Name.Baby Names by year 1990s 1997 Most Popular Baby Names of 1997 Social Security has card records for 3,906,921 babies born in the U.S. in 1997. Emily was the top girl name (25,734 babies) and Michael the top boy name (37,562).
Top 100 names of 1997 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1997, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Emily 25,734 #34 2 Jessica 21,045 #665 3 Ashley 20,897 #164 4 Sarah 20,716 #90 5 Hannah 20,597 #56 6 Samantha 20,170 #151 7 Taylor 19,504 #403 8 Alexis 17,171 #554 9 Elizabeth 15,430 #17 10 Madison 15,189 #40 11 Megan 14,244 #887 12 Kayla 13,885 #364 13 Rachel 13,798 #250 14 Lauren 13,248 #401 15 Alyssa 12,649 #453 16 Amanda 12,243 #493 17 Brianna 12,008 #222 18 Jennifer 11,840 #586 19 Victoria 11,795 #54 20 Brittany 11,529 #928 21 Nicole 10,744 #382 22 Morgan 10,342 #312 23 Stephanie 9,778 #557 24 Jasmine 9,680 #206 25 Rebecca 9,634 #349 26 Abigail 9,630 #41 27 Olivia 9,479 #1 28 Courtney 9,035 #2,326 29 Amber 8,914 #520 30 Alexandra 8,752 #237 31 Haley 8,687 #861 32 Katherine 8,518 #186 33 Anna 8,342 #107 34 Danielle 8,034 #549 35 Sydney 8,032 #348 36 Emma 7,749 #3 37 Julia 7,341 #131 38 Maria 7,314 #87 39 Allison 7,274 #103 40 Jordan 7,167 #584 41 Kaitlyn 7,005 #799 42 Destiny 6,727 #635 43 Shelby 6,701 #649 44 Melissa 6,679 #419 45 Brooke 6,671 #313 46 Mary 6,650 #125 47 Savannah 6,580 #135 48 Natalie 6,539 #89 49 Kimberly 6,182 #302 50 Sara 6,159 #198
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1997, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Gabrielle 5,943 #632 52 Erin 5,940 #833 53 Sabrina 5,816 #321 54 Vanessa 5,796 #377 55 Michelle 5,695 #465 56 Sierra 5,688 #614 57 Kelsey 5,573 #814 58 Andrea 5,405 #235 59 Madeline 5,313 #81 60 Marissa 5,298 #1,673 61 Tiffany 5,221 #878 62 Christina 5,182 #770 63 Katelyn 5,156 #1,076 64 Paige 5,030 #346 65 Bailey 5,024 #208 66 Laura 4,851 #379 67 Mariah 4,803 #447 68 Cheyenne 4,764 #920 69 Grace 4,639 #38 70 Miranda 4,590 #654 71 Mackenzie 4,491 #228 72 Briana 4,476 #661 73 Chelsea 4,461 #851 74 Breanna 4,444 #2,542 75 Caroline 4,439 #96 76 Jenna 4,422 #679 77 Jacqueline 4,278 #558 78 Alexandria 4,234 #474 79 Monica 4,223 #736 80 Hailey 4,148 #104 81 Cassandra 4,098 #630 82 Kristen 4,085 #1,990 83 Kelly 4,064 #851 84 Erica 3,992 #1,396 85 Shannon 3,914 #2,387 86 Kathryn 3,873 #729 87 Katie 3,867 #646 88 Caitlin 3,862 #2,326 89 Alicia 3,782 #460 90 Heather 3,767 #1,261 91 Autumn 3,740 #88 92 Amy 3,691 #257 93 Angela 3,652 #408 94 Sophia 3,640 #5 95 Lindsey 3,636 #1,367 96 Catherine 3,591 #313 97 Diana 3,586 #244 98 Molly 3,452 #196 99 Crystal 3,435 #1,144 100 Michaela 3,398 #841
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1997, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 37,562 #21 2 Jacob 34,163 #43 3 Matthew 31,517 #32 4 Christopher 29,108 #68 5 Joshua 28,289 #66 6 Nicholas 27,258 #112 7 Andrew 25,208 #73 8 Brandon 25,197 #261 9 Austin 25,118 #113 10 Tyler 24,879 #219 11 Daniel 23,950 #22 12 Joseph 23,604 #29 13 Zachary 21,929 #216 14 David 21,896 #35 15 John 21,386 #23 16 Ryan 20,527 #99 17 James 20,408 #6 18 Anthony 20,034 #46 19 William 20,020 #9 20 Justin 18,745 #233 21 Jonathan 18,542 #89 22 Alexander 17,112 #30 23 Robert 16,304 #92 24 Kyle 15,919 #508 25 Christian 15,059 #96 26 Jordan 14,761 #131 27 Samuel 14,237 #18 28 Kevin 13,295 #221 29 Benjamin 13,266 #11 30 Dylan 12,968 #41 31 Thomas 12,899 #34 32 Jose 11,929 #95 33 Aaron 11,170 #80 34 Nathan 10,442 #63 35 Eric 10,317 #273 36 Cody 10,296 #318 37 Brian 9,739 #339 38 Noah 9,280 #2 39 Adam 8,805 #101 40 Steven 8,765 #271 41 Jason 8,746 #165 42 Logan 8,620 #53 43 Timothy 8,502 #203 44 Hunter 8,405 #130 45 Cameron 8,219 #76 46 Ethan 7,807 #24 47 Caleb 7,775 #58 48 Sean 7,744 #489 49 Charles 7,656 #48 50 Patrick 7,490 #235
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1997, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Richard 7,243 #234 52 Connor 7,140 #166 53 Luis 7,131 #144 54 Juan 7,115 #159 55 Alex 6,855 #232 56 Jared 6,682 #396 57 Gabriel 6,406 #37 58 Mark 6,165 #244 59 Devin 6,044 #548 60 Isaiah 6,003 #57 61 Evan 6,002 #153 62 Trevor 6,001 #679 63 Jesse 5,920 #184 64 Jeremy 5,803 #292 65 Nathaniel 5,775 #140 66 Dakota 5,664 #319 67 Carlos 5,463 #150 68 Stephen 5,414 #383 69 Bryan 5,251 #336 70 Ian 5,211 #83 71 Jesus 5,164 #173 72 Cole 5,159 #182 73 Isaac 5,146 #47 74 Elijah 5,089 #7 75 Antonio 5,069 #176 76 Jack 4,984 #15 77 Chase 4,964 #192 78 Luke 4,953 #33 79 Paul 4,752 #262 80 Blake 4,728 #316 81 Travis 4,684 #434 82 Tanner 4,676 #475 83 Kenneth 4,659 #294 84 Jeffrey 4,582 #552 85 Garrett 4,545 #564 86 Angel 4,514 #67 87 Taylor 4,333 #683 88 Dustin 4,277 #728 89 Mason 4,268 #39 90 Dalton 4,238 #448 91 Miguel 4,234 #212 92 Tristan 4,197 #309 93 Marcus 4,183 #258 94 Bradley 4,124 #403 95 Adrian 4,116 #74 96 Mitchell 4,068 #952 97 Seth 4,043 #581 98 Lucas 4,034 #10 99 Alejandro 3,998 #195 100 Edward 3,915 #224
Entered the top 100 in 1997
