1997
Top Baby Names of 1997
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 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 51
Gabrielle 5,943 52
Erin 5,939 53
Sabrina 5,816 54
Vanessa 5,796 55
Michelle 5,695 56
Sierra 5,688 57
Kelsey 5,573 58
Andrea 5,405 59
Madeline 5,313 60
Marissa 5,298 61
Tiffany 5,221 62
Christina 5,182 63
Katelyn 5,156 64
Paige 5,030 65
Bailey 5,024 66
Laura 4,851 67
Mariah 4,803 68
Cheyenne 4,764 69
Grace 4,639 70
Miranda 4,590 71
Mackenzie 4,491 72
Briana 4,476 73
Chelsea 4,461 74
Breanna 4,444 75
Caroline 4,439 76
Jenna 4,422 77
Jacqueline 4,278 78
Alexandria 4,234 79
Monica 4,223 80
Hailey 4,148 81
Cassandra 4,097 82
Kristen 4,085 83
Kelly 4,064 84
Erica 3,992 85
Shannon 3,914 86
Kathryn 3,873 87
Katie 3,866 88
Caitlin 3,862 89
Alicia 3,782 90
Heather 3,767 91
Autumn 3,740 92
Amy 3,691 93
Angela 3,652 94
Sophia 3,640 95
Lindsey 3,636 96
Catherine 3,591 97
Diana 3,585 98
Molly 3,452 99
Crystal 3,435 100
Michaela 3,398 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1997
1
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 51
Richard 7,242 52
Connor 7,140 53
Luis 7,129 54
Juan 7,113 55
Alex 6,855 56
Jared 6,682 57
Gabriel 6,404 58
Mark 6,165 59
Devin 6,043 60
Isaiah 6,003 61
Evan 6,002 62
Trevor 6,001 63
Jesse 5,920 64
Jeremy 5,804 65
Nathaniel 5,775 66
Dakota 5,664 67
Carlos 5,462 68
Stephen 5,415 69
Bryan 5,251 70
Ian 5,210 71
Jesus 5,164 72
Cole 5,159 73
Isaac 5,145 74
Elijah 5,089 75
Antonio 5,069 76
Jack 4,984 77
Chase 4,963 78
Luke 4,953 79
Paul 4,752 80
Blake 4,728 81
Travis 4,684 82
Tanner 4,676 83
Kenneth 4,659 84
Jeffrey 4,582 85
Garrett 4,545 86
Angel 4,514 87
Taylor 4,333 88
Dustin 4,277 89
Mason 4,268 90
Dalton 4,238 91
Miguel 4,234 92
Tristan 4,197 93
Marcus 4,182 94
Bradley 4,124 95
Adrian 4,116 96
Mitchell 4,068 97
Seth 4,043 98
Lucas 4,034 99
Alejandro 3,998 100
Edward 3,915 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 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.