Year rank 1997

Names picked for kids in 1997

For a girl

1. emily

25735

2. jessica

21045

3. ashley

20895

4. sarah

20714

5. hannah

20594

6. samantha

20170

7. taylor

19502

8. alexis

17171

9. elizabeth

15428

10. madison

15189

11. megan

14243

12. kayla

13885

13. rachel

13798

14. lauren

13247

15. alyssa

12648

16. amanda

12242

17. brianna

12007

18. jennifer

11839

19. victoria

11792

20. brittany

11528

21. nicole

10743

22. morgan

10342

23. stephanie

9778

24. jasmine

9679

25. rebecca

9632

26. abigail

9628

27. olivia

9477

28. courtney

9035

29. amber

8914

30. alexandra

8751

31. haley

8685

32. katherine

8516

33. anna

8342

34. danielle

8034

35. sydney

8032

36. emma

7749

37. julia

7339

38. maria

7313

39. allison

7274

40. jordan

7166

41. kaitlyn

7005

42. destiny

6727

43. shelby

6700

44. melissa

6679

45. brooke

6670

46. mary

6649

47. savannah

6579

48. natalie

6539

49. kimberly

6182

50. sara

6158

51. gabrielle

5943

52. erin

5939

53. sabrina

5816

54. vanessa

5796

55. michelle

5694

56. sierra

5688

57. kelsey

5573

58. andrea

5405

59. madeline

5313

60. marissa

5298

61. tiffany

5221

62. christina

5181

63. katelyn

5156

64. paige

5030

65. bailey

5024

66. laura

4850

67. mariah

4803

68. cheyenne

4764

69. grace

4638

70. miranda

4590

71. mackenzie

4491

72. briana

4475

73. chelsea

4461

74. breanna

4444

75. caroline

4439

76. jenna

4422

77. jacqueline

4278

78. alexandria

4234

79. monica

4223

80. hailey

4147

81. cassandra

4097

82. kristen

4085

83. kelly

4063

84. erica

3991

85. shannon

3914

86. kathryn

3873

87. katie

3864

88. caitlin

3862

89. alicia

3782

90. heather

3768

91. autumn

3740

92. amy

3690

93. angela

3652

94. sophia

3640

95. lindsey

3637

96. catherine

3591

97. diana

3584

98. molly

3449

99. crystal

3435

100. michaela

3398

For a boy

1. michael

37551

2. jacob

34158

3. matthew

31516

4. christopher

29105

5. joshua

28286

6. nicholas

27257

7. andrew

25207

8. brandon

25195

9. austin

25118

10. tyler

24876

11. daniel

23948

12. joseph

23600

13. zachary

21929

14. david

21894

15. john

21386

16. ryan

20527

17. james

20405

18. anthony

20031

19. william

20019

20. justin

18744

21. jonathan

18540

22. alexander

17111

23. robert

16303

24. kyle

15916

25. christian

15058

26. jordan

14761

27. samuel

14236

28. kevin

13293

29. benjamin

13267

30. dylan

12968

31. thomas

12897

32. jose

11924

33. aaron

11170

34. nathan

10442

35. eric

10319

36. cody

10295

37. brian

9734

38. noah

9279

39. adam

8805

40. steven

8766

41. jason

8745

42. logan

8620

43. timothy

8502

44. hunter

8405

45. cameron

8217

46. ethan

7806

47. caleb

7775

48. sean

7744

49. charles

7654

50. patrick

7489

51. richard

7242

52. connor

7141

53. luis

7129

54. juan

7113

55. alex

6854

56. jared

6682

57. gabriel

6404

58. mark

6165

59. devin

6043

60. isaiah

6003

61. evan

6002

62. trevor

6001

63. jesse

5918

64. jeremy

5803

65. nathaniel

5775

66. dakota

5664

67. carlos

5461

68. stephen

5416

69. bryan

5252

70. ian

5209

71. jesus

5164

72. cole

5158

73. isaac

5146

74. elijah

5088

75. antonio

5069

76. jack

4985

77. chase

4963

78. luke

4953

79. paul

4752

80. blake

4728

81. travis

4684

82. tanner

4676

83. kenneth

4659

84. jeffrey

4582

85. garrett

4546

86. angel

4514

87. taylor

4332

88. dustin

4277

89. mason

4267

90. dalton

4238

91. miguel

4234

92. tristan

4196

93. marcus

4181

94. bradley

4124

95. adrian

4114

96. mitchell

4068

97. seth

4043

98. lucas

4032

99. alejandro

3997

100. edward

3916