Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1997

Michael and Emily topped the list in 1997. The 10 most popular names went to 15% of boys and 11% of girls, from 10,807 boy names and 16,157 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1997

  1. Michael 37,562
  2. Jacob 34,163
  3. Matthew 31,517
  4. Christopher 29,108
  5. Joshua 28,289
  6. Nicholas 27,258
  7. Andrew 25,208
  8. Brandon 25,197
  9. Austin 25,118
  10. Tyler 24,879
  11. Daniel 23,950
  12. Joseph 23,604
  13. Zachary 21,929
  14. David 21,896
  15. John 21,386
  16. Ryan 20,527
  17. James 20,408
  18. Anthony 20,034
  19. William 20,020
  20. Justin 18,745
  21. Jonathan 18,542
  22. Alexander 17,112
  23. Robert 16,304
  24. Kyle 15,919
  25. Christian 15,059
  26. Jordan 14,761
  27. Samuel 14,237
  28. Kevin 13,295
  29. Benjamin 13,266
  30. Dylan 12,968
  31. Thomas 12,899
  32. Jose 11,929
  33. Aaron 11,170
  34. Nathan 10,442
  35. Eric 10,317
  36. Cody 10,296
  37. Brian 9,739
  38. Noah 9,280
  39. Adam 8,805
  40. Steven 8,765
  41. Jason 8,746
  42. Logan 8,620
  43. Timothy 8,502
  44. Hunter 8,405
  45. Cameron 8,219
  46. Ethan 7,807
  47. Caleb 7,775
  48. Sean 7,744
  49. Charles 7,656
  50. Patrick 7,490
  51. Richard 7,243
  52. Connor 7,140
  53. Luis 7,131
  54. Juan 7,115
  55. Alex 6,855
  56. Jared 6,682
  57. Gabriel 6,406
  58. Mark 6,165
  59. Devin 6,044
  60. Isaiah 6,003
  61. Evan 6,002
  62. Trevor 6,001
  63. Jesse 5,920
  64. Jeremy 5,803
  65. Nathaniel 5,775
  66. Dakota 5,664
  67. Carlos 5,463
  68. Stephen 5,414
  69. Bryan 5,251
  70. Ian 5,211
  71. Jesus 5,164
  72. Cole 5,159
  73. Isaac 5,146
  74. Elijah 5,089
  75. Antonio 5,069
  76. Jack 4,984
  77. Chase 4,964
  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 4,183
  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

Top girl names of 1997

  1. Emily 25,734
  2. Jessica 21,045
  3. Ashley 20,897
  4. Sarah 20,716
  5. Hannah 20,597
  6. Samantha 20,170
  7. Taylor 19,504
  8. Alexis 17,171
  9. Elizabeth 15,430
  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 12,008
  18. Jennifer 11,840
  19. Victoria 11,795
  20. Brittany 11,529
  21. Nicole 10,744
  22. Morgan 10,342
  23. Stephanie 9,778
  24. Jasmine 9,680
  25. Rebecca 9,634
  26. Abigail 9,630
  27. Olivia 9,479
  28. Courtney 9,035
  29. Amber 8,914
  30. Alexandra 8,752
  31. Haley 8,687
  32. Katherine 8,518
  33. Anna 8,342
  34. Danielle 8,034
  35. Sydney 8,032
  36. Emma 7,749
  37. Julia 7,341
  38. Maria 7,314
  39. Allison 7,274
  40. Jordan 7,167
  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 5,940
  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 4,098
  82. Kristen 4,085
  83. Kelly 4,064
  84. Erica 3,992
  85. Shannon 3,914
  86. Kathryn 3,873
  87. Katie 3,867
  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 3,586
  98. Molly 3,452
  99. Crystal 3,435
  100. Michaela 3,398

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1997?
Michael was the #1 boy name in 1997 (37,562 babies) and Emily was the #1 girl name (25,734 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1997?
Social Security records list 3,625,850 babies born in 1997 with names given to at least 5 babies: 1,885,140 boys and 1,740,710 girls.