Most Popular Baby Names of 2008

In 2008, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emma for girls and Jacob for boys. Emma was given to 18,830 girls and Jacob to 22,621 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,931,088 births for names given to at least five babies that year, down from 3,998,031 in 2007. The tables below show the top 100 names for each sex with their rank change from the year before, followed by the biggest movers in the top 1,000.

New to the top 100 this year: Peyton, Madelyn, Camila, Charlotte, Payton, and Genesis.

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Top 100 baby names of 2008

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
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	↑ 63
61	Alexandra	4,612	↓ 12
62	Claire	4,601	↑ 4
63	Maria	4,593	↓ 10
64	Madelyn	4,567	↑ 40
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	↑ 46
84	Jennifer	3,797	↓ 20
85	Melanie	3,714	↓ 4
86	Charlotte	3,671	↑ 15
87	Autumn	3,669	↑ 3
88	Gianna	3,669	↑ 3
89	Paige	3,647	–
90	Faith	3,636	↓ 16
91	Payton	3,612	↑ 62
92	Sara	3,595	↓ 12
93	Isabelle	3,573	↓ 14
94	Caroline	3,545	↑ 5
95	Genesis	3,523	↑ 45
96	Mary	3,514	↓ 3
97	Isabel	3,489	↓ 10
98	Zoey	3,450	↑ 14
99	Gracie	3,427	↓ 3
100	Megan	3,416	↓ 22

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
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	↑ 36
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	↑ 11
92	Cooper	5,051	↑ 4
93	Dominic	4,965	↓ 8
94	Brady	4,815	↓ 1
95	Josiah	4,785	↑ 10
96	Caden	4,773	↓ 4
97	Kyle	4,705	↓ 11
98	Colton	4,550	↑ 20
99	Eli	4,526	↑ 30
100	Kaden	4,508	↓ 2

Biggest movers of 2008

Changes in rank within the top 1,000 compared with the year before.

Rising Girls

Khloe ↑ 467 #196
Marlee ↑ 426 #367
Marely ↑ 413 #334
Audrina ↑ 354 #354
Adalyn ↑ 348 #532
Londyn ↑ 334 #508
Yaretzi ↑ 322 #598
Yaritza ↑ 282 #680
Myla ↑ 266 #601
Adelyn ↑ 258 #589

Falling Girls

Angelique ↓ 258 #683
Laci ↓ 217 #958
Deja ↓ 215 #894
Yoselin ↓ 197 #673
Tiara ↓ 197 #934
Angeline ↓ 185 #787
Precious ↓ 183 #784
Ashleigh ↓ 175 #925
Adison ↓ 168 #893
Hailie ↓ 166 #989

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Allisson, Caylee, Isla, Destiney, Mareli, Milagros, Dayami, Amirah, Alisson, Nylah, Matilda, Karly, Jazlene, Adalynn, June

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Joselin, Brittney, Lesley, Chelsey, Jaeda, Meagan, Annette, Tyler, Noelia, Brandy, Breana, Galilea, Anais, Jalynn, Destini

Rising Boys

Gauge ↑ 254 #734
Emery ↑ 222 #745
Kane ↑ 202 #438
Jacoby ↑ 200 #422
Madden ↑ 186 #621
Heath ↑ 186 #717
Beckett ↑ 184 #481
Ronin ↑ 182 #802
Yandel ↑ 176 #564
Raiden ↑ 164 #780

Falling Boys

Tyrese ↓ 224 #875
Oswaldo ↓ 207 #965
Jarrett ↓ 180 #896
Talan ↓ 159 #726
Krish ↓ 151 #837
Jabari ↓ 145 #770
Aldo ↓ 141 #571
Devan ↓ 139 #749
Alden ↓ 134 #920
Addison ↓ 132 #824

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Aaden, Chace, Uriah, Marley, Kash, Cordell, Trevin, Franco, Brogan, Kymani, Ishaan, Kael, Koen, Jadiel, Leonidas

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Omarion, Elmer, Karl, Vincenzo, Kellan, Carlo, Garrison, Stone, Estevan, Nery, Alexandro, Jarvis, Joan, Cristobal, Elvin

Other years

Trend lists

Source: US Social Security Administration. Ranks are computed from birth counts for each sex; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are not published.