Domains registered in 1997
The dot-com boom · a 1997 domain is 29 years old in 2026
Registration counts explode as every business rushes online. Most of today's household-name domains that weren't 80s tech companies date from these five years.
2,984
analyzed domains registered in 1997
3.5%
of the 85,879 domains with verified dates
google.com
highest-ranked 1997 registration
The biggest domains registered in 1997
Up to 50 of the year's registrations, ranked by Tranco popularity — dates as the registries report them.
| Domain | Registered | Tranco rank |
|---|---|---|
| google.com | September 15, 1997 | #1 |
| facebook.com | March 29, 1997 | #5 |
| mail.ru | September 27, 1997 | #12 |
| netflix.com | November 11, 1997 | #40 |
| windowsupdate.com | July 22, 1997 | #57 |
| ntp.org | January 18, 1997 | #67 |
| nic.ru | November 28, 1997 | #91 |
| yandex.ru | September 23, 1997 | #93 |
| vk.com | June 24, 1997 | #115 |
| nih.gov | October 2, 1997 | #127 |
| kaspersky.com | October 9, 1997 | #132 |
| avast.com | October 6, 1997 | #203 |
| sciencedirect.com | March 12, 1997 | #216 |
| android.com | June 23, 1997 | #222 |
| nist.gov | October 2, 1997 | #229 |
| comcast.net | September 25, 1997 | #254 |
| mts.ru | November 19, 1997 | #264 |
| springer.com | May 29, 1997 | #271 |
| telekom.net | May 29, 1997 | #274 |
| php.net | November 18, 1997 | #312 |
| naver.com | September 12, 1997 | #348 |
| nasa.gov | October 2, 1997 | #370 |
| adobe.net | March 3, 1997 | #397 |
| 163.com | September 15, 1997 | #411 |
| wp.com | March 28, 1997 | #434 |
| worldnic.com | October 3, 1997 | #438 |
| cnbc.com | September 30, 1997 | #441 |
| nease.net | July 6, 1997 | #503 |
| nbcnews.com | June 26, 1997 | #515 |
| visualstudio.com | March 18, 1997 | #540 |
| netflix.net | December 8, 1997 | #544 |
| ca.gov | October 2, 1997 | #560 |
| target.com | January 2, 1997 | #582 |
| playstation.com | January 14, 1997 | #591 |
| loc.gov | October 2, 1997 | #603 |
| irs.gov | October 2, 1997 | #639 |
| noaa.gov | October 2, 1997 | #645 |
| dreamhost.com | September 23, 1997 | #675 |
| rt.ru | January 14, 1997 | #697 |
| rakuten.com | September 12, 1997 | #795 |
| mayoclinic.org | February 8, 1997 | #814 |
| usps.com | July 10, 1997 | #828 |
| usda.gov | October 2, 1997 | #856 |
| xvideos.com | December 30, 1997 | #878 |
| kontur.ru | October 8, 1997 | #879 |
| hm.com | November 14, 1997 | #887 |
| state.gov | October 2, 1997 | #900 |
| epa.gov | October 2, 1997 | #917 |
| whitehouse.gov | October 2, 1997 | #959 |
| caixa.gov.br | August 20, 1997 | #967 |
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