Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1997

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1997 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1996						Change from 1996
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Emily	25,732	1.348	0	581	1	Michael	37,549	1.880	0	-815
2	Jessica	21,042	1.102	0	-3,156	2	Jacob	34,153	1.710	1	2,228
3	Ashley	20,896	1.095	0	-2,781	3	Matthew	31,514	1.578	-1	-559
4	Sarah	20,707	1.085	0	-333	4	Christopher	29,105	1.457	0	-1,796
5	Hannah	20,593	1.079	2	1,997	5	Joshua	28,284	1.416	0	-886
6	Samantha	20,169	1.057	-1	-379	6	Nicholas	27,257	1.365	0	-463
7	Taylor	19,502	1.022	-1	350	7	Andrew	25,199	1.262	3	-36
8	Alexis	17,170	0.899	0	581	8	Brandon	25,193	1.261	0	-653
9	Elizabeth	15,423	0.808	1	-575	9	Austin	25,117	1.257	0	-543
10	Madison	15,188	0.796	5	1,778	10	Tyler	24,876	1.245	-3	-2,077
11	Megan	14,242	0.746	1	-527	11	Daniel	23,944	1.199	0	-1,172
12	Kayla	13,884	0.727	-1	-1,385	12	Joseph	23,595	1.181	0	-1,159
13	Rachel	13,791	0.722	-4	-2,326	13	Zachary	21,928	1.098	1	-438
14	Lauren	13,245	0.694	2	651	14	David	21,887	1.096	-1	-1,130
15	Alyssa	12,647	0.663	8	1,625	15	John	21,385	1.071	0	-797
16	Amanda	12,241	0.641	-3	-1,734	16	Ryan	20,526	1.028	0	-1,281
17	Brianna	12,007	0.629	0	82	17	James	20,404	1.021	0	-752
18	Jennifer	11,839	0.620	1	111	18	Anthony	20,029	1.003	1	-475
19	Victoria	11,791	0.618	-1	-67	19	William	20,019	1.002	-1	-522
20	Brittany	11,527	0.604	-6	-2,269	20	Justin	18,744	0.938	0	-1,264
21	Nicole	10,744	0.563	1	-388	21	Jonathan	18,539	0.928	0	-54
22	Morgan	10,341	0.542	3	49	22	Alexander	17,110	0.857	0	-851
23	Stephanie	9,778	0.512	-3	-1,864	23	Robert	16,304	0.816	0	-1,369
24	Jasmine	9,679	0.507	4	-29	24	Kyle	15,916	0.797	1	316
25	Rebecca	9,630	0.504	-1	-996	25	Christian	15,058	0.754	-1	-766
26	Abigail	9,628	0.504	6	1,024	26	Jordan	14,760	0.739	1	908
27	Olivia	9,477	0.496	7	1,354	27	Samuel	14,234	0.713	3	610
28	Courtney	9,036	0.473	-7	-2,307	28	Kevin	13,292	0.665	-2	-1,292
29	Amber	8,913	0.467	-2	-857	29	Benjamin	13,267	0.664	0	-511
30	Alexandra	8,750	0.458	-4	-1,273	30	Dylan	12,968	0.649	3	934
31	Haley	8,684	0.455	-1	-357	31	Thomas	12,896	0.646	-3	-904
32	Katherine	8,516	0.446	-1	-359	32	Jose	11,924	0.597	0	-230
33	Anna	8,340	0.437	0	-229	33	Aaron	11,169	0.559	1	-802
34	Danielle	8,034	0.421	-5	-1,251	34	Nathan	10,442	0.523	3	159
35	Sydney	8,032	0.421	4	774	35	Eric	10,317	0.516	0	-1,290
36	Emma	7,742	0.406	17	1,598	36	Cody	10,294	0.515	-5	-2,657
37	Julia	7,340	0.385	11	1,028	37	Brian	9,732	0.487	-1	-739
38	Maria	7,311	0.383	-1	-283	38	Noah	9,277	0.464	12	2,095
39	Allison	7,274	0.381	-1	-179	39	Adam	8,804	0.441	0	-751
40	Jordan	7,166	0.375	9	869	40	Steven	8,766	0.439	-2	-884
41	Kaitlyn	7,005	0.367	-1	-235	41	Jason	8,745	0.438	0	48
42	Destiny	6,727	0.352	14	871	42	Logan	8,619	0.431	0	245
43	Shelby	6,700	0.351	-8	-1,249	43	Timothy	8,503	0.426	-3	-415
44	Melissa	6,679	0.350	-2	-490	44	Hunter	8,405	0.421	3	803
45	Brooke	6,670	0.349	0	-54	45	Cameron	8,217	0.411	4	829
46	Mary	6,644	0.348	-2	-317	46	Ethan	7,806	0.391	16	1,954
47	Savannah	6,578	0.345	-4	-420	47	Caleb	7,774	0.389	1	227
48	Natalie	6,539	0.343	-2	-153	48	Sean	7,743	0.388	-2	-152
49	Kimberly	6,182	0.324	-8	-993	49	Charles	7,655	0.383	-6	-592
50	Sara	6,158	0.323	0	-130	50	Patrick	7,489	0.375	-6	-704

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.