Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Top 200 baby girl names in all countries combined during year 1997

BoysGirls
RankNameBirths
101101Mariah4,905
102102Catherine4,873
103103Mathilde4,844
104104Océane4,834
105105Heather4,781
106106Miranda4,746
107107Kathryn4,659
108108Sophia4,642
109109Lisa4,595
110110Mackenzie4,589
111111Justine4,537
112112Audrey4,513
113113Briana4,511
114114Breanna4,509
115115Jacqueline4,470
116116Monica4,465
117117Marion4,451
118118Alexandria4,361
119119Hailey4,247
120120Erica4,209
121121Kristen4,173
122122Clara3,966
123123Michaela3,946
124124Angela3,917
125125Diana3,916
126126Autumn3,833
127127Lucie3,800
128128Lindsey3,778
129129Louise3,651
130130Hayley3,618
131131Crystal3,605
132132Jamie3,560
133133Morgane3,505
134134Emilie3,490
135135Natasha3,480
136136Cynthia3,452
137137Angelica3,441
138138Isabella3,396
139139Eleanor3,380
140140Makayla3,375
141141Lydia3,271
142142Cassidy3,256
143143Daisy3,223
144144Alexa3,211
145145Meghan3,184
146146Margaret3,180
147147Mia3,161
148148Erika3,149
149149Alison3,143
150150Kaylee3,129
151151Leslie3,125
152152Rachael3,100
153153Juliette3,033
154154Elise3,011
155155Mikayla2,954
156156Gabriella2,940
157157Eva2,890
158158Kaitlin2,852
159159Dominique2,828
160160Kylie2,819
161161Alexia2,796
162162Amelia2,779
163163Isabel2,774
164164Ellie2,772
165165Faith2,767
166166Summer2,765
167167Amandine2,727
168168Casey2,723
169169Carly2,701
170170Jocelyn2,681
171171Rebekah2,680
172172Gabriela2,676
173173Elodie2,664
174174Margaux2,656
175175Karen2,650
176176Naomi2,633
177177Adriana2,628
178178Veronica2,606
179179Elisa2,572
180180Tara2,551
181181Ciara2,546
182182Caitlyn2,536
183183Claudia2,527
184184Brittney2,515
185185Cindy2,486
186186Bianca2,470
187187Karina2,464
188188Brenda2,457
189189Ana2,454
190190Lindsay2,440
191191Celine2,394
192192Angel2,378
193193Valerie2,378
194194Amélie2,371
195195Ariana2,359
196196Maeva2,339
197197Sandra2,319
198198Ariel2,229
199199Desiree2,218
200200Inès2,216

Combined births from USA, England & Wales, France, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland and British Columbia, for the years where all of them have data. Each country counts only the names it publishes (see the notes on the single-country lists).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence