Popular baby names in Florida, 2008
The most popular baby names in Florida in 2008 were Isabella for girls (1,572 babies) and Jayden for boys (1,340). Isabella ranked #2 nationally for girls. Jayden ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 186,589 babies born in Florida in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Florida in 2008
Names given at least 15 times in Florida that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Ashanti: 50 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Valentina: 213 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Anabella: 44 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Daniella: 140 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Armani: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Tatiana: 125 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Nathalie: 63 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Catalina: 51 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Angeline: 44 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Gabriela: 299 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Boys
- Yadiel: 53 babies, 5.1× the national rate
- Matias: 55 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Enzo: 63 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Willie: 61 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Jamari: 99 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Javon: 76 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Jermaine: 66 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Felipe: 58 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Tomas: 54 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Sebastian: 669 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 2008
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2007 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isabella | 1,572 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Sophia | 1,033 | – | 7 |
| 3 | Emily | 953 | – | 3 |
| 4 | Emma | 910 | ↑2 | 1 |
| 5 | Madison | 876 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 6 | Olivia | 864 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 7 | Ava | 841 | ↓2 | 5 |
| 8 | Abigail | 734 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 9 | Mia | 730 | ↓1 | 14 |
| 10 | Brianna | 680 | ↑1 | 23 |
| 11 | Samantha | 651 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 12 | Elizabeth | 622 | ↑3 | 9 |
| 13 | Alyssa | 613 | ↑1 | 16 |
| 14 | Chloe | 589 | ↑6 | 10 |
| 15 | Victoria | 567 | ↑2 | 27 |
| 16 | Gabriella | 557 | ↑2 | 35 |
| 17 | Sarah | 549 | ↓1 | 20 |
| 18 | Ashley | 538 | ↓8 | 18 |
| 19 | Sofia | 536 | ↑2 | 36 |
| 20 | Hannah | 456 | ↓7 | 17 |
| 21 | Kayla | 455 | ↓2 | 28 |
| 22 | Alexis | 454 | ↑2 | 15 |
| 23 | Taylor | 443 | ↑4 | 22 |
| 24 | Jasmine | 424 | ↑2 | 43 |
| 25 | Angelina | 417 | – | 69 |
| 26 | Addison | 415 | ↓4 | 12 |
| 27 | Hailey | 409 | ↑1 | 25 |
| 28 | Natalie | 393 | ↓5 | 13 |
| 29 | Grace | 384 | ↑2 | 21 |
| 30 | Ella | 382 | ↑4 | 19 |
| 31 | Makayla | 365 | ↑11 | 37 |
| 32 | Lily | 351 | ↑3 | 24 |
| 33 | Arianna | 340 | ↓3 | 66 |
| 34 | Savannah | 340 | ↓5 | 33 |
| 35 | Nevaeh | 330 | ↓3 | 34 |
| 36 | Kaylee | 323 | new | 31 |
| 37 | Lauren | 319 | ↑1 | 30 |
| 38 | Brooke | 313 | ↑3 | 52 |
| 39 | Destiny | 313 | ↓2 | 47 |
| 40 | Camila | 310 | new | 83 |
| 41 | Maria | 305 | ↓2 | 63 |
| 42 | Alexa | 300 | new | 50 |
| 43 | Gabriela | 299 | ↑3 | >100 |
| 44 | Gianna | 298 | ↑1 | 88 |
| 45 | Layla | 298 | new | 55 |
| 46 | Alexandra | 297 | ↓13 | 61 |
| 47 | Kylie | 295 | new | 51 |
| 48 | Julia | 293 | ↑1 | 41 |
| 49 | Riley | 292 | new | 39 |
| 50 | Aaliyah | 281 | new | 76 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2007 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayden | 1,340 | ↑5 | 11 |
| 2 | Joshua | 1,334 | ↑2 | 4 |
| 3 | Michael | 1,311 | ↓1 | 2 |
| 4 | Anthony | 1,231 | ↓3 | 7 |
| 5 | Christopher | 1,188 | ↓2 | 9 |
| 6 | Daniel | 1,168 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 7 | Jacob | 1,132 | – | 1 |
| 8 | Alexander | 1,121 | – | 6 |
| 9 | Matthew | 1,036 | ↑1 | 10 |
| 10 | David | 1,019 | ↓1 | 14 |
| 11 | Ethan | 1,018 | – | 3 |
| 12 | Gabriel | 954 | ↑2 | 24 |
| 13 | Jonathan | 952 | ↑2 | 26 |
| 14 | Christian | 901 | ↓2 | 23 |
| 15 | Aiden | 878 | ↑15 | 16 |
| 16 | Joseph | 844 | – | 13 |
| 17 | William | 843 | – | 8 |
| 18 | Elijah | 824 | ↑10 | 22 |
| 19 | Nicholas | 824 | ↓6 | 29 |
| 20 | Logan | 790 | ↓2 | 19 |
| 21 | James | 789 | ↓1 | 17 |
| 22 | Noah | 779 | – | 15 |
| 23 | Tyler | 759 | ↓4 | 28 |
| 24 | Jordan | 747 | ↑3 | 48 |
| 25 | Ryan | 731 | ↓2 | 18 |
| 26 | Andrew | 723 | – | 12 |
| 27 | John | 717 | ↓2 | 20 |
| 28 | Brandon | 686 | ↓4 | 33 |
| 29 | Dylan | 677 | ↓8 | 31 |
| 30 | Kevin | 674 | ↓1 | 41 |
| 31 | Sebastian | 669 | – | 74 |
| 32 | Samuel | 622 | ↑1 | 27 |
| 33 | Lucas | 611 | ↑5 | 46 |
| 34 | Justin | 597 | ↓2 | 44 |
| 35 | Caleb | 587 | ↑7 | 34 |
| 36 | Isaiah | 581 | ↓2 | 42 |
| 37 | Nathan | 581 | – | 21 |
| 38 | Gavin | 561 | ↓2 | 30 |
| 39 | Adrian | 553 | ↑6 | 56 |
| 40 | Julian | 534 | new | 61 |
| 41 | Jackson | 530 | ↑5 | 32 |
| 42 | Angel | 519 | ↓2 | 36 |
| 43 | Jeremiah | 515 | – | 68 |
| 44 | Jose | 511 | ↓9 | 40 |
| 45 | Benjamin | 509 | ↓4 | 25 |
| 46 | Robert | 508 | ↓2 | 49 |
| 47 | Zachary | 504 | ↓8 | 47 |
| 48 | Jason | 484 | ↑2 | 60 |
| 49 | Cameron | 448 | new | 53 |
| 50 | Mason | 445 | new | 35 |