Popular baby names of 1997

In 1997, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emily for girls (25,734 babies) and Michael for boys (37,562). Social Security records show 3,625,850 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 16,163 girls' names and 10,814 boys' names.

1997 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 11.3% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 15.3% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Autumn, Sophia, Diana, Michaela.
New in the boys' top 100: Cole, Angel, Mason, Seth, Alejandro.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996
1	Emily	25,734	–
2	Jessica	21,045	–
3	Ashley	20,897	–
4	Sarah	20,716	–
5	Hannah	20,597	↑2
6	Samantha	20,170	↓1
7	Taylor	19,504	↓1
8	Alexis	17,171	–
9	Elizabeth	15,430	↑1
10	Madison	15,189	↑5
11	Megan	14,244	↑1
12	Kayla	13,885	↓1
13	Rachel	13,798	↓4
14	Lauren	13,248	↑2
15	Alyssa	12,649	↑8
16	Amanda	12,243	↓3
17	Brianna	12,008	–
18	Jennifer	11,840	↑1
19	Victoria	11,795	↓1
20	Brittany	11,529	↓6
21	Nicole	10,744	↑1
22	Morgan	10,342	↑3
23	Stephanie	9,778	↓3
24	Jasmine	9,680	↑4
25	Rebecca	9,634	↓1
26	Abigail	9,630	↑6
27	Olivia	9,479	↑7
28	Courtney	9,035	↓7
29	Amber	8,914	↓2
30	Alexandra	8,752	↓4
31	Haley	8,687	↓1
32	Katherine	8,518	↓1
33	Anna	8,342	–
34	Danielle	8,034	↓5
35	Sydney	8,032	↑4
36	Emma	7,749	↑17
37	Julia	7,341	↑11
38	Maria	7,314	↓1
39	Allison	7,274	↓1
40	Jordan	7,167	↑9
41	Kaitlyn	7,005	↓1
42	Destiny	6,727	↑14
43	Shelby	6,701	↓8
44	Melissa	6,679	↓2
45	Brooke	6,671	–
46	Mary	6,650	↓2
47	Savannah	6,580	↓4
48	Natalie	6,539	↓2
49	Kimberly	6,182	↓8
50	Sara	6,159	–
51	Gabrielle	5,943	↑3
52	Erin	5,940	↓1
53	Sabrina	5,816	↑5
54	Vanessa	5,796	↑6
55	Michelle	5,695	↓8
56	Sierra	5,688	↑6
57	Kelsey	5,573	↓21
58	Andrea	5,405	↑3
59	Madeline	5,313	↑8
60	Marissa	5,298	↓1
61	Tiffany	5,221	↓9
62	Christina	5,182	↓5
63	Katelyn	5,156	↑1
64	Paige	5,030	↑1
65	Bailey	5,024	↑20
66	Laura	4,851	–
67	Mariah	4,803	↓4
68	Cheyenne	4,764	–
69	Grace	4,639	↑25
70	Miranda	4,590	↑6
71	Mackenzie	4,491	↑4
72	Briana	4,476	–
73	Chelsea	4,461	↓18
74	Breanna	4,444	–
75	Caroline	4,439	↑3
76	Jenna	4,422	↑7
77	Jacqueline	4,278	↓8
78	Alexandria	4,234	↓1
79	Monica	4,223	↑3
80	Hailey	4,148	↑13
81	Cassandra	4,098	↑8
82	Kristen	4,085	↓12
83	Kelly	4,064	↓10
84	Erica	3,992	↓5
85	Shannon	3,914	↓5
86	Kathryn	3,873	↑1
87	Katie	3,867	↓6
88	Caitlin	3,862	↓4
89	Alicia	3,782	↑2
90	Heather	3,767	↓19
91	Autumn	3,740	new
92	Amy	3,691	↓4
93	Angela	3,652	↓3
94	Sophia	3,640	new
95	Lindsey	3,636	↓9
96	Catherine	3,591	↓1
97	Diana	3,586	new
98	Molly	3,452	↑1
99	Crystal	3,435	↓7
100	Michaela	3,398	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996
1	Michael	37,562	–
2	Jacob	34,163	↑1
3	Matthew	31,517	↓1
4	Christopher	29,108	–
5	Joshua	28,289	–
6	Nicholas	27,258	–
7	Andrew	25,208	↑3
8	Brandon	25,197	–
9	Austin	25,118	–
10	Tyler	24,879	↓3
11	Daniel	23,950	–
12	Joseph	23,604	–
13	Zachary	21,929	↑1
14	David	21,896	↓1
15	John	21,386	–
16	Ryan	20,527	–
17	James	20,408	–
18	Anthony	20,034	↑1
19	William	20,020	↓1
20	Justin	18,745	–
21	Jonathan	18,542	–
22	Alexander	17,112	–
23	Robert	16,304	–
24	Kyle	15,919	↑1
25	Christian	15,059	↓1
26	Jordan	14,761	↑1
27	Samuel	14,237	↑3
28	Kevin	13,295	↓2
29	Benjamin	13,266	–
30	Dylan	12,968	↑3
31	Thomas	12,899	↓3
32	Jose	11,929	–
33	Aaron	11,170	↑1
34	Nathan	10,442	↑3
35	Eric	10,317	–
36	Cody	10,296	↓5
37	Brian	9,739	↓1
38	Noah	9,280	↑12
39	Adam	8,805	–
40	Steven	8,765	↓2
41	Jason	8,746	–
42	Logan	8,620	–
43	Timothy	8,502	↓3
44	Hunter	8,405	↑3
45	Cameron	8,219	↑4
46	Ethan	7,807	↑16
47	Caleb	7,775	↑1
48	Sean	7,744	↓2
49	Charles	7,656	↓6
50	Patrick	7,490	↓6
51	Richard	7,243	↓6
52	Connor	7,140	↑2
53	Luis	7,131	↑4
54	Juan	7,115	↓2
55	Alex	6,855	↓2
56	Jared	6,682	↑8
57	Gabriel	6,406	↑4
58	Mark	6,165	↓3
59	Devin	6,044	↑1
60	Isaiah	6,003	↑11
61	Evan	6,002	↑4
62	Trevor	6,001	↑1
63	Jesse	5,920	↓12
64	Jeremy	5,803	↓8
65	Nathaniel	5,775	↑4
66	Dakota	5,664	↓8
67	Carlos	5,463	–
68	Stephen	5,414	↓9
69	Bryan	5,251	↓3
70	Ian	5,211	–
71	Jesus	5,164	↑3
72	Cole	5,159	new
73	Isaac	5,146	↑13
74	Elijah	5,089	↑7
75	Antonio	5,069	↑5
76	Jack	4,984	↑13
77	Chase	4,964	↓1
78	Luke	4,953	↓3
79	Paul	4,752	↓1
80	Blake	4,728	↑4
81	Travis	4,684	↓8
82	Tanner	4,676	↑8
83	Kenneth	4,659	↓6
84	Jeffrey	4,582	↓12
85	Garrett	4,545	–
86	Angel	4,514	new
87	Taylor	4,333	↓5
88	Dustin	4,277	↓9
89	Mason	4,268	new
90	Dalton	4,238	↑9
91	Miguel	4,234	–
92	Tristan	4,197	↓24
93	Marcus	4,183	↓6
94	Bradley	4,124	↓11
95	Adrian	4,116	↓3
96	Mitchell	4,068	↓8
97	Seth	4,043	new
98	Lucas	4,034	↓5
99	Alejandro	3,998	new
100	Edward	3,915	↓4

Every name given in 1997

All 26,977 names Social Security recorded for 1997, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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