NameTides

The names of 1997

The ten most popular names given in 1997, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Emily 25,734
  2. Jessica 21,045
  3. Ashley 20,897
  4. Sarah 20,716
  5. Hannah 20,597
  6. Samantha 20,170
  7. Taylor 19,504
  8. Alexis 17,171
  9. Elizabeth 15,430
  10. Madison 15,189

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US: boys

  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

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England & Wales: girls

  1. Chloe 7,745
  2. Emily 6,616
  3. Sophie 6,311
  4. Jessica 6,090
  5. Megan 5,724
  6. Hannah 5,581
  7. Charlotte 5,531
  8. Lauren 5,529
  9. Rebecca 5,514
  10. Georgia 4,908

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England & Wales: boys

  1. Jack 10,145
  2. James 9,853
  3. Thomas 9,479
  4. Daniel 9,047
  5. Joshua 7,698
  6. Matthew 7,443
  7. Samuel 6,367
  8. Joseph 5,809
  9. Ryan 5,631
  10. Jordan 5,404

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Scotland: girls

  1. Emma 752
  2. Chloe 743
  3. Rebecca 713
  4. Megan 645
  5. Lauren 631
  6. Amy 623
  7. Shannon 552
  8. Caitlin 550
  9. Rachel 517
  10. Hannah 480

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Scotland: boys

  1. Ryan 795
  2. Andrew 761
  3. Jack 759
  4. Ross 700
  5. James 638
  6. Connor 590
  7. Scott 586
  8. Lewis 568
  9. David 560
  10. Michael 557

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Northern Ireland: girls

  1. Chloe 361
  2. Shannon 313
  3. Rebecca 297
  4. Emma 291
  5. Lauren 255
  6. Megan 251
  7. Sarah 240
  8. Hannah 229
  9. Amy 228
  10. Rachel 223

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Northern Ireland: boys

  1. Matthew 410
  2. Ryan 381
  3. James 352
  4. Conor 312
  5. Andrew 275
  6. Jordan 266
  7. Michael 263
  8. Jack 259
  9. David 246
  10. Adam 236

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Canada: girls

  1. Sarah 2,697
  2. Jessica 2,530
  3. Emily 2,279
  4. Samantha 1,736
  5. Taylor 1,544
  6. Alexandra 1,461
  7. Megan 1,404
  8. Nicole 1,398
  9. Ashley 1,287
  10. Rachel 1,218

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Canada: boys

  1. Matthew 3,066
  2. Michael 2,703
  3. Nicholas 2,491
  4. Samuel 2,313
  5. Joshua 2,304
  6. Brandon 2,285
  7. Jacob 2,251
  8. Ryan 2,216
  9. William 2,042
  10. Tyler 1,812

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NSW: girls

  1. Jessica 917
  2. Emily 767
  3. Sarah 670
  4. Emma 517
  5. Georgia 468
  6. Chloe 444
  7. Samantha 433
  8. Hannah 408
  9. Rebecca 382
  10. Lauren 378

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NSW: boys

  1. Joshua 1,296
  2. Daniel 880
  3. James 872
  4. Matthew 838
  5. Jack 828
  6. Thomas 752
  7. Lachlan 714
  8. Benjamin 680
  9. Nicholas 634
  10. Liam 617

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Ireland: girls

  1. Sarah 840
  2. Aoife 727
  3. Ciara 624
  4. Emma 623
  5. Niamh 622
  6. Rachel 543
  7. Rebecca 525
  8. Amy 524
  9. Chloe 510
  10. Laura 501

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Ireland: boys

  1. Sean 872
  2. Conor 867
  3. James 757
  4. Michael 676
  5. John 636
  6. Shane 633
  7. David 617
  8. Daniel 607
  9. Aaron 594
  10. Jack 568

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Canadian provinces in 1997

US states in 1997