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Most popular baby names of 1997 in England and Wales

In 1997, the most popular names in England and Wales were Chloe for girls and Jack for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

← 19961998 →

Girls

  1. 1Chloe7,745
  2. 2Emily6,616
  3. 3Sophie6,311
  4. 4Jessica6,090
  5. 5Megan5,724
  6. 6Hannah5,581
  7. 7Charlotte5,531
  8. 8Lauren5,529
  9. 9Rebecca5,514
  10. 10Georgia4,908
  11. 11Amy4,666
  12. 12Lucy4,235
  13. 13Emma4,126
  14. 14Bethany4,074
  15. 15Katie3,864
  16. 16Shannon3,640
  17. 17Laura2,937
  18. 18Courtney2,812
  19. 19Olivia2,789
  20. 20Eleanor2,747
  21. 21Molly2,628
  22. 22Sarah2,613
  23. 23Holly2,584
  24. 24Abigail2,570
  25. 25Jade2,538
  26. 26Alice2,259
  27. 27Ellie2,202
  28. 28Rachel2,120
  29. 29Danielle2,069
  30. 30Elizabeth1,892
  31. 31Zoe1,784
  32. 32Paige1,703
  33. 33Georgina1,700
  34. 34Victoria1,650
  35. 35Chelsea1,649
  36. 36Leah1,605
  37. 37Nicole1,569
  38. 38Samantha1,552
  39. 39Natasha1,500
  40. 40Amber1,490
  41. 41Anna1,490
  42. 42Grace1,440
  43. 43Alexandra1,381
  44. 44Ella1,300
  45. 45Louise1,283
  46. 46Caitlin1,215
  47. 47Melissa1,180
  48. 48Jasmine1,154
  49. 49Amelia1,145
  50. 50Kayleigh1,140
  51. 51Natalie1,138
  52. 52Stephanie1,115
  53. 53Katherine1,077
  54. 54Phoebe1,071
  55. 55Abbie1,067
  56. 56Lydia1,062
  57. 57Gemma1,053
  58. 58Jodie1,021
  59. 59Harriet1,000
  60. 60Francesca975
  61. 61Aimee968
  62. 62Jennifer938
  63. 63Kirsty898
  64. 64Kate892
  65. 65Hayley877
  66. 66Ellen866
  67. 67Hollie858
  68. 68Ashleigh857
  69. 69Daisy857
  70. 70Rosie818
  71. 71Alisha816
  72. 72Sian760
  73. 73Bethan750
  74. 74Catherine736
  75. 75Lily721
  76. 76Mollie677
  77. 77Isobel651
  78. 78Heather645
  79. 79Rachael643
  80. 80Demi633
  81. 81Yasmin628
  82. 82Kelly621
  83. 83Kathryn619
  84. 84Alicia606
  85. 85Naomi603
  86. 86Niamh591
  87. 87Rhiannon591
  88. 88Millie584
  89. 89Mia583
  90. 90Robyn568
  91. 91Sophia566
  92. 92Chantelle557
  93. 93Kimberley551
  94. 94Imogen548
  95. 95Madeleine540
  96. 96Beth536
  97. 97Erin532
  98. 98Gabrielle527
  99. 99Tia525
  100. 100Isabelle509

Boys

  1. 1Jack10,145
  2. 2James9,853
  3. 3Thomas9,479
  4. 4Daniel9,047
  5. 5Joshua7,698
  6. 6Matthew7,443
  7. 7Samuel6,367
  8. 8Joseph5,809
  9. 9Ryan5,631
  10. 10Jordan5,404
  11. 11Luke5,147
  12. 12Connor4,890
  13. 13Benjamin4,782
  14. 14Callum4,746
  15. 15Liam4,743
  16. 16Alexander4,698
  17. 17Harry4,631
  18. 18George4,586
  19. 19William4,499
  20. 20Adam4,202
  21. 21Lewis4,065
  22. 22Jake3,945
  23. 23Michael3,704
  24. 24Oliver3,647
  25. 25Nathan2,983
  26. 26Christopher2,939
  27. 27Kieran2,753
  28. 28Bradley2,745
  29. 29Jacob2,590
  30. 30Ben2,572
  31. 31Jamie2,540
  32. 32Aaron2,497
  33. 33Mohammed2,390
  34. 34Robert2,281
  35. 35David2,237
  36. 36Cameron2,231
  37. 37Andrew2,220
  38. 38Kyle2,205
  39. 39Brandon2,184
  40. 40Charlie2,161
  41. 41Reece1,780
  42. 42Charles1,762
  43. 43Alex1,747
  44. 44Edward1,711
  45. 45Jonathan1,690
  46. 46Ashley1,660
  47. 47Sam1,562
  48. 48Joe1,454
  49. 49John1,439
  50. 50Scott1,414
  51. 51Sean1,388
  52. 52Dylan1,380
  53. 53Dominic1,359
  54. 54Louis1,325
  55. 55Rhys1,291
  56. 56Nicholas1,274
  57. 57Max1,244
  58. 58Henry1,241
  59. 59Tyler1,158
  60. 60Ross1,150
  61. 61Elliot1,045
  62. 62Ethan1,037
  63. 63Mark1,028
  64. 64Conor1,024
  65. 65Peter1,024
  66. 66Stephen976
  67. 67Patrick962
  68. 68Anthony948
  69. 69Declan942
  70. 70Billy885
  71. 71Richard880
  72. 72Jason844
  73. 73Lee844
  74. 74Owen813
  75. 75Joel809
  76. 76Paul806
  77. 77Shane776
  78. 78Toby762
  79. 79Harrison760
  80. 80Steven760
  81. 81Mitchell759
  82. 82Aidan732
  83. 83Shaun708
  84. 84Jay691
  85. 85Curtis675
  86. 86Mohammad658
  87. 87Elliott637
  88. 88Marcus621
  89. 89Josh595
  90. 90Corey584
  91. 91Craig575
  92. 92Alfie565
  93. 93Christian562
  94. 94Calum554
  95. 95Muhammad552
  96. 96Timothy550
  97. 97Kane549
  98. 98Rory541
  99. 99Dean538
  100. 100Harvey534

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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