Popular baby names in Washington, 2008

The most popular baby names in Washington in 2008 were Olivia for girls (430 babies) and Ethan for boys (464). Olivia ranked #4 nationally for girls. Ethan ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 69,388 babies born in Washington in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 2008

Names given at least 15 times in Washington that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Elsa: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mareli: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Hana: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Olive: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Annika: 44 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Makena: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Clara: 78 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rowan: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kristina: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marisa: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Kael: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Maxim: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Soren: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
August: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kian: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Finnegan: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Finn: 46 babies, 3× the national rate
Talon: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Kai: 85 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gunnar: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Olivia	430	–	4
2	Emma	396	↑1	1
3	Ava	380	↑3	5
4	Sophia	380	↑1	7
5	Emily	375	↓3	3
6	Isabella	373	↓2	2
7	Abigail	340	–	8
8	Madison	312	↑1	6
9	Chloe	308	↑4	10
10	Elizabeth	267	↓2	9
11	Grace	258	–	21
12	Lily	246	↑4	24
13	Natalie	245	↑2	13
14	Samantha	235	–	11
15	Ella	220	↑2	19
16	Hannah	217	↓6	17
17	Addison	193	↑1	12
18	Hailey	190	↓6	25
19	Alexis	188	–	15
20	Mia	187	↑1	14
21	Anna	185	↑3	26
22	Taylor	184	↑7	22
23	Audrey	182	↑3	44
24	Lillian	171	↑6	29
25	Ashley	160	↓5	18
26	Avery	157	↑9	38
27	Sarah	150	↓5	20
28	Savannah	148	↑4	33
29	Kaylee	144	↑9	31
30	Nevaeh	138	↓2	34
31	Amelia	135	↑10	68
32	Claire	135	↓1	62
33	Sofia	135	↓8	36
34	Alyssa	130	↓11	16
35	Brooklyn	128	↑1	48
36	Jasmine	128	new	43
37	Lauren	126	↓10	30
38	Peyton	124	new	60
39	Brianna	123	–	23
40	Madeline	123	↑4	56
41	Zoe	121	↓8	58
42	Isabelle	120	new	93
43	Lucy	119	new	>100
44	Sydney	117	↓10	49
45	Evelyn	115	new	54
46	Riley	114	new	39
47	Julia	113	↓4	41
48	Maya	112	↑1	71
49	Victoria	111	↓12	27
50	Naomi	110	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Ethan	464	↑1	3
2	Jacob	455	↓1	1
3	Alexander	441	–	6
4	Daniel	414	–	5
5	Logan	381	–	19
6	William	352	↑7	8
7	Noah	346	↓1	15
8	Aiden	342	↑13	16
9	Samuel	339	↑2	27
10	Joshua	330	↑4	4
11	David	329	↓3	14
12	Andrew	324	↓2	12
13	Elijah	306	↑6	22
14	Michael	306	↓5	2
15	Benjamin	305	↓8	25
16	Gabriel	290	–	24
17	Nathan	288	↑1	21
18	Matthew	287	↓3	10
19	Anthony	283	↓7	7
20	James	274	–	17
21	Joseph	272	↑1	13
22	Jackson	270	↑6	32
23	Mason	269	↑9	35
24	Ryan	269	↓7	18
25	Jayden	268	↑5	11
26	Dylan	267	↑1	31
27	Jack	257	↓3	39
28	Isaac	251	↓5	37
29	Gavin	246	↓3	30
30	Evan	240	↑7	38
31	Tyler	236	–	28
32	Hunter	231	↑10	54
33	Christopher	229	↓8	9
34	Wyatt	228	new	62
35	Caleb	221	–	34
36	Owen	217	↓7	58
37	Angel	213	↑10	36
38	Jose	212	↓4	40
39	Jonathan	210	↓6	26
40	Liam	210	↑10	75
41	Brandon	209	↑4	33
42	Christian	200	↑1	23
43	Lucas	196	↓7	46
44	Luke	192	↑5	43
45	Henry	189	new	78
46	Zachary	186	↓5	47
47	John	185	↓3	20
48	Landon	180	↓2	45
49	Connor	177	new	57
50	Austin	176	↓10	55

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