Most popular baby names of 2008
Jacob and Emma topped the list in 2008. The 10 most popular names went to 9% of boys and 9% of girls, from 14,617 boy names and 20,476 girl names in all.
Top boy names of 2008
- Jacob 22,621
- Michael 20,652
- Ethan 20,223
- Joshua 19,231
- Daniel 19,032
- Alexander 18,711
- Anthony 18,417
- William 18,403
- Christopher 17,966
- Matthew 17,604
- Jayden 17,167
- Andrew 16,779
- Joseph 16,599
- David 16,347
- Noah 15,808
- Aiden 15,592
- James 15,190
- Ryan 14,686
- Logan 13,861
- John 13,336
- Nathan 13,262
- Elijah 13,241
- Christian 13,069
- Gabriel 13,041
- Benjamin 12,958
- Jonathan 12,905
- Samuel 12,774
- Tyler 12,709
- Nicholas 12,533
- Gavin 11,752
- Dylan 11,710
- Jackson 11,641
- Brandon 11,482
- Caleb 10,579
- Mason 10,489
- Angel 10,357
- Isaac 10,030
- Evan 9,926
- Jack 9,897
- Jose 9,826
- Kevin 9,798
- Isaiah 9,670
- Luke 9,424
- Justin 9,365
- Landon 9,361
- Lucas 9,328
- Zachary 9,235
- Jordan 9,099
- Robert 8,841
- Aaron 8,545
- Brayden 8,445
- Thomas 8,370
- Cameron 8,305
- Hunter 8,045
- Austin 7,997
- Adrian 7,938
- Connor 7,817
- Owen 7,802
- Aidan 7,709
- Jason 7,662
- Julian 7,469
- Wyatt 7,313
- Charles 7,288
- Luis 7,135
- Carter 7,069
- Juan 7,034
- Chase 7,003
- Jeremiah 6,594
- Diego 6,572
- Brody 6,299
- Xavier 6,290
- Adam 6,098
- Carlos 6,054
- Sebastian 6,041
- Liam 5,982
- Hayden 5,949
- Nathaniel 5,858
- Henry 5,788
- Jesus 5,758
- Ian 5,723
- Tristan 5,659
- Bryan 5,505
- Sean 5,471
- Alex 5,400
- Cole 5,389
- Eric 5,377
- Brian 5,263
- Jaden 5,193
- Carson 5,127
- Blake 5,099
- Ayden 5,058
- Cooper 5,051
- Dominic 4,965
- Brady 4,815
- Josiah 4,785
- Caden 4,773
- Kyle 4,705
- Colton 4,550
- Eli 4,526
- Kaden 4,508
Top girl names of 2008
- Emma 18,830
- Isabella 18,629
- Emily 17,448
- Olivia 17,088
- Ava 17,051
- Madison 17,047
- Sophia 16,091
- Abigail 15,088
- Elizabeth 12,027
- Chloe 11,836
- Samantha 11,190
- Addison 10,767
- Natalie 10,201
- Mia 10,173
- Alexis 9,734
- Alyssa 9,653
- Hannah 9,577
- Ashley 9,408
- Ella 9,364
- Sarah 9,055
- Grace 9,042
- Taylor 8,344
- Brianna 8,278
- Lily 8,128
- Hailey 7,872
- Anna 7,278
- Victoria 7,127
- Kayla 6,835
- Lillian 6,817
- Lauren 6,455
- Kaylee 6,302
- Allison 6,241
- Savannah 6,134
- Nevaeh 6,112
- Gabriella 6,039
- Sofia 5,985
- Makayla 5,957
- Avery 5,829
- Riley 5,774
- Leah 5,634
- Julia 5,620
- Aubrey 5,570
- Jasmine 5,536
- Audrey 5,443
- Katherine 5,350
- Morgan 5,333
- Destiny 5,320
- Brooklyn 5,317
- Sydney 5,264
- Alexa 5,226
- Kylie 5,194
- Brooke 5,186
- Kaitlyn 5,117
- Evelyn 5,101
- Layla 4,931
- Madeline 4,820
- Kimberly 4,814
- Zoe 4,781
- Jessica 4,739
- Peyton 4,738
- Alexandra 4,612
- Claire 4,601
- Maria 4,593
- Madelyn 4,567
- Mackenzie 4,474
- Arianna 4,426
- Jocelyn 4,372
- Amelia 4,352
- Angelina 4,299
- Trinity 4,276
- Maya 4,270
- Andrea 4,263
- Valeria 4,206
- Rachel 4,087
- Sophie 4,065
- Aaliyah 4,046
- Mariah 4,041
- Vanessa 4,032
- Gabrielle 4,027
- Katelyn 3,976
- Ariana 3,916
- Bailey 3,907
- Camila 3,847
- Jennifer 3,797
- Melanie 3,714
- Charlotte 3,671
- Autumn 3,669
- Gianna 3,669
- Paige 3,647
- Faith 3,636
- Payton 3,612
- Sara 3,595
- Isabelle 3,573
- Caroline 3,545
- Genesis 3,523
- Mary 3,514
- Isabel 3,489
- Zoey 3,450
- Gracie 3,427
- Megan 3,416
Questions
- What was the most popular baby name in 2008?
- Jacob was the #1 boy name in 2008 (22,621 babies) and Emma was the #1 girl name (18,830 babies).
- How many babies were counted in 2008?
- Social Security records list 3,931,088 babies born in 2008 with names given to at least 5 babies: 2,040,150 boys and 1,890,938 girls.