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Baby Names from 1997

3,625,749 registered births | 1,885,090 boys | 1,740,659 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1997

Top 10 Boy Names

1 Michael
37,557 births
2 Jacob
34,163 births
3 Matthew
31,518 births
4 Christopher
29,106 births
5 Joshua
28,288 births
6 Nicholas
27,257 births
7 Andrew
25,208 births
8 Brandon
25,196 births
9 Austin
25,118 births
10 Tyler
24,878 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Emily
25,735 births
2 Jessica
21,045 births
3 Ashley
20,896 births
4 Sarah
20,716 births
5 Hannah
20,596 births
6 Samantha
20,170 births
7 Taylor
19,504 births
8 Alexis
17,171 births
9 Elizabeth
15,428 births
10 Madison
15,189 births

Top Unisex Names of 1997

Taylor
4,333 boys 19,504 girls
Jordan
14,761 boys 7,166 girls
Alexis
3,182 boys 17,171 girls
Morgan
1,062 boys 10,342 girls
Logan
8,620 boys 1,067 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

Notable Risers & Fallers in 1997

Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.

Biggest Risers

G Aaliyah
#335 → #176 (+159)
G Adrianna
#278 → #155 (+123)
B Dante
#283 → #200 (+83)
G Riley
#247 → #184 (+63)
B Alexis
#180 → #120 (+60)
G Jada
#225 → #165 (+60)
B Gavin
#192 → #136 (+56)
G Isabel
#197 → #141 (+56)

Biggest Fallers

G Shania
#171 → #331 (-160)

New to the Top 200 in 1997

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Adrianna #155 Jada #165 Aaliyah #176 Arianna #177 Hanna #178 Maya #182 Riley #184 Diego #186 Kennedy #186 Gage #193 Dante #200
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