EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1997

United States · 3,625,850 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Emily25,734—
#2Jessica21,045—
#3Ashley20,897—
#4Sarah20,716—
#5Hannah20,597↑2
#6Samantha20,170↓1
#7Taylor19,504↓1
#8Alexis17,171—
#9Elizabeth15,430↑1
#10Madison15,189↑5
#11Megan14,244↑1
#12Kayla13,885↓1
#13Rachel13,798↓4
#14Lauren13,248↑2
#15Alyssa12,649↑8
#16Amanda12,243↓3
#17Brianna12,008—
#18Jennifer11,840↑1
#19Victoria11,795↓1
#20Brittany11,529↓6
#21Nicole10,744↑1
#22Morgan10,342↑3
#23Stephanie9,778↓3
#24Jasmine9,680↑4
#25Rebecca9,634↓1
#26Abigail9,630↑6
#27Olivia9,479↑7
#28Courtney9,035↓7
#29Amber8,914↓2
#30Alexandra8,752↓4
#31Haley8,687↓1
#32Katherine8,518↓1
#33Anna8,342—
#34Danielle8,034↓5
#35Sydney8,032↑4
#36Emma7,749↑17
#37Julia7,341↑11
#38Maria7,314↓1
#39Allison7,274↓1
#40Jordan7,167↑9
#41Kaitlyn7,005↓1
#42Destiny6,727↑14
#43Shelby6,701↓8
#44Melissa6,679↓2
#45Brooke6,671—
#46Mary6,650↓2
#47Savannah6,580↓4
#48Natalie6,539↓2
#49Kimberly6,182↓8
#50Sara6,159—
#51Gabrielle5,943↑3
#52Erin5,940↓1
#53Sabrina5,816↑5
#54Vanessa5,796↑6
#55Michelle5,695↓8
#56Sierra5,688↑6
#57Kelsey5,573↓21
#58Andrea5,405↑3
#59Madeline5,313↑8
#60Marissa5,298↓1
#61Tiffany5,221↓9
#62Christina5,182↓5
#63Katelyn5,156↑1
#64Paige5,030↑1
#65Bailey5,024↑20
#66Laura4,851—
#67Mariah4,803↓4
#68Cheyenne4,764—
#69Grace4,639↑25
#70Miranda4,590↑6
#71Mackenzie4,491↑4
#72Briana4,476—
#73Chelsea4,461↓18
#74Breanna4,444—
#75Caroline4,439↑3
#76Jenna4,422↑7
#77Jacqueline4,278↓8
#78Alexandria4,234↓1
#79Monica4,223↑3
#80Hailey4,148↑13
#81Cassandra4,098↑8
#82Kristen4,085↓12
#83Kelly4,064↓10
#84Erica3,992↓5
#85Shannon3,914↓5
#86Kathryn3,873↑1
#87Katie3,867↓6
#88Caitlin3,862↓4
#89Alicia3,782↑2
#90Heather3,767↓19
#91Autumn3,740
#92Amy3,691↓4
#93Angela3,652↓3
#94Sophia3,640
#95Lindsey3,636↓9
#96Catherine3,591↓1
#97Diana3,586
#98Molly3,452↑1
#99Crystal3,435↓7
#100Michaela3,398

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Michael37,562—
#2Jacob34,163↑1
#3Matthew31,517↓1
#4Christopher29,108—
#5Joshua28,289—
#6Nicholas27,258—
#7Andrew25,208↑3
#8Brandon25,197—
#9Austin25,118—
#10Tyler24,879↓3
#11Daniel23,950—
#12Joseph23,604—
#13Zachary21,929↑1
#14David21,896↓1
#15John21,386—
#16Ryan20,527—
#17James20,408—
#18Anthony20,034↑1
#19William20,020↓1
#20Justin18,745—
#21Jonathan18,542—
#22Alexander17,112—
#23Robert16,304—
#24Kyle15,919↑1
#25Christian15,059↓1
#26Jordan14,761↑1
#27Samuel14,237↑3
#28Kevin13,295↓2
#29Benjamin13,266—
#30Dylan12,968↑3
#31Thomas12,899↓3
#32Jose11,929—
#33Aaron11,170↑1
#34Nathan10,442↑3
#35Eric10,317—
#36Cody10,296↓5
#37Brian9,739↓1
#38Noah9,280↑12
#39Adam8,805—
#40Steven8,765↓2
#41Jason8,746—
#42Logan8,620—
#43Timothy8,502↓3
#44Hunter8,405↑3
#45Cameron8,219↑4
#46Ethan7,807↑16
#47Caleb7,775↑1
#48Sean7,744↓2
#49Charles7,656↓6
#50Patrick7,490↓6
#51Richard7,243↓6
#52Connor7,140↑2
#53Luis7,131↑4
#54Juan7,115↓2
#55Alex6,855↓2
#56Jared6,682↑8
#57Gabriel6,406↑4
#58Mark6,165↓3
#59Devin6,044↑1
#60Isaiah6,003↑11
#61Evan6,002↑4
#62Trevor6,001↑1
#63Jesse5,920↓12
#64Jeremy5,803↓8
#65Nathaniel5,775↑4
#66Dakota5,664↓8
#67Carlos5,463—
#68Stephen5,414↓9
#69Bryan5,251↓3
#70Ian5,211—
#71Jesus5,164↑3
#72Cole5,159
#73Isaac5,146↑13
#74Elijah5,089↑7
#75Antonio5,069↑5
#76Jack4,984↑13
#77Chase4,964↓1
#78Luke4,953↓3
#79Paul4,752↓1
#80Blake4,728↑4
#81Travis4,684↓8
#82Tanner4,676↑8
#83Kenneth4,659↓6
#84Jeffrey4,582↓12
#85Garrett4,545—
#86Angel4,514
#87Taylor4,333↓5
#88Dustin4,277↓9
#89Mason4,268
#90Dalton4,238↑9
#91Miguel4,234—
#92Tristan4,197↓24
#93Marcus4,183↓6
#94Bradley4,124↓11
#95Adrian4,116↓3
#96Mitchell4,068↓8
#97Seth4,043
#98Lucas4,034↓5
#99Alejandro3,998
#100Edward3,915↓4