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Top 300 baby girl names in all countries combined during year 1997

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RankNameBirths
201201Marina2,214
202202Clémence2,201
203203Christine2,197
204204Kayleigh2,184
205205Noemie2,178
206206Nina2,174
207207Lily2,173
208208Kathleen2,170
209209Celia2,169
210210Carla2,144
211211Kara2,142
212212Kate2,139
213213Selena2,120
214214Kendra2,118
215215Whitney2,117
216216Ashleigh2,116
217217Ellen2,102
218218Mckenzie2,084
219219Joanna2,064
220220Hope2,036
221221Adrianna2,035
222222Patricia2,030
223223Anne2,014
224224Kirsten2,014
225225Madeleine2,011
226226Dana2,005
227227Maya1,983
228228Kristina1,982
229229Aimee1,970
230230Isabelle1,962
231231Jasmin1,938
232232Ella1,928
233233Georgina1,922
234234Hanna1,918
235235Abby1,912
236236Alisha1,912
237237Alejandra1,910
238238April1,908
239239Jillian1,895
240240Jada1,883
241241Aaliyah1,866
242242Francesca1,863
243243Ophélie1,862
244244Alondra1,837
245245Raven1,817
246246Fanny1,798
247247Kristin1,796
248248Nancy1,779
249249Valentine1,771
250250Coralie1,764
251251Kennedy1,762
252252Arianna1,745
253253Katrina1,729
254254Fiona1,720
255255Sofia1,716
256256Riley1,706
257257Margot1,689
258258Romane1,689
259259Evelyn1,684
260260Cierra1,683
261261Diamond1,679
262262Alexus1,675
263263Aurélie1,666
264264Mallory1,660
265265Deborah1,659
266266Abbie1,631
267267Tessa1,628
268268Tatiana1,627
269269Kyra1,618
270270Josephine1,596
271271Karla1,596
272272Estelle1,592
273273Kassandra1,592
274274Kendall1,590
275275Charlene1,582
276276Asia1,578
277277Wendy1,574
278278Phoebe1,571
279279Niamh1,566
280280Kiana1,565
281281Ruby1,562
282282Tia1,556
283283Marisa1,544
284284Deanna1,537
285285Serena1,532
286286Laurie1,525
287287Angelique1,512
288288Tori1,511
289289Brandi1,500
290290Jazmin1,491
291291Annie1,490
292292Gemma1,487
293293Linda1,486
294294Johanna1,483
295295Jordyn1,475
296296Tamara1,473
297297Elena1,463
298298Jodie1,461
299299Laurine1,459
300300Lillian1,458

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