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Most popular baby names in England and Wales (1997)

The rankings exactly as Office for National Statistics published them for 1997. England and Walespublishes a girls' list and a boys' list separately, so they are shown separately — there is no official combined ranking, and Namewise does not invent one.

This source has published 30 complete rankings, from 1996 to 2025. Data sources

Girls' names

Top 100 in England and Wales, 1997

  1. 1Chloe
  2. 2Emily
  3. 3Sophie
  4. 4Jessica
  5. 5Megan
  6. 6Hannah
  7. 7Charlotte
  8. 8Lauren
  9. 9Rebecca
  10. 10Georgia
  11. 11Amy
  12. 12Lucy
  13. 13Emma
  14. 14Bethany
  15. 15Katie
  16. 16Shannon
  17. 17Laura
  18. 18Courtney
  19. 19Olivia
  20. 20Eleanor
  21. 21Molly
  22. 22Sarah
  23. 23Holly
  24. 24Abigail
  25. 25Jade
  26. 26Alice
  27. 27Ellie
  28. 28Rachel
  29. 29Danielle
  30. 30Elizabeth
  31. 31Zoe
  32. 32Paige
  33. 33Georgina
  34. 34Victoria
  35. 35Chelsea
  36. 36Leah
  37. 37Nicole
  38. 38Samantha
  39. 39Natasha
  40. 40Amber
  41. 40Anna
  42. 42Grace
  43. 43Alexandra
  44. 44Ella
  45. 45Louise
  46. 46Caitlin
  47. 47Melissa
  48. 48Jasmine
  49. 49Amelia
  50. 50Kayleigh
  51. 51Natalie
  52. 52Stephanie
  53. 53Katherine
  54. 54Phoebe
  55. 55Abbie
  56. 56Lydia
  57. 57Gemma
  58. 58Jodie
  59. 59Harriet
  60. 60Francesca
  61. 61Aimee
  62. 62Jennifer
  63. 63Kirsty
  64. 64Kate
  65. 65Hayley
  66. 66Ellen
  67. 67Hollie
  68. 68Ashleigh
  69. 68Daisy
  70. 70Rosie
  71. 71Alisha
  72. 72Sian
  73. 73Bethan
  74. 74Catherine
  75. 75Lily
  76. 76Mollie
  77. 77Isobel
  78. 78Heather
  79. 79Rachael
  80. 80Demi
  81. 81Yasmin
  82. 82Kelly
  83. 83Kathryn
  84. 84Alicia
  85. 85Naomi
  86. 86Niamh
  87. 86Rhiannon
  88. 88Millie
  89. 89Mia
  90. 90Robyn
  91. 91Sophia
  92. 92Chantelle
  93. 93Kimberley
  94. 94Imogen
  95. 95Madeleine
  96. 96Beth
  97. 97Erin
  98. 98Gabrielle
  99. 99Tia
  100. 100Isabelle

Boys' names

Top 100 in England and Wales, 1997

  1. 1Jack
  2. 2James
  3. 3Thomas
  4. 4Daniel
  5. 5Joshua
  6. 6Matthew
  7. 7Samuel
  8. 8Joseph
  9. 9Ryan
  10. 10Jordan
  11. 11Luke
  12. 12Connor
  13. 13Benjamin
  14. 14Callum
  15. 15Liam
  16. 16Alexander
  17. 17Harry
  18. 18George
  19. 19William
  20. 20Adam
  21. 21Lewis
  22. 22Jake
  23. 23Michael
  24. 24Oliver
  25. 25Nathan
  26. 26Christopher
  27. 27Kieran
  28. 28Bradley
  29. 29Jacob
  30. 30Ben
  31. 31Jamie
  32. 32Aaron
  33. 33Mohammed
  34. 34Robert
  35. 35David
  36. 36Cameron
  37. 37Andrew
  38. 38Kyle
  39. 39Brandon
  40. 40Charlie
  41. 41Reece
  42. 42Charles
  43. 43Alex
  44. 44Edward
  45. 45Jonathan
  46. 46Ashley
  47. 47Sam
  48. 48Joe
  49. 49John
  50. 50Scott
  51. 51Sean
  52. 52Dylan
  53. 53Dominic
  54. 54Louis
  55. 55Rhys
  56. 56Nicholas
  57. 57Max
  58. 58Henry
  59. 59Tyler
  60. 60Ross
  61. 61Elliot
  62. 62Ethan
  63. 63Mark
  64. 64Conor
  65. 64Peter
  66. 66Stephen
  67. 67Patrick
  68. 68Anthony
  69. 69Declan
  70. 70Billy
  71. 71Richard
  72. 72Jason
  73. 72Lee
  74. 74Owen
  75. 75Joel
  76. 76Paul
  77. 77Shane
  78. 78Toby
  79. 79Harrison
  80. 79Steven
  81. 81Mitchell
  82. 82Aidan
  83. 83Shaun
  84. 84Jay
  85. 85Curtis
  86. 86Mohammad
  87. 87Elliott
  88. 88Marcus
  89. 89Josh
  90. 90Corey
  91. 91Craig
  92. 92Alfie
  93. 93Christian
  94. 94Calum
  95. 95Muhammad
  96. 96Timothy
  97. 97Kane
  98. 98Rory
  99. 99Dean
  100. 100Harvey