Top Names of 1997 — Rankings & Counts

The most popular names recorded in 1997 were Jessica for girls and Joshua for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	1,376
2	Emily	1,151
3	Sarah	1,030
4	Emma	806
5	Georgia	721
6	Chloe	704
7	Samantha	656
8	Hannah	616
9	Courtney	604
10	Lauren	572
11	Rebecca	571
12	Caitlin	529
13	Sophie	491
14	Amy	489
15	Brooke	463
16	Laura	457
17	Rachel	456
18	Isabella	431
19	Taylor	428
20	Maddison	427
21	Stephanie	426
22	Olivia	413
23	Madison	398
24	Ashleigh	397
25	Grace	374
26	Brittany	370
27	Jasmine	363
28	Tayla	360
29	Kate	355
30	Zoe	355
31	Alexandra	352
32	Taylah	327
33	Jade	326
34	Madeline	318
35	Chelsea	308
36	Elizabeth	307
37	Madeleine	307
38	Kayla	276
39	Nicole	276
40	Natasha	271
41	Holly	267
42	Brianna	261
43	Danielle	258
44	Megan	257
45	Natalie	250
46	Erin	240
47	Shannon	240
48	Claudia	236
49	Amber	233
50	Lucy	232

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	1,917
2	Matthew	1,367
3	Daniel	1,345
4	Jack	1,308
5	James	1,221
6	Thomas	1,164
7	Lachlan	1,146
8	Benjamin	1,025
9	Liam	1,011
10	Nicholas	1,008
11	Samuel	960
12	Jacob	919
13	Dylan	898
14	Michael	895
15	Luke	880
16	Jake	863
17	Jordan	827
18	Mitchell	812
19	Nathan	737
20	Alexander	724
21	Christopher	720
22	William	719
23	Ryan	715
24	Andrew	641
25	Jayden	581
26	Brandon	553
27	Hayden	518
28	Adam	508
29	Jesse	481
30	Kyle	476
31	David	462
32	Blake	461
33	Bradley	460
34	Connor	459
35	Zachary	454
36	Aaron	451
37	Joseph	426
38	Cameron	425
39	Jackson	395
40	Timothy	393
41	Ethan	384
42	Patrick	377
43	Harrison	372
44	Anthony	358
45	Joel	357
46	John	344
47	Justin	325
48	Corey	319
49	Tyler	309
50	Robert	307