 | The most populous city in the US with a five-letter name |
| 30% | TYMES | 5 | Group with the 1963 #1 hit "So Much in Love," with "the" |
| 30% | ZZTOP | 5 | Group whose member with the least-prominent beard is named Frank Beard |
| 30% | RAMONES | 7 | Seminal punk rockers with the same last name, with "the" |