The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1997
10,814 different boys’ names were recorded in 1997, covering 1,885,140 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 37,562 |
| 2 | Jacob | 34,163 |
| 3 | Matthew | 31,517 |
| 4 | Christopher | 29,108 |
| 5 | Joshua | 28,289 |
| 6 | Nicholas | 27,258 |
| 7 | Andrew | 25,208 |
| 8 | Brandon | 25,197 |
| 9 | Austin | 25,118 |
| 10 | Tyler | 24,879 |
| 11 | Daniel | 23,950 |
| 12 | Joseph | 23,604 |
| 13 | Zachary | 21,929 |
| 14 | David | 21,896 |
| 15 | John | 21,386 |
| 16 | Ryan | 20,527 |
| 17 | James | 20,408 |
| 18 | Anthony | 20,034 |
| 19 | William | 20,020 |
| 20 | Justin | 18,745 |
| 21 | Jonathan | 18,542 |
| 22 | Alexander | 17,112 |
| 23 | Robert | 16,304 |
| 24 | Kyle | 15,919 |
| 25 | Christian | 15,059 |
| 26 | Jordan | 14,761 |
| 27 | Samuel | 14,237 |
| 28 | Kevin | 13,295 |
| 29 | Benjamin | 13,266 |
| 30 | Dylan | 12,968 |
| 31 | Thomas | 12,899 |
| 32 | Jose | 11,929 |
| 33 | Aaron | 11,170 |
| 34 | Nathan | 10,442 |
| 35 | Eric | 10,317 |
| 36 | Cody | 10,296 |
| 37 | Brian | 9,739 |
| 38 | Noah | 9,280 |
| 39 | Adam | 8,805 |
| 40 | Steven | 8,765 |
| 41 | Jason | 8,746 |
| 42 | Logan | 8,620 |
| 43 | Timothy | 8,502 |
| 44 | Hunter | 8,405 |
| 45 | Cameron | 8,219 |
| 46 | Ethan | 7,807 |
| 47 | Caleb | 7,775 |
| 48 | Sean | 7,744 |
| 49 | Charles | 7,656 |
| 50 | Patrick | 7,490 |
| 51 | Richard | 7,243 |
| 52 | Connor | 7,140 |
| 53 | Luis | 7,131 |
| 54 | Juan | 7,115 |
| 55 | Alex | 6,855 |
| 56 | Jared | 6,682 |
| 57 | Gabriel | 6,406 |
| 58 | Mark | 6,165 |
| 59 | Devin | 6,044 |
| 60 | Isaiah | 6,003 |
| 61 | Evan | 6,002 |
| 62 | Trevor | 6,001 |
| 63 | Jesse | 5,920 |
| 64 | Jeremy | 5,803 |
| 65 | Nathaniel | 5,775 |
| 66 | Dakota | 5,664 |
| 67 | Carlos | 5,463 |
| 68 | Stephen | 5,414 |
| 69 | Bryan | 5,251 |
| 70 | Ian | 5,211 |
| 71 | Jesus | 5,164 |
| 72 | Cole | 5,159 |
| 73 | Isaac | 5,146 |
| 74 | Elijah | 5,089 |
| 75 | Antonio | 5,069 |
| 76 | Jack | 4,984 |
| 77 | Chase | 4,964 |
| 78 | Luke | 4,953 |
| 79 | Paul | 4,752 |
| 80 | Blake | 4,728 |
| 81 | Travis | 4,684 |
| 82 | Tanner | 4,676 |
| 83 | Kenneth | 4,659 |
| 84 | Jeffrey | 4,582 |
| 85 | Garrett | 4,545 |
| 86 | Angel | 4,514 |
| 87 | Taylor | 4,333 |
| 88 | Dustin | 4,277 |
| 89 | Mason | 4,268 |
| 90 | Dalton | 4,238 |
| 91 | Miguel | 4,234 |
| 92 | Tristan | 4,197 |
| 93 | Marcus | 4,183 |
| 94 | Bradley | 4,124 |
| 95 | Adrian | 4,116 |
| 96 | Mitchell | 4,068 |
| 97 | Seth | 4,043 |
| 98 | Lucas | 4,034 |
| 99 | Alejandro | 3,998 |
| 100 | Edward | 3,915 |
| 101 | Jake | 3,840 |
| 102 | Peter | 3,829 |
| 103 | Gregory | 3,802 |
| 104 | Spencer | 3,766 |
| 105 | Victor | 3,701 |
| 106 | Derek | 3,672 |
| 107 | Brendan | 3,621 |
| 108 | Colton | 3,600 |
| 109 | Shawn | 3,449 |
| 110 | Corey | 3,416 |
| 111 | Malik | 3,381 |
| 112 | Bryce | 3,352 |
| 113 | Scott | 3,344 |
| 114 | Shane | 3,317 |
| 115 | Grant | 3,315 |
| 116 | Brett | 3,268 |
| 117 | Jorge | 3,231 |
| 118 | Vincent | 3,194 |
| 119 | Devon | 3,189 |
| 120 | Alexis | 3,182 |
| 121 | George | 3,177 |
| 122 | Collin | 3,157 |
| 123 | Alec | 3,137 |
| 124 | Jackson | 3,126 |
| 125 | Colin | 3,099 |
| 126 | Joel | 2,989 |
| 127 | Oscar | 2,970 |
| 128 | Jeremiah | 2,930 |
| 129 | Dominic | 2,928 |
| 130 | Ricardo | 2,926 |
| 131 | Julian | 2,911 |
| 132 | Dillon | 2,887 |
| 133 | Francisco | 2,865 |
| 134 | Erik | 2,857 |
| 135 | Riley | 2,833 |
| 136 | Gavin | 2,758 |
| 137 | Wyatt | 2,747 |
| 138 | Raymond | 2,705 |
| 139 | Henry | 2,657 |
| 140 | Eduardo | 2,624 |
| 141 | Xavier | 2,590 |
| 142 | Johnathan | 2,550 |
| 143 | Nicolas | 2,430 |
| 144 | Wesley | 2,358 |
| 145 | Cristian | 2,331 |
| 146 | Manuel | 2,323 |
| 147 | Clayton | 2,319 |
| 148 | Maxwell | 2,317 |
| 149 | Fernando | 2,315 |
| 150 | Parker | 2,298 |
| 151 | Bailey | 2,296 |
| 152 | Mario | 2,295 |
| 153 | Omar | 2,291 |
| 153 | Javier | 2,291 |
| 155 | Martin | 2,230 |
| 156 | Levi | 2,225 |
| 157 | Andres | 2,202 |
| 158 | Alan | 2,177 |
| 159 | Brady | 2,162 |
| 160 | Ivan | 2,160 |
| 161 | Edgar | 2,115 |
| 162 | Liam | 2,112 |
| 163 | Casey | 2,099 |
| 164 | Ronald | 2,096 |
| 165 | Phillip | 2,087 |
| 166 | Cory | 2,083 |
| 167 | Hayden | 2,069 |
| 168 | Frank | 2,023 |
| 169 | Keith | 2,000 |
| 170 | Troy | 1,998 |
| 171 | Drew | 1,994 |
| 172 | Sergio | 1,985 |
| 173 | Donald | 1,970 |
| 174 | Chad | 1,952 |
| 175 | Roberto | 1,944 |
| 176 | Marco | 1,924 |
| 177 | Darius | 1,890 |
| 178 | Preston | 1,889 |
| 179 | Hector | 1,870 |
| 180 | Jonathon | 1,845 |
| 181 | Harrison | 1,824 |
| 182 | Trenton | 1,808 |
| 183 | Andre | 1,801 |
| 184 | Chandler | 1,796 |
| 185 | Kaleb | 1,793 |
| 186 | Diego | 1,785 |
| 187 | Cesar | 1,784 |
| 187 | Derrick | 1,784 |
| 189 | Sebastian | 1,768 |
| 190 | Conner | 1,727 |
| 191 | Chance | 1,715 |
| 192 | Calvin | 1,707 |
| 193 | Gage | 1,702 |
| 194 | Max | 1,698 |
| 195 | Philip | 1,661 |
| 196 | Jonah | 1,621 |
| 197 | Erick | 1,617 |
| 198 | Edwin | 1,605 |
| 199 | Ruben | 1,595 |
| 200 | Dante | 1,590 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1997 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.