Top Names of 1997
The most popular names recorded in 1997 were Sarah for girls and Matthew for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official StatCan data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Sarah | 2,682 |
| 2 | Jessica | 2,527 |
| 3 | Emily | 2,276 |
| 4 | Samantha | 1,726 |
| 5 | Taylor | 1,544 |
| 6 | Alexandra | 1,450 |
| 7 | Megan | 1,402 |
| 8 | Nicole | 1,397 |
| 9 | Ashley | 1,278 |
| 10 | Rachel | 1,215 |
| 11 | Emma | 1,200 |
| 12 | Stephanie | 1,177 |
| 13 | Hannah | 1,155 |
| 14 | Sabrina | 1,117 |
| 15 | Rebecca | 1,111 |
| 16 | Victoria | 1,097 |
| 17 | Madison | 1,042 |
| 18 | Amanda | 1,019 |
| 19 | Melissa | 977 |
| 20 | Julia | 933 |
| 21 | Gabrielle | 897 |
| 22 | Jennifer | 855 |
| 23 | Kayla | 816 |
| 24 | Brittany | 814 |
| 25 | Alyssa | 812 |
| 26 | Cassandra | 793 |
| 27 | Lauren | 792 |
| 28 | Olivia | 776 |
| 29 | Camille | 769 |
| 30 | Catherine | 758 |
| 31 | Sara | 756 |
| 32 | Laura | 755 |
| 33 | Sydney | 746 |
| 34 | Audrey | 743 |
| 35 | Vanessa | 729 |
| 36 | Danielle | 720 |
| 37 | Elizabeth | 709 |
| 38 | Courtney | 691 |
| 39 | Michelle | 691 |
| 40 | Mackenzie | 628 |
| 41 | Emilie | 612 |
| 42 | Jade | 612 |
| 43 | Chelsea | 603 |
| 44 | Katherine | 594 |
| 45 | Baby | 585 |
| 46 | Morgan | 581 |
| 47 | Jenna | 577 |
| 48 | Brooke | 573 |
| 49 | Chloe | 570 |
| 50 | Brianna | 567 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Matthew | 3,073 |
| 2 | Michael | 2,729 |
| 3 | Nicholas | 2,496 |
| 4 | Samuel | 2,328 |
| 5 | Joshua | 2,315 |
| 6 | Brandon | 2,307 |
| 7 | Jacob | 2,258 |
| 8 | Ryan | 2,217 |
| 9 | William | 2,043 |
| 10 | Daniel | 1,824 |
| 11 | Tyler | 1,818 |
| 12 | David | 1,794 |
| 13 | Andrew | 1,745 |
| 14 | Christopher | 1,720 |
| 15 | Jordan | 1,715 |
| 16 | Alexander | 1,703 |
| 17 | Justin | 1,684 |
| 18 | Kyle | 1,681 |
| 19 | Austin | 1,541 |
| 20 | Jonathan | 1,438 |
| 21 | Kevin | 1,403 |
| 22 | Gabriel | 1,387 |
| 23 | Dylan | 1,384 |
| 24 | Benjamin | 1,344 |
| 25 | Zachary | 1,316 |
| 26 | Anthony | 1,307 |
| 27 | James | 1,300 |
| 28 | Adam | 1,247 |
| 29 | Alexandre | 1,200 |
| 30 | Thomas | 1,163 |
| 31 | Jeremy | 1,123 |
| 32 | Nicolas | 1,066 |
| 33 | Joseph | 1,065 |
| 34 | Nathan | 1,051 |
| 35 | Connor | 1,046 |
| 36 | Eric | 1,028 |
| 37 | Liam | 1,020 |
| 38 | Maxime | 969 |
| 39 | John | 940 |
| 40 | Vincent | 890 |
| 41 | Jason | 878 |
| 42 | Robert | 875 |
| 43 | Mathieu | 845 |
| 44 | Olivier | 835 |
| 45 | Patrick | 800 |
| 46 | Cody | 799 |
| 47 | Cole | 798 |
| 48 | Alex | 792 |
| 49 | Tristan | 776 |
| 50 | Mitchell | 774 |