Top Names of 1997
The most popular names recorded in 1997 were Emily for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Emily | 25,735 |
| 2 | Jessica | 21,045 |
| 3 | Ashley | 20,896 |
| 4 | Sarah | 20,716 |
| 5 | Hannah | 20,596 |
| 6 | Samantha | 20,170 |
| 7 | Taylor | 19,504 |
| 8 | Alexis | 17,171 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 15,428 |
| 10 | Madison | 15,189 |
| 11 | Megan | 14,244 |
| 12 | Kayla | 13,885 |
| 13 | Rachel | 13,798 |
| 14 | Lauren | 13,248 |
| 15 | Alyssa | 12,649 |
| 16 | Amanda | 12,243 |
| 17 | Brianna | 12,007 |
| 18 | Jennifer | 11,840 |
| 19 | Victoria | 11,793 |
| 20 | Brittany | 11,529 |
| 21 | Nicole | 10,744 |
| 22 | Morgan | 10,342 |
| 23 | Stephanie | 9,778 |
| 24 | Jasmine | 9,680 |
| 25 | Rebecca | 9,632 |
| 26 | Abigail | 9,629 |
| 27 | Olivia | 9,479 |
| 28 | Courtney | 9,035 |
| 29 | Amber | 8,914 |
| 30 | Alexandra | 8,751 |
| 31 | Haley | 8,687 |
| 32 | Katherine | 8,517 |
| 33 | Anna | 8,342 |
| 34 | Danielle | 8,034 |
| 35 | Sydney | 8,032 |
| 36 | Emma | 7,749 |
| 37 | Julia | 7,341 |
| 38 | Maria | 7,313 |
| 39 | Allison | 7,274 |
| 40 | Jordan | 7,166 |
| 41 | Kaitlyn | 7,005 |
| 42 | Destiny | 6,727 |
| 43 | Shelby | 6,701 |
| 44 | Melissa | 6,679 |
| 45 | Brooke | 6,671 |
| 46 | Mary | 6,650 |
| 47 | Savannah | 6,580 |
| 48 | Natalie | 6,539 |
| 49 | Kimberly | 6,182 |
| 50 | Sara | 6,159 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 37,557 |
| 2 | Jacob | 34,163 |
| 3 | Matthew | 31,518 |
| 4 | Christopher | 29,106 |
| 5 | Joshua | 28,288 |
| 6 | Nicholas | 27,257 |
| 7 | Andrew | 25,208 |
| 8 | Brandon | 25,196 |
| 9 | Austin | 25,118 |
| 10 | Tyler | 24,878 |
| 11 | Daniel | 23,950 |
| 12 | Joseph | 23,603 |
| 13 | Zachary | 21,928 |
| 14 | David | 21,896 |
| 15 | John | 21,386 |
| 16 | Ryan | 20,528 |
| 17 | James | 20,407 |
| 18 | Anthony | 20,033 |
| 19 | William | 20,020 |
| 20 | Justin | 18,744 |
| 21 | Jonathan | 18,541 |
| 22 | Alexander | 17,112 |
| 23 | Robert | 16,303 |
| 24 | Kyle | 15,920 |
| 25 | Christian | 15,059 |
| 26 | Jordan | 14,761 |
| 27 | Samuel | 14,237 |
| 28 | Kevin | 13,294 |
| 29 | Benjamin | 13,266 |
| 30 | Dylan | 12,968 |
| 31 | Thomas | 12,899 |
| 32 | Jose | 11,927 |
| 33 | Aaron | 11,170 |
| 34 | Nathan | 10,443 |
| 35 | Eric | 10,317 |
| 36 | Cody | 10,297 |
| 37 | Brian | 9,737 |
| 38 | Noah | 9,279 |
| 39 | Adam | 8,805 |
| 40 | Steven | 8,766 |
| 41 | Jason | 8,746 |
| 42 | Logan | 8,620 |
| 43 | Timothy | 8,502 |
| 44 | Hunter | 8,405 |
| 45 | Cameron | 8,218 |
| 46 | Ethan | 7,806 |
| 47 | Caleb | 7,775 |
| 48 | Sean | 7,744 |
| 49 | Charles | 7,656 |
| 50 | Patrick | 7,490 |