Popular baby names of 2008

In 2008, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emma for girls (18,830 babies) and Jacob for boys (22,621). Social Security records show 3,931,088 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 20,482 girls' names and 14,625 boys' names.

2008 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 8.5% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 9.5% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Peyton, Madelyn, Camila, Charlotte, Payton, Genesis, Zoey.
New in the boys' top 100: Brody, Ayden, Josiah, Colton, Eli.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007
1	Emma	18,830	↑2
2	Isabella	18,629	–
3	Emily	17,448	↓2
4	Olivia	17,088	↑3
5	Ava	17,051	↓1
6	Madison	17,047	↓1
7	Sophia	16,091	↓1
8	Abigail	15,088	–
9	Elizabeth	12,027	↑1
10	Chloe	11,836	↑6
11	Samantha	11,190	↑1
12	Addison	10,767	↓1
13	Natalie	10,201	↑4
14	Mia	10,173	↑1
15	Alexis	9,734	↑4
16	Alyssa	9,653	↓2
17	Hannah	9,577	↓8
18	Ashley	9,408	↓5
19	Ella	9,364	↑2
20	Sarah	9,055	↓2
21	Grace	9,042	↓1
22	Taylor	8,344	↑2
23	Brianna	8,278	↓1
24	Lily	8,128	↑3
25	Hailey	7,872	↓2
26	Anna	7,278	↓1
27	Victoria	7,127	↑2
28	Kayla	6,835	↓2
29	Lillian	6,817	↑4
30	Lauren	6,455	↓2
31	Kaylee	6,302	↑4
32	Allison	6,241	↑14
33	Savannah	6,134	↓3
34	Nevaeh	6,112	↓3
35	Gabriella	6,039	↑3
36	Sofia	5,985	–
37	Makayla	5,957	↑10
38	Avery	5,829	↑10
39	Riley	5,774	↑13
40	Leah	5,634	↑27
41	Julia	5,620	↓7
42	Aubrey	5,570	↑27
43	Jasmine	5,536	↓11
44	Audrey	5,443	↑7
45	Katherine	5,350	↓6
46	Morgan	5,333	↓3
47	Destiny	5,320	↓6
48	Brooklyn	5,317	↑9
49	Sydney	5,264	↓12
50	Alexa	5,226	↓10
51	Kylie	5,194	↑12
52	Brooke	5,186	↓7
53	Kaitlyn	5,117	↓9
54	Evelyn	5,101	↑1
55	Layla	4,931	↑30
56	Madeline	4,820	↑5
57	Kimberly	4,814	↓3
58	Zoe	4,781	↓2
59	Jessica	4,739	↓17
60	Peyton	4,738	new
61	Alexandra	4,612	↓12
62	Claire	4,601	↑4
63	Maria	4,593	↓10
64	Madelyn	4,567	new
65	Mackenzie	4,474	–
66	Arianna	4,426	↑4
67	Jocelyn	4,372	↓17
68	Amelia	4,352	↑9
69	Angelina	4,299	↓11
70	Trinity	4,276	↑2
71	Maya	4,270	↓9
72	Andrea	4,263	↓12
73	Valeria	4,206	↑25
74	Rachel	4,087	↓15
75	Sophie	4,065	↑7
76	Aaliyah	4,046	↑7
77	Mariah	4,041	↑15
78	Vanessa	4,032	↓7
79	Gabrielle	4,027	↓11
80	Katelyn	3,976	↓5
81	Ariana	3,916	↓8
82	Bailey	3,907	↑2
83	Camila	3,847	new
84	Jennifer	3,797	↓20
85	Melanie	3,714	↓4
86	Charlotte	3,671	new
87	Autumn	3,669	↑3
88	Gianna	3,669	↑3
89	Paige	3,647	–
90	Faith	3,636	↓16
91	Payton	3,612	new
92	Sara	3,595	↓12
93	Isabelle	3,573	↓14
94	Caroline	3,545	↑5
95	Genesis	3,523	new
96	Mary	3,514	↓3
97	Isabel	3,489	↓10
98	Zoey	3,450	new
99	Gracie	3,427	↓3
100	Megan	3,416	↓22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007
1	Jacob	22,621	–
2	Michael	20,652	–
3	Ethan	20,223	–
4	Joshua	19,231	–
5	Daniel	19,032	–
6	Alexander	18,711	↑5
7	Anthony	18,417	–
8	William	18,403	–
9	Christopher	17,966	↓3
10	Matthew	17,604	↓1
11	Jayden	17,167	↑7
12	Andrew	16,779	↓2
13	Joseph	16,599	–
14	David	16,347	↓2
15	Noah	15,808	↓1
16	Aiden	15,592	↑11
17	James	15,190	↓2
18	Ryan	14,686	↓2
19	Logan	13,861	↓2
20	John	13,336	↓1
21	Nathan	13,262	↑3
22	Elijah	13,241	↑8
23	Christian	13,069	↓1
24	Gabriel	13,041	↑4
25	Benjamin	12,958	↑1
26	Jonathan	12,905	↓3
27	Samuel	12,774	↓2
28	Tyler	12,709	↓7
29	Nicholas	12,533	↓9
30	Gavin	11,752	↑2
31	Dylan	11,710	↓2
32	Jackson	11,641	↑1
33	Brandon	11,482	↓2
34	Caleb	10,579	↑2
35	Mason	10,489	↑2
36	Angel	10,357	↓2
37	Isaac	10,030	↑4
38	Evan	9,926	↑2
39	Jack	9,897	↓1
40	Jose	9,826	↓5
41	Kevin	9,798	↓2
42	Isaiah	9,670	↑1
43	Luke	9,424	↑3
44	Justin	9,365	↑1
45	Landon	9,361	↑4
46	Lucas	9,328	↑7
47	Zachary	9,235	↓5
48	Jordan	9,099	↓4
49	Robert	8,841	↓2
50	Aaron	8,545	↑1
51	Brayden	8,445	↑13
52	Thomas	8,370	–
53	Cameron	8,305	↓3
54	Hunter	8,045	↑3
55	Austin	7,997	↓7
56	Adrian	7,938	↑5
57	Connor	7,817	↓2
58	Owen	7,802	↓2
59	Aidan	7,709	↓5
60	Jason	7,662	↓1
61	Julian	7,469	↑5
62	Wyatt	7,313	↑7
63	Charles	7,288	↓1
64	Luis	7,135	↓4
65	Carter	7,069	↑15
66	Juan	7,034	↓3
67	Chase	7,003	↑12
68	Jeremiah	6,594	↓1
69	Diego	6,572	↓11
70	Brody	6,299	new
71	Xavier	6,290	↓3
72	Adam	6,098	↓7
73	Carlos	6,054	↓3
74	Sebastian	6,041	↓1
75	Liam	5,982	↑14
76	Hayden	5,949	↓5
77	Nathaniel	5,858	↑5
78	Henry	5,788	↑12
79	Jesus	5,758	↓2
80	Ian	5,723	↓5
81	Tristan	5,659	↑6
82	Bryan	5,505	↓4
83	Sean	5,471	↓7
84	Alex	5,400	↓12
85	Cole	5,389	↓1
86	Eric	5,377	↓3
87	Brian	5,263	↓6
88	Jaden	5,193	↓14
89	Carson	5,127	↑2
90	Blake	5,099	↓2
91	Ayden	5,058	new
92	Cooper	5,051	↑4
93	Dominic	4,965	↓8
94	Brady	4,815	↓1
95	Josiah	4,785	new
96	Caden	4,773	↓4
97	Kyle	4,705	↓11
98	Colton	4,550	new
99	Eli	4,526	new
100	Kaden	4,508	↓2

Every name given in 2008

All 35,107 names Social Security recorded for 2008, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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