1997
Top Baby Names of 1997
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 50 in 1997
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Emily 25,735 2
Jessica 21,045 3
Ashley 20,896 4
Sarah 20,716 5
Hannah 20,596 6
Samantha 20,170 7
Taylor 19,504 8
Alexis 17,171 9
Elizabeth 15,428 10
Madison 15,189 11
Megan 14,244 12
Kayla 13,885 13
Rachel 13,798 14
Lauren 13,248 15
Alyssa 12,649 16
Amanda 12,243 17
Brianna 12,007 18
Jennifer 11,840 19
Victoria 11,793 20
Brittany 11,529 21
Nicole 10,744 22
Morgan 10,342 23
Stephanie 9,778 24
Jasmine 9,680 25
Rebecca 9,632 26
Abigail 9,629 27
Olivia 9,479 28
Courtney 9,035 29
Amber 8,914 30
Alexandra 8,751 31
Haley 8,687 32
Katherine 8,517 33
Anna 8,342 34
Danielle 8,034 35
Sydney 8,032 36
Emma 7,749 37
Julia 7,341 38
Maria 7,313 39
Allison 7,274 40
Jordan 7,166 41
Kaitlyn 7,005 42
Destiny 6,727 43
Shelby 6,701 44
Melissa 6,679 45
Brooke 6,671 46
Mary 6,650 47
Savannah 6,580 48
Natalie 6,539 49
Kimberly 6,182 50
Sara 6,159 👦
Boy Names
Top 50 in 1997
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Michael 37,557 2
Jacob 34,163 3
Matthew 31,518 4
Christopher 29,106 5
Joshua 28,288 6
Nicholas 27,257 7
Andrew 25,208 8
Brandon 25,196 9
Austin 25,118 10
Tyler 24,878 11
Daniel 23,950 12
Joseph 23,603 13
Zachary 21,928 14
David 21,896 15
John 21,386 16
Ryan 20,528 17
James 20,407 18
Anthony 20,033 19
William 20,020 20
Justin 18,744 21
Jonathan 18,541 22
Alexander 17,112 23
Robert 16,303 24
Kyle 15,920 25
Christian 15,059 26
Jordan 14,761 27
Samuel 14,237 28
Kevin 13,294 29
Benjamin 13,266 30
Dylan 12,968 31
Thomas 12,899 32
Jose 11,927 33
Aaron 11,170 34
Nathan 10,443 35
Eric 10,317 36
Cody 10,297 37
Brian 9,737 38
Noah 9,279 39
Adam 8,805 40
Steven 8,766 41
Jason 8,746 42
Logan 8,620 43
Timothy 8,502 44
Hunter 8,405 45
Cameron 8,218 46
Ethan 7,806 47
Caleb 7,775 48
Sean 7,744 49
Charles 7,656 50
Patrick 7,490 About 1997 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1997, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.