Most Popular Names Germany/East 1997
| Description: | Most popular names for male newborns in East Germany (formerly GDR) 1997 |
| Source: | Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache (GfdS) |
| Series: | Germany/East |
| Following list: | - |
| Previous list: | 1996 |
| Highest new entries: | Alexander (new at 3), Tom (new at 7) |
| Largest rises: | Paul +7 (now at 1), Florian +2 (now at 2) |
| Largest falls: | Lukas -7 (now at 9), Kevin -5 (now at 10) |
| Rank | Name | +/- | Graph |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul |  7 | Graph |
| 2 | Florian | 2 | Graph |
| 3 | Alexander |  | Graph |
| 4 | Philipp |  1 | Graph |
| 5 | Maximilian | 4 | Graph |
| 6 | Max | Graph | |
| 7 | Tom | | Graph |
| 8 | Felix | 1 | Graph |
| 9 | Lukas | 7 | Graph |
| 10 | Kevin | 5 | Graph |