2017 Baby Names — The Year in Review
What changed in 2017? The biggest risers, the biggest drops, brand-new names making their first-ever appearance, and the names that broke into or out of the top 100.
The year's #1 names
Chanella topped the girls' list and Dolf led the boys for 2017.
Biggest risers
Names whose rank improved the most year-over-year.
Biggest fallers
Names whose rank dropped the most year-over-year.
Debut names
Names that show up in the data for the very first time.
New in the top 100
Names that broke into the top 100 this year for the first time since 2016.
Boys
- DolfNew entry — rank #13 this year
- SwederNew entry — rank #23 this year
- ArmandNew entry — rank #32 this year
- ChiNew entry — rank #42 this year
- CristianNew entry — rank #52 this year
- DennyNew entry — rank #62 this year
- HilbertNew entry — rank #82 this year
- JaydeeNew entry — rank #92 this year
- KajaNew entry — rank #102 this year
- LuteNew entry — rank #112 this year
Left the top 100
Names that fell out of the top 100 this year after being in it in 2016.
Girls
- EllesWas #3 — now off the chart2 this year
- YvanaWas #10 — now off the chart2 this year
- AlisiaWas #14 — now off the chart1 this year
- AnjeWas #16 — now off the chart1 this year
- AsenaWas #20 — now off the chart1 this year
- CelestaWas #27 — now off the chart1 this year
- DanischaWas #30 — now off the chart1 this year
- GitteWas #45 — now off the chart1 this year
- IlkeWas #54 — now off the chart1 this year
- ImmyWas #55 — now off the chart1 this year
Boys
- AlexandroWas #4 — now off the chart1 this year
- AnilWas #5 — now off the chart1 this year
- CenkWas #9 — now off the chart1 this year
- GökhanWas #23 — now off the chart1 this year
- JiriWas #31 — now off the chart1 this year
- JoanWas #32 — now off the chart1 this year
- KieferWas #36 — now off the chart1 this year
- LaurenceWas #38 — now off the chart1 this year
- Reginald46 → 106 (▼60)1 this year
- Remko47 → 107 (▼60)1 this year