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I find it hard to believe that some of these 'alternatives' even exist. But, for what it's worth:

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Abigail - gosh, the 'alternatives'are funny
Adriana
Ainsley/Ainslee/Ainslie/Ainsleigh/Ainsly/Aynslee/Aynsley/Aynslie - nonsense!
Alanna, though I prefer Alannah
Alicia
Alison
Alyssa
Amy
Anna/Ana - either, depending on the language
Annabel or Anabel, depending on the language
Arielle, on gender grounds
Ashley
Audrey - why is Audie in quotes?
Bailey/Bailee/Baylee/Baylie - uniformly yuck; at least Bailey has some authenticity
Beatrice/Beatrix - depends on the pronunciation
Bethany - but Bethan, actually
Bianca/Bionca - nonsense!
Blair/Blaire - adding an -e to a ln doth not a fn make
Brenna/Brynna - Brenda, if necessary
Brianna
Caitlin
Callie/Calleigh - eh?
Callista/Calista - depends on the language
Carissa
Carley/Carlie/Carly/Carli - eh?
Caroline/Carolyn - depends on the pronunciation
Cassidy/Cassidi/Cassidie - oh, please!
Claire/Clare -depends on the language
Colleen
Daisy
Dana/Dayna/Daina - where I live, Dana is male and the others don't exist
Daniella/Daniela - depends on the language
Dina/Dinah - depends on the language
Edith
Eleanor or Elinor
Elise
Elizabeth
Emily
Emma
Gabriella/Gabriela - depends on the language
Georgia
Hayley
Hannah/Hanna - depends on the language
Harmony
Heidi/Hiedi - Hiedi? Seriously? Just because someone has taken a name they can't pronounce and misapplied their hazy grasp of phonetics doesn't make it an alternative spelling. It makes it an embarrassment.
Holly
Isabel/Isabelle - depends on the language
Isabella/Isabela - depends on the language
Jamie/Jaime/Jaimie/Jami/Jaimi - eh?
Kayley, but they're all dreadful
Kayla/Kaila - eh?
Kenzie/Kensi/Kensie - eh?
Kimberly/Kimberlie - er, that would be Kimberley
Kylie
Lainey/Laynie eh?
Leah
Leann/LeAnn/Leanne/LeAnne/Lianne - Leigh-Anne, if necessary
Leila
Lorraine
Mackenzie
Madeleine or Madeline, but not Madelaine
Malia/Maleah - neither is used where I live
Marnie
Molly
Natalie
Nicole
Olivia
Rachel/Rachael - Rachael, because where I live, Rachel is pronounced RAH-khel
Rebecca/Rebekka - what's the point? If you want an alternative to Rebecca, why ignore Rebekah, which has objective existence, in favour of Rebekka, which doesn't?
Riley/Rylee/Ryleigh/Ryley/Rylie/Reilly - all male
Roxana, or Roxanne
Ryann/Ryan/Rhyan - Ryan is male, the others are daft
Sabrina
Sarah/Sara - depends on the pronunciation
Savannah
Shana/Shanna - depends on the pronunciation
Skye/Sky - between geography and climatology, I'll go for the island
Sophia/Sofia - either, actually, depending on the language
Sydney/Sydnie - Sidney, and only on a male
Tabitha
Taryn
Teresa/Theresa - either, actually, depending on the language
Valerie
Virginia
Wendy