Welcome to our dedicated page featuring the top 500 boy and girl baby names of 1997. This year holds a special place in the annals of naming history, reflecting a blend of timeless classics and unique choices that captured the hearts of parents during this era. As you explore our comprehensive list, you’ll discover the names that defined a generation, from the traditional to the trendsetting. Whether you’re seeking inspiration for a new arrival, researching historical naming trends, or simply curious about the names that resonated with families in 1997, our curated selection offers a fascinating glimpse into the past. Join us on a nostalgic journey through the most popular names of the year, and see how trends in baby naming have evolved over time.
| Rank | Boy Name | Boy Births | Girl Name | Girl Births |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 32858 | Emily | 23148 |
| 2 | Michael | 31498 | Jessica | 19712 |
| 3 | Matthew | 26381 | Hannah | 19343 |
| 4 | Joshua | 25813 | Ashley | 18683 |
| 5 | Christopher | 24812 | Sarah | 18327 |
| 6 | Austin | 24483 | Taylor | 17751 |
| 7 | Andrew | 23384 | Samantha | 17389 |
| 8 | Nicholas | 23153 | Alexis | 16108 |
| 9 | Brandon | 22756 | Elizabeth | 14734 |
| 10 | Tyler | 22673 | Madison | 14584 |
| 11 | Daniel | 22194 | Megan | 13159 |
| 12 | David | 20266 | Rachel | 12121 |
| 13 | Joseph | 20173 | Lauren | 11967 |
| 14 | Zachary | 19356 | Kayla | 11766 |
| 15 | Anthony | 18824 | Alyssa | 11424 |
| 16 | Ryan | 18027 | Jennifer | 11181 |
| 17 | James | 17526 | Brianna | 10211 |
| 18 | William | 17391 | Brittany | 10035 |
| 19 | John | 17121 | Amanda | 9965 |
| 20 | Jonathan | 17040 | Victoria | 9945 |
| 21 | Justin | 16627 | Jasmine | 9698 |
| 22 | Alexander | 15865 | Morgan | 9351 |
| 23 | Kyle | 14418 | Stephanie | 8882 |
| 24 | Christian | 14367 | Abigail | 8782 |
| 25 | Robert | 14091 | Nicole | 8764 |
| 26 | Jordan | 13587 | Rebecca | 8401 |
| 27 | Samuel | 13293 | Olivia | 8366 |
| 28 | Benjamin | 12034 | Haley | 8307 |
| 29 | Dylan | 11765 | Courtney | 8248 |
| 30 | Kevin | 11710 | Amber | 7910 |
| 31 | Jose | 11485 | Anna | 7814 |
| 32 | Thomas | 10539 | Katherine | 7541 |
| 33 | Nathan | 10177 | Sydney | 7532 |
| 34 | Aaron | 10139 | Alexandra | 7322 |
| 35 | Cody | 9672 | Emma | 7165 |
| 36 | Eric | 9327 | Maria | 6982 |
| 37 | Noah | 9198 | Danielle | 6826 |
| 38 | Brian | 8591 | Jordan | 6591 |
| 39 | Adam | 8255 | Natalie | 6495 |
| 40 | Cameron | 7806 | Allison | 6457 |
| 41 | Steven | 7727 | Brooke | 6456 |
| 42 | Jason | 7688 | Savannah | 6369 |
| 43 | Ethan | 7540 | Melissa | 6051 |
| 44 | Timothy | 7345 | Julia | 5900 |
| 45 | Logan | 7280 | Kimberly | 5897 |
| 46 | Hunter | 6888 | Destiny | 5715 |
| 47 | Caleb | 6851 | Sara | 5690 |
| 48 | Luis | 6622 | Vanessa | 5604 |
| 49 | Sean | 6523 | Sierra | 5584 |
| 50 | Juan | 6485 | Shelby | 5525 |
| 51 | Alex | 6480 | Mary | 5240 |
| 52 | Charles | 6439 | Kaitlyn | 5190 |
| 53 | Jared | 6419 | Andrea | 5121 |
| 54 | Connor | 6376 | Sabrina | 5074 |
| 55 | Gabriel | 6229 | Gabrielle | 5047 |
| 56 | Richard | 6157 | Michelle | 4848 |
| 57 | Jesse | 5963 | Marissa | 4495 |
| 58 | Patrick | 5816 | Laura | 4423 |
| 59 | Evan | 5608 | Madeline | 4412 |
| 60 | Nathaniel | 5462 | Mariah | 4402 |
| 61 | Isaiah | 5229 | Tiffany | 4377 |
| 62 | Jesus | 5152 | Kelsey | 4363 |
| 63 | Jeremy | 5007 | Christina | 4303 |
| 64 | Dakota | 4941 | Breanna | 4256 |
| 65 | Isaac | 4801 | Bailey | 4224 |
| 66 | Carlos | 4715 | Miranda | 4173 |
| 67 | Trevor | 4644 | Katelyn | 4143 |
| 68 | Devin | 4489 | Erin | 4069 |
| 69 | Mark | 4382 | Paige | 3767 |
| 70 | Angel | 4295 | Monica | 3590 |
| 71 | Elijah | 4185 | Cheyenne | 3583 |
| 72 | Antonio | 4088 | Cassandra | 3384 |
| 73 | Chase | 3930 | Briana | 3203 |
| 74 | Alejandro | 3905 | Erica | 3150 |
| 75 | Bryan | 3813 | Alicia | 3095 |
| 76 | Cole | 3599 | Mackenzie | 3085 |
| 77 | Miguel | 3535 | Alexandria | 3077 |
| 78 | Blake | 3500 | Jacqueline | 2937 |
| 79 | Ian | 3376 | Diana | 2908 |
| 80 | Luke | 3358 | Grace | 2897 |
| 81 | Tanner | 3312 | Katie | 2719 |
| 82 | Adrian | 3246 | Chelsea | 2693 |
| 83 | Seth | 3205 | Autumn | 2607 |
| 84 | Dalton | 3175 | Angela | 2603 |
| 85 | Jeffrey | 3167 | Amy | 2540 |
| 86 | Taylor | 3138 | Jenna | 2476 |
| 87 | Dustin | 3137 | Sophia | 2475 |
| 88 | Garrett | 3115 | Hailey | 2470 |
| 89 | Alexis | 3017 | Lindsey | 2449 |
| 90 | Stephen | 2932 | Makayla | 2447 |
| 91 | Travis | 2857 | Caitlin | 2447 |
| 92 | Mason | 2781 | Kathryn | 2444 |
| 93 | Victor | 2738 | Kelly | 2432 |
| 94 | Lucas | 2721 | Molly | 2406 |
| 95 | Bradley | 2682 | Angelica | 2389 |
| 96 | Tristan | 2626 | Heather | 2284 |
| 97 | Kenneth | 2587 | Kaylee | 2200 |
| 98 | Oscar | 2584 | Crystal | 2181 |
| 99 | Francisco | 2557 | Daisy | 2129 |
| 100 | Mitchell | 2556 | Gabriela | 2112 |
| 101 | Jack | 2443 | Kristen | 2107 |
| 102 | Jorge | 2417 | Jocelyn | 2067 |
| 103 | Eduardo | 2330 | Caroline | 2058 |
| 104 | Paul | 2286 | Cassidy | 2035 |
| 105 | Colton | 2281 | Cynthia | 2031 |
| 106 | Ricardo | 2276 | Michaela | 1959 |
| 107 | Spencer | 2210 | Leslie | 1944 |
| 108 | Edward | 2186 | Karina | 1895 |
| 109 | Marcus | 2129 | Alondra | 1826 |
| 110 | Fernando | 2028 | Alejandra | 1678 |
| 111 | Jackson | 1958 | Brenda | 1646 |
| 112 | Corey | 1954 | Adriana | 1637 |
| 113 | Manuel | 1853 | Ana | 1555 |
| 114 | Derek | 1852 | Isabella | 1546 |
| 115 | Julian | 1804 | Margaret | 1516 |
| 116 | Andres | 1799 | Erika | 1506 |
| 117 | Erik | 1725 | Jamie | 1455 |
| 118 | Sergio | 1664 | Claire | 1439 |
| 119 | Edgar | 1624 | Karen | 1438 |
| 120 | Javier | 1614 | Kylie | 1436 |
| 121 | Bryce | 1611 | Shannon | 1434 |
| 122 | Malik | 1598 | Leah | 1382 |
| 123 | Cristian | 1580 | Guadalupe | 1354 |
| 124 | Grant | 1578 | Veronica | 1354 |
| 125 | Ivan | 1570 | Chloe | 1349 |
| 126 | Devon | 1565 | Catherine | 1327 |
| 127 | Mario | 1503 | Mikayla | 1294 |
| 128 | Cesar | 1468 | Evelyn | 1256 |
| 129 | Riley | 1467 | Isabel | 1251 |
| 130 | Hector | 1453 | Esmeralda | 1238 |
| 131 | Martin | 1424 | Bianca | 1236 |
| 132 | Omar | 1400 | Ariana | 1225 |
| 133 | Diego | 1400 | Valerie | 1220 |
| 134 | Gregory | 1379 | Karla | 1145 |
| 135 | Marco | 1365 | Yesenia | 1126 |
| 136 | Roberto | 1338 | Nancy | 1098 |
| 137 | Ruben | 1321 | Kaitlin | 1044 |
| 138 | Wyatt | 1309 | Jasmin | 1030 |
| 139 | Colin | 1247 | Summer | 899 |
| 140 | Raymond | 1237 | Faith | 844 |
| 141 | Collin | 1227 | Bethany | 733 |
| 142 | Erick | 1220 | Alexa | 694 |
| 143 | Brett | 1194 | Whitney | 691 |
| 144 | Brendan | 1168 | Raven | 659 |
| 145 | Shane | 1145 | Mckenzie | 646 |
| 146 | Shawn | 1050 | Brittney | 628 |
| 147 | Dillon | 1049 | Angel | 608 |
| 148 | Peter | 926 | Kendra | 605 |
| 149 | Alec | 915 | Diamond | 540 |
| 150 | Levi | 901 | Jade | 523 |
| 151 | Scott | 872 | Meghan | 520 |
| 152 | Gavin | 826 | Jada | 487 |
| 153 | Jake | 822 | Brooklyn | 443 |
| 154 | Dominic | 781 | Aaliyah | 426 |
| 155 | Wesley | 697 | Dominique | 424 |
| 156 | Jeremiah | 666 | Hayley | 408 |
| 157 | Hayden | 649 | Alexus | 400 |
| 158 | Brady | 642 | Mckenna | 394 |
| 159 | Gage | 594 | Zoe | 338 |
| 160 | Johnathan | 554 | Asia | 325 |
| 161 | Bailey | 530 | Holly | 318 |
| 162 | Peyton | 523 | Riley | 313 |
| 163 | Preston | 484 | Abby | 312 |
| 164 | Conner | 480 | Gabriella | 300 |
| 165 | Chandler | 479 | Mallory | 294 |
| 166 | Clayton | 462 | Ashlyn | 289 |
| 167 | Kaleb | 430 | Lydia | 280 |
| 168 | Trenton | 369 | Rachael | 271 |
| 169 | Landon | 367 | Carly | 269 |
| 170 | Darius | 339 | Kylee | 267 |
| 171 | Colby | 336 | Audrey | 240 |
| 172 | Phillip | 292 | Casey | 221 |
| 173 | Trey | 291 | Adrianna | 219 |
| 174 | Braxton | 272 | Caitlyn | 211 |
| 175 | Derrick | 264 | Chelsey | 209 |
| 176 | Parker | 249 | Rebekah | 192 |
| 177 | Drew | 249 | Melanie | 187 |
| 178 | Braden | 236 | Tessa | 185 |
| 179 | Xavier | 229 | Logan | 180 |
| 180 | Joel | 229 | Kara | 168 |
| 181 | George | 228 | Ashton | 152 |
| 182 | Sebastian | 226 | Kendall | 147 |
| 183 | Casey | 220 | Lindsay | 140 |
| 184 | Donald | 215 | Kiara | 138 |
| 185 | Liam | 212 | Ansley | 114 |
| 186 | Chance | 209 | Mia | 99 |
| 187 | Vincent | 205 | Baylee | 96 |
| 188 | Nicolas | 187 | Selena | 84 |
| 189 | Jeffery | 168 | Brandi | 78 |
| 190 | Skyler | 147 | Cierra | 78 |
| 191 | Kaden | 122 | Aubrey | 76 |
| 192 | Brayden | 115 | Desiree | 74 |
| 193 | Maxwell | 112 | Ashlee | 69 |
| 194 | Griffin | 108 | Sadie | 66 |
| 195 | Dallin | 103 | Natasha | 63 |
| 196 | Daquan | 82 | Rylee | 62 |
| 197 | Harrison | 82 | Aspen | 59 |
| 198 | Jaden | 80 | Jillian | 59 |
| 199 | Ronald | 77 | Kierra | 54 |
| 200 | Jayden | 75 | Kyla | 53 |
| 201 | Brennan | 74 | Mckayla | 51 |
| 202 | Carson | 74 | Kennedy | 47 |
| 203 | Jace | 64 | Kiana | 47 |
| 204 | Micah | 64 | Bailee | 43 |
| 205 | Tyson | 63 | Malia | 33 |
| 206 | Caden | 58 | Maya | 30 |
| 207 | Kyler | 53 | Naomi | 25 |
| 208 | Troy | 36 | Julie | 24 |
| 209 | Josiah | 36 | Gianna | 22 |
| 210 | Chad | 32 | Ariel | 22 |
| 211 | Lane | 31 | Tiana | 21 |
| 212 | Bryson | 28 | Tatiana | 21 |
| 213 | Jonah | 28 | Isabelle | 20 |
| 214 | Tucker | 28 | Bryanna | 20 |
| 215 | Keanu | 26 | Julianna | 20 |
| 216 | Carter | 24 | Leilani | 20 |
| 217 | Kainalu | 22 | Shayla | 20 |
| 218 | Calvin | 20 | Alana | 18 |
| 219 | Keith | 20 | Arianna | 18 |
| 220 | Kainoa | 19 | Alison | 18 |
| 221 | Colter | 18 | Tiare | 17 |
| 222 | Kekoa | 18 | Lillian | 16 |
| 223 | Henry | 18 | Christine | 16 |
| 224 | Bridger | 16 | Tia | 16 |
| 225 | Dante | 15 | Kamalani | 15 |
| 226 | Keoni | 15 | Sophie | 14 |
| 227 | Kawika | 15 | Kyra | 13 |
| 228 | Justice | 14 | Kehaulani | 13 |
| 229 | Branden | 14 | Brenna | 9 |
| 230 | Curtis | 14 | Katelynn | 8 |
| 231 | Donovan | 14 | Jessie | 7 |
| 232 | Brock | 14 | Mercedes | 6 |
| 233 | Zane | 14 | Justice | 5 |
| 234 | Owen | 14 | Makenzie | 5 |
| 235 | Kai | 14 | Alissa | 5 |
| 236 | Kody | 14 | Anastasia | 5 |
| 237 | Morgan | 14 | Shayna | 5 |
| 238 | Avery | 14 | Josie | 5 |
| 239 | Keenan | 13 | Delaney | 5 |
| 240 | Walker | 13 | Dakota | 5 |
| 241 | Mathew | 10 | Nichole | 5 |
| 242 | Cory | 10 | Payton | 5 |
| 243 | Aidan | 10 | Sage | 5 |
| 244 | Colten | 10 | Jordyn | 5 |