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The most popular baby names of 1997

SSA recorded 3,625,850 births in 1997 across all reported names — 1,740,710 girls and 1,885,140 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1997

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1996.
#NameBirthsvs 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 +13
92 Amy 3,691 -4
93 Angela 3,652 -3
94 Sophia 3,640 +31
95 Lindsey 3,636 -9
96 Catherine 3,591 -1
97 Diana 3,586 +10
98 Molly 3,452 +1
99 Crystal 3,435 -7
100 Michaela 3,398 +2

Top 100 boys' names in 1997

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1996.
#NameBirthsvs 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 +34
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 +16
87 Taylor 4,333 -5
88 Dustin 4,277 -9
89 Mason 4,268 +15
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 +6
98 Lucas 4,034 -5
99 Alejandro 3,998 +8
100 Edward 3,915 -4

Names that climbed fastest in 1997

Ranked by places gained against 1996, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1997Rank 1996Change
Julissa girls 219 783 +564
Tatum girls 547 946 +399
Jarod boys 348 723 +375
Jailene girls 585 946 +361
Giselle girls 312 622 +310
Mireya girls 447 745 +298
Trace boys 495 747 +252
Jazlyn girls 702 943 +241
Madyson girls 717 957 +240
Celine girls 537 773 +236
Amari girls 674 890 +216
Chyna girls 740 950 +210
Gillian girls 395 604 +209
Juliette girls 676 885 +209
Juliet girls 617 824 +207

Names that fell fastest in 1997

NameRank 1997Rank 1996Change
Moesha girls 943 547 -396
Estefania girls 889 590 -299
Shantel girls 861 577 -284
Tristan girls 824 590 -234
Deion boys 590 410 -180
Keisha girls 802 625 -177
Tanisha girls 728 554 -174
Kristian girls 927 757 -170
Devan girls 976 807 -169
Tristen girls 887 722 -165
Shania girls 331 171 -160
Kristy girls 653 493 -160
Dangelo boys 549 390 -159
Justina girls 883 734 -149
Alysha girls 776 628 -148

Names that first appear in 1997

1997 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1997

For these names, 1997 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.