Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1997

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1997 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Emily	25,732	1.348	-11	-17,076	1	Michael	37,549	1.880	-13	-25,929
2	Jessica	21,042	1.102	-310	-19,985	2	Jacob	34,153	1.710	-11	-22,383
3	Ashley	20,896	1.095	-126	-18,629	3	Matthew	31,514	1.578	-17	-21,590
4	Sarah	20,707	1.085	-63	-16,973	4	Christopher	29,105	1.457	-38	-21,844
5	Hannah	20,593	1.079	-28	-14,964	5	Joshua	28,284	1.416	-36	-20,920
6	Samantha	20,169	1.057	-54	-16,272	6	Nicholas	27,257	1.365	-68	-22,456
7	Taylor	19,502	1.022	-114	-17,024	7	Andrew	25,199	1.262	-36	-17,965
8	Alexis	17,170	0.899	-171	-15,530	8	Brandon	25,193	1.261	-116	-22,010
9	Elizabeth	15,423	0.808	-4	-6,910	9	Austin	25,117	1.257	-71	-20,466
10	Madison	15,188	0.796	-12	-8,152	10	Tyler	24,876	1.245	-109	-21,578
11	Megan	14,242	0.746	-534	-13,678	11	Daniel	23,944	1.199	-4	-12,771
12	Kayla	13,884	0.727	-137	-12,009	12	Joseph	23,595	1.181	-11	-14,040
13	Rachel	13,791	0.722	-185	-12,247	13	Zachary	21,928	1.098	-96	-18,400
14	Lauren	13,245	0.694	-157	-11,549	14	David	21,887	1.096	-8	-12,190
15	Alyssa	12,647	0.663	-135	-10,777	15	John	21,385	1.071	-12	-12,266
16	Amanda	12,241	0.641	-353	-11,397	16	Ryan	20,526	1.028	-30	-13,621
17	Brianna	12,007	0.629	-115	-9,772	17	James	20,404	1.021	13	-6,879
18	Jennifer	11,839	0.620	-327	-10,924	18	Anthony	20,029	1.003	-20	-12,026
19	Victoria	11,791	0.618	-2	-4,702	19	William	20,019	1.002	16	-5,503
20	Brittany	11,527	0.604	-859	-11,222	20	Justin	18,744	0.938	-121	-15,957
21	Nicole	10,744	0.563	-197	-9,328	21	Jonathan	18,539	0.928	-42	-12,827
22	Morgan	10,341	0.542	-142	-8,592	22	Alexander	17,110	0.857	11	-5,121
23	Stephanie	9,778	0.512	-295	-8,752	23	Robert	16,304	0.816	-48	-11,164
24	Jasmine	9,679	0.507	-112	-7,546	24	Kyle	15,916	0.797	-199	-14,248
25	Rebecca	9,630	0.504	-189	-8,188	25	Christian	15,058	0.754	-30	-8,549
26	Abigail	9,628	0.504	15	168	26	Jordan	14,760	0.739	-56	-10,114
27	Olivia	9,477	0.496	25	8,444	27	Samuel	14,234	0.713	6	-4,500
28	Courtney	9,036	0.473	-1,164	-8,837	28	Kevin	13,292	0.665	-97	-10,168
29	Amber	8,913	0.467	-442	-8,255	29	Benjamin	13,267	0.664	23	114
30	Alexandra	8,750	0.458	-95	-6,356	30	Dylan	12,968	0.649	-1	-4,419
31	Haley	8,684	0.455	-354	-7,882	31	Thomas	12,896	0.646	-18	-6,117
32	Katherine	8,516	0.446	-80	-5,850	32	Jose	11,924	0.597	-57	-7,632
33	Anna	8,340	0.437	-21	-4,195	33	Aaron	11,169	0.559	-27	-5,216
34	Danielle	8,034	0.421	-348	-7,225	34	Nathan	10,442	0.523	-14	-3,652
35	Sydney	8,032	0.421	-130	-6,283	35	Eric	10,317	0.516	-125	-7,928
36	Emma	7,742	0.406	35	10,946	36	Cody	10,294	0.515	-247	-9,057
37	Julia	7,340	0.385	-56	-4,351	37	Brian	9,732	0.487	-198	-8,114
38	Maria	7,311	0.383	-78	-4,716	38	Noah	9,277	0.464	36	8,990
39	Allison	7,274	0.381	-30	-3,596	39	Adam	8,804	0.441	-39	-4,129
40	Jordan	7,166	0.375	-335	-6,338	40	Steven	8,766	0.439	-158	-6,744
41	Kaitlyn	7,005	0.367	-346	-6,209	41	Jason	8,745	0.438	-59	-4,898
42	Destiny	6,727	0.352	-233	-5,538	42	Logan	8,619	0.431	32	3,733
43	Shelby	6,700	0.351	-383	-5,968	43	Timothy	8,503	0.426	-122	-6,173
44	Melissa	6,679	0.350	-253	-5,565	44	Hunter	8,405	0.421	-12	-2,339
45	Brooke	6,670	0.349	-156	-5,152	45	Cameron	8,217	0.411	-24	-2,946
46	Mary	6,644	0.348	-80	-4,317	46	Ethan	7,806	0.391	34	4,048
47	Savannah	6,578	0.345	2	-1,833	47	Caleb	7,774	0.389	2	-845
48	Natalie	6,539	0.343	9	-1,444	48	Sean	7,743	0.388	-221	-6,433
49	Kimberly	6,182	0.324	-121	-4,486	49	Charles	7,655	0.383	-3	-1,051
50	Sara	6,158	0.323	-123	-4,466	50	Patrick	7,489	0.375	-139	-5,378

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.