200 most popular baby names for boys born in 1997

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Back in 1997, the population of the United States was 267,743,595 — and that number includes the 3.9 million brand new babies born that year.

Then, of the two million or so of those that were boys, the number 1 baby name was Michael, with 37,548 little Michaels born that year.

In addition to all those boys named Michael, there were also a few other people you might have heard of who arrived that year — like Asa Butterfield, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, K.J. Apa, Alex Wolff.

Here, check out the top 200 baby names for boys born in the US in 1997! You can sort the list by popularity rank, in alphabetical order, or by the number of letters in the name — plus you can also choose to view some or all of the records. (You can search for all or part of a baby name using the search area on the upper right of the table.)

Listed and ranked by popularity: The 200 most popular baby names for boys born in 1997

Rank	Name	Number of letters
1	Michael	7 letters
2	Jacob	5 letters
3	Matthew	7 letters
4	Christopher	11 letters
5	Joshua	6 letters
6	Nicholas	8 letters
7	Andrew	6 letters
8	Brandon	7 letters
9	Austin	6 letters
10	Tyler	5 letters
11	Daniel	6 letters
12	Joseph	6 letters
13	Zachary	7 letters
14	David	5 letters
15	John	4 letters
16	Ryan	4 letters
17	James	5 letters
18	Anthony	7 letters
19	William	7 letters
20	Justin	6 letters
21	Jonathan	8 letters
22	Alexander	9 letters
23	Robert	6 letters
24	Kyle	4 letters
25	Christian	9 letters
26	Jordan	6 letters
27	Samuel	6 letters
28	Kevin	5 letters
29	Benjamin	8 letters
30	Dylan	5 letters
31	Thomas	6 letters
32	Jose	4 letters
33	Aaron	5 letters
34	Nathan	6 letters
35	Eric	4 letters
36	Cody	4 letters
37	Brian	5 letters
38	Noah	4 letters
39	Adam	4 letters
40	Steven	6 letters
41	Jason	5 letters
42	Logan	5 letters
43	Timothy	7 letters
44	Hunter	6 letters
45	Cameron	7 letters
46	Ethan	5 letters
47	Caleb	5 letters
48	Sean	4 letters
49	Charles	7 letters
50	Patrick	7 letters
51	Richard	7 letters
52	Connor	6 letters
53	Luis	4 letters
54	Juan	4 letters
55	Alex	4 letters
56	Jared	5 letters
57	Gabriel	7 letters
58	Mark	4 letters
59	Devin	5 letters
60	Isaiah	6 letters
61	Evan	4 letters
62	Trevor	6 letters
63	Jesse	5 letters
64	Jeremy	6 letters
65	Nathaniel	9 letters
66	Dakota	6 letters
67	Carlos	6 letters
68	Stephen	7 letters
69	Bryan	5 letters
70	Ian	3 letters
71	Jesus	5 letters
72	Cole	4 letters
73	Isaac	5 letters
74	Elijah	6 letters
75	Antonio	7 letters
76	Jack	4 letters
77	Chase	5 letters
78	Luke	4 letters
79	Paul	4 letters
80	Blake	5 letters
81	Travis	6 letters
82	Tanner	6 letters
83	Kenneth	7 letters
84	Jeffrey	7 letters
85	Garrett	7 letters
86	Angel	5 letters
87	Taylor	6 letters
88	Dustin	6 letters
89	Mason	5 letters
90	Dalton	6 letters
91	Miguel	6 letters
92	Tristan	7 letters
93	Marcus	6 letters
94	Bradley	7 letters
95	Adrian	6 letters
96	Mitchell	8 letters
97	Seth	4 letters
98	Lucas	5 letters
99	Alejandro	9 letters
100	Edward	6 letters
101	Jake	4 letters
102	Peter	5 letters
103	Gregory	7 letters
104	Spencer	7 letters
105	Victor	6 letters
106	Derek	5 letters
107	Brendan	7 letters
108	Colton	6 letters
109	Shawn	5 letters
110	Corey	5 letters
111	Malik	5 letters
112	Bryce	5 letters
113	Scott	5 letters
114	Shane	5 letters
115	Grant	5 letters
116	Brett	5 letters
117	Jorge	5 letters
118	Vincent	7 letters
119	Devon	5 letters
120	Alexis	6 letters
121	George	6 letters
122	Collin	6 letters
123	Alec	4 letters
124	Jackson	7 letters
125	Colin	5 letters
126	Joel	4 letters
127	Oscar	5 letters
128	Jeremiah	8 letters
129	Dominic	7 letters
130	Ricardo	7 letters
131	Julian	6 letters
132	Dillon	6 letters
133	Francisco	9 letters
134	Erik	4 letters
135	Riley	5 letters
136	Gavin	5 letters
137	Wyatt	5 letters
138	Raymond	7 letters
139	Henry	5 letters
140	Eduardo	7 letters
141	Xavier	6 letters
142	Johnathan	9 letters
143	Nicolas	7 letters
144	Wesley	6 letters
145	Cristian	8 letters
146	Manuel	6 letters
147	Clayton	7 letters
148	Maxwell	7 letters
149	Fernando	8 letters
150	Parker	6 letters
151	Mario	5 letters
152	Bailey	6 letters
153	Javier	6 letters
154	Omar	4 letters
155	Martin	6 letters
156	Levi	4 letters
157	Andres	6 letters
158	Alan	4 letters
159	Brady	5 letters
160	Ivan	4 letters
161	Edgar	5 letters
162	Liam	4 letters
163	Casey	5 letters
164	Ronald	6 letters
165	Phillip	7 letters
166	Cory	4 letters
167	Hayden	6 letters
168	Frank	5 letters
169	Keith	5 letters
170	Troy	4 letters
171	Drew	4 letters
172	Sergio	6 letters
173	Donald	6 letters
174	Chad	4 letters
175	Roberto	7 letters
176	Marco	5 letters
177	Darius	6 letters
178	Preston	7 letters
179	Hector	6 letters
180	Jonathon	8 letters
181	Harrison	8 letters
182	Trenton	7 letters
183	Andre	5 letters
184	Chandler	8 letters
185	Kaleb	5 letters
186	Diego	5 letters
187	Derrick	7 letters
188	Cesar	5 letters
189	Sebastian	9 letters
190	Conner	6 letters
191	Chance	6 letters
192	Calvin	6 letters
193	Gage	4 letters
194	Max	3 letters
195	Philip	6 letters
196	Jonah	5 letters
197	Erick	5 letters
198	Edwin	5 letters
199	Ruben	5 letters
200	Dante	5 letters