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Popular / 1997

Most popular UK names of 1997

Top 100 female and male first names registered in England and Wales in 1997, ranked by the number of babies registered with each name.

Female names

Top 100 female names of 1997
  1. 1 Chloe 7,745
  2. 2 Emily 6,616
  3. 3 Sophie 6,311
  4. 4 Jessica 6,090
  5. 5 Megan 5,724
  6. 6 Hannah 5,581
  7. 7 Charlotte 5,531
  8. 8 Lauren 5,529
  9. 9 Rebecca 5,514
  10. 10 Georgia 4,908
  11. 11 Amy 4,666
  12. 12 Lucy 4,235
  13. 13 Emma 4,126
  14. 14 Bethany 4,074
  15. 15 Katie 3,864
  16. 16 Shannon 3,640
  17. 17 Laura 2,937
  18. 18 Courtney 2,812
  19. 19 Olivia 2,789
  20. 20 Eleanor 2,747
  21. 21 Molly 2,628
  22. 22 Sarah 2,613
  23. 23 Holly 2,584
  24. 24 Abigail 2,570
  25. 25 Jade 2,538
  26. 26 Alice 2,259
  27. 27 Ellie 2,202
  28. 28 Rachel 2,120
  29. 29 Danielle 2,069
  30. 30 Elizabeth 1,892
  31. 31 Zoe 1,784
  32. 32 Paige 1,703
  33. 33 Georgina 1,700
  34. 34 Victoria 1,650
  35. 35 Chelsea 1,649
  36. 36 Leah 1,605
  37. 37 Nicole 1,569
  38. 38 Samantha 1,552
  39. 39 Natasha 1,500
  40. 40 Amber 1,490
  41. 40 Anna 1,490
  42. 42 Grace 1,440
  43. 43 Alexandra 1,381
  44. 44 Ella 1,300
  45. 45 Louise 1,283
  46. 46 Caitlin 1,215
  47. 47 Melissa 1,180
  48. 48 Jasmine 1,154
  49. 49 Amelia 1,145
  50. 50 Kayleigh 1,140
  51. 51 Natalie 1,138
  52. 52 Stephanie 1,115
  53. 53 Katherine 1,077
  54. 54 Phoebe 1,071
  55. 55 Abbie 1,067
  56. 56 Lydia 1,062
  57. 57 Gemma 1,053
  58. 58 Jodie 1,021
  59. 59 Harriet 1,000
  60. 60 Francesca 975
  61. 61 Aimee 968
  62. 62 Jennifer 938
  63. 63 Kirsty 898
  64. 64 Kate 892
  65. 65 Hayley 877
  66. 66 Ellen 866
  67. 67 Hollie 858
  68. 68 Ashleigh 857
  69. 68 Daisy 857
  70. 70 Rosie 818
  71. 71 Alisha 816
  72. 72 Sian 760
  73. 73 Bethan 750
  74. 74 Catherine 736
  75. 75 Lily 721
  76. 76 Mollie 677
  77. 77 Isobel 651
  78. 78 Heather 645
  79. 79 Rachael 643
  80. 80 Demi 633
  81. 81 Yasmin 628
  82. 82 Kelly 621
  83. 83 Kathryn 619
  84. 84 Alicia 606
  85. 85 Naomi 603
  86. 86 Niamh 591
  87. 86 Rhiannon 591
  88. 88 Millie 584
  89. 89 Mia 583
  90. 90 Robyn 568
  91. 91 Sophia 566
  92. 92 Chantelle 557
  93. 93 Kimberley 551
  94. 94 Imogen 548
  95. 95 Madeleine 540
  96. 96 Beth 536
  97. 97 Erin 532
  98. 98 Gabrielle 527
  99. 99 Tia 525
  100. 100 Isabelle 509

Male names

Top 100 male names of 1997
  1. 1 Jack 10,145
  2. 2 James 9,853
  3. 3 Thomas 9,479
  4. 4 Daniel 9,047
  5. 5 Joshua 7,698
  6. 6 Matthew 7,443
  7. 7 Samuel 6,367
  8. 8 Joseph 5,809
  9. 9 Ryan 5,631
  10. 10 Jordan 5,404
  11. 11 Luke 5,147
  12. 12 Connor 4,890
  13. 13 Benjamin 4,782
  14. 14 Callum 4,746
  15. 15 Liam 4,743
  16. 16 Alexander 4,698
  17. 17 Harry 4,631
  18. 18 George 4,586
  19. 19 William 4,499
  20. 20 Adam 4,202
  21. 21 Lewis 4,065
  22. 22 Jake 3,945
  23. 23 Michael 3,704
  24. 24 Oliver 3,647
  25. 25 Nathan 2,983
  26. 26 Christopher 2,939
  27. 27 Kieran 2,753
  28. 28 Bradley 2,745
  29. 29 Jacob 2,590
  30. 30 Ben 2,572
  31. 31 Jamie 2,540
  32. 32 Aaron 2,497
  33. 33 Mohammed 2,390
  34. 34 Robert 2,281
  35. 35 David 2,237
  36. 36 Cameron 2,231
  37. 37 Andrew 2,220
  38. 38 Kyle 2,205
  39. 39 Brandon 2,184
  40. 40 Charlie 2,161
  41. 41 Reece 1,780
  42. 42 Charles 1,762
  43. 43 Alex 1,747
  44. 44 Edward 1,711
  45. 45 Jonathan 1,690
  46. 46 Ashley 1,660
  47. 47 Sam 1,562
  48. 48 Joe 1,454
  49. 49 John 1,439
  50. 50 Scott 1,414
  51. 51 Sean 1,388
  52. 52 Dylan 1,380
  53. 53 Dominic 1,359
  54. 54 Louis 1,325
  55. 55 Rhys 1,291
  56. 56 Nicholas 1,274
  57. 57 Max 1,244
  58. 58 Henry 1,241
  59. 59 Tyler 1,158
  60. 60 Ross 1,150
  61. 61 Elliot 1,045
  62. 62 Ethan 1,037
  63. 63 Mark 1,028
  64. 64 Conor 1,024
  65. 64 Peter 1,024
  66. 66 Stephen 976
  67. 67 Patrick 962
  68. 68 Anthony 948
  69. 69 Declan 942
  70. 70 Billy 885
  71. 71 Richard 880
  72. 72 Jason 844
  73. 72 Lee 844
  74. 74 Owen 813
  75. 75 Joel 809
  76. 76 Paul 806
  77. 77 Shane 776
  78. 78 Toby 762
  79. 79 Harrison 760
  80. 79 Steven 760
  81. 81 Mitchell 759
  82. 82 Aidan 732
  83. 83 Shaun 708
  84. 84 Jay 691
  85. 85 Curtis 675
  86. 86 Mohammad 658
  87. 87 Elliott 637
  88. 88 Marcus 621
  89. 89 Josh 595
  90. 90 Corey 584
  91. 91 Craig 575
  92. 92 Alfie 565
  93. 93 Christian 562
  94. 94 Calum 554
  95. 95 Muhammad 552
  96. 96 Timothy 550
  97. 97 Kane 549
  98. 98 Rory 541
  99. 99 Dean 538
  100. 100 Harvey 534