Most Popular Baby Names in 1997

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
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

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
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