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Top baby names of 1997

The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.

#1

Michael

37,610 babies

#2

Jacob

34,200 babies

#3

Matthew

31,564 babies

  1. 4Christopher29,290
  2. 5Joshua28,320
  3. 6Nicholas27,308
  4. 7Emily26,978
  5. 8Brandon25,228
  6. 9Andrew25,224
  7. 10Austin25,154
  8. 11Tyler24,926
  9. 12Daniel23,952
  10. 13Joseph23,612
  11. 14Jessica22,062
  12. 15Zachary21,966
  13. 16Ashley21,900
  14. 17David21,892
  15. 18Sarah21,668
  16. 19Hannah21,572
  17. 20John21,406
  18. 21Samantha21,144
  19. 22Ryan20,562
  20. 23Taylor20,448
  21. 24James20,438
  22. 25Anthony20,060
  23. 26William20,032
  24. 27Justin18,774
  25. 28Jonathan18,560
  26. 29Alexis17,998
  27. 30Alexander17,138
  28. 31Robert16,332
  29. 32Elizabeth16,136
  30. 33Kyle15,948
  31. 34Madison15,922
  32. 35Christian15,082
  33. 36Megan14,928
  34. 37Jordan14,786
  35. 38Kayla14,554
  36. 39Rachel14,438
  37. 40Samuel14,238
  38. 41Lauren13,880
  39. 42Kevin13,314
  40. 43Benjamin13,272
  41. 44Alyssa13,254
  42. 45Dylan12,994
  43. 46Thomas12,912
  44. 47Amanda12,818
  45. 48Brianna12,588
  46. 49Jennifer12,406
  47. 50Victoria12,356
  48. 51Brittany12,084
  49. 52Jose11,944
  50. 53Nicole11,260
  51. 54Aaron11,176
  52. 55Morgan10,842
  53. 56Nathan10,456
  54. 57Eric10,336
  55. 58Cody10,308
  56. 59Stephanie10,248
  57. 60Jasmine10,146
  58. 61Abigail10,088
  59. 62Rebecca10,072
  60. 63Olivia9,934
  61. 64Brian9,748
  62. 65Courtney9,472
  63. 66Amber9,342
  64. 67Noah9,276
  65. 68Alexandra9,172
  66. 69Haley9,102
  67. 70Katherine8,928
  68. 71Adam8,818
  69. 72Steven8,776
  70. 73Jason8,760
  71. 74Anna8,730
  72. 75Logan8,634
  73. 76Timothy8,518
  74. 77Hunter8,422
  75. 78Danielle8,420
  76. 79Sydney8,418
  77. 80Cameron8,230
  78. 81Emma8,096
  79. 82Ethan7,820
  80. 83Caleb7,784
  81. 84Sean7,758
  82. 85Julia7,694
  83. 86Charles7,670
  84. 87Maria7,668
  85. 88Allison7,626
  86. 89Jordan7,514
  87. 90Patrick7,500
  88. 91Kaitlyn7,344
  89. 92Destiny7,050
  90. 93Shelby7,020
  91. 94Brooke6,996
  92. 95Melissa6,994
  93. 96Mary6,934
  94. 97Savannah6,894
  95. 98Natalie6,854
  96. 99Kimberly6,478
  97. 100Sara6,446