2008
Top Baby Names of 2008
Great Recession
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 2008
1
Emma 18,826 2
Isabella 18,628 3
Emily 17,445 4
Olivia 17,087 5
Ava 17,050 6
Madison 17,046 7
Sophia 16,090 8
Abigail 15,087 9
Elizabeth 12,025 10
Chloe 11,835 11
Samantha 11,190 12
Addison 10,767 13
Natalie 10,202 14
Mia 10,173 15
Alexis 9,734 16
Alyssa 9,652 17
Hannah 9,575 18
Ashley 9,408 19
Ella 9,362 20
Sarah 9,053 21
Grace 9,041 22
Taylor 8,344 23
Brianna 8,277 24
Lily 8,127 25
Hailey 7,871 26
Anna 7,277 27
Victoria 7,125 28
Kayla 6,835 29
Lillian 6,817 30
Lauren 6,454 31
Kaylee 6,302 32
Allison 6,241 33
Savannah 6,132 34
Nevaeh 6,112 35
Gabriella 6,037 36
Sofia 5,985 37
Makayla 5,956 38
Avery 5,829 39
Riley 5,773 40
Leah 5,634 41
Julia 5,619 42
Aubrey 5,570 43
Jasmine 5,535 44
Audrey 5,443 45
Katherine 5,350 46
Morgan 5,333 47
Destiny 5,318 48
Brooklyn 5,315 49
Sydney 5,264 50
Alexa 5,226 51
Kylie 5,194 52
Brooke 5,186 53
Kaitlyn 5,117 54
Evelyn 5,100 55
Layla 4,931 56
Madeline 4,820 57
Kimberly 4,814 58
Zoe 4,781 59
Jessica 4,739 60
Peyton 4,737 61
Alexandra 4,612 62
Claire 4,601 63
Maria 4,592 64
Madelyn 4,566 65
Mackenzie 4,474 66
Arianna 4,426 67
Jocelyn 4,372 68
Amelia 4,351 69
Angelina 4,299 70
Trinity 4,277 71
Maya 4,269 72
Andrea 4,263 73
Valeria 4,206 74
Rachel 4,086 75
Sophie 4,065 76
Aaliyah 4,045 77
Mariah 4,040 78
Vanessa 4,032 79
Gabrielle 4,026 80
Katelyn 3,976 81
Ariana 3,914 82
Bailey 3,906 83
Camila 3,847 84
Jennifer 3,797 85
Melanie 3,714 86
Charlotte 3,671 87
Gianna 3,669 88
Autumn 3,667 89
Paige 3,647 90
Faith 3,634 91
Payton 3,612 92
Sara 3,595 93
Isabelle 3,573 94
Caroline 3,543 95
Genesis 3,523 96
Mary 3,513 97
Isabel 3,489 98
Zoey 3,449 99
Gracie 3,427 100
Megan 3,416 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 2008
1
Jacob 22,622 2
Michael 20,651 3
Ethan 20,221 4
Joshua 19,228 5
Daniel 19,030 6
Alexander 18,710 7
Anthony 18,413 8
William 18,403 9
Christopher 17,966 10
Matthew 17,602 11
Jayden 17,166 12
Andrew 16,778 13
Joseph 16,597 14
David 16,346 15
Noah 15,803 16
Aiden 15,590 17
James 15,188 18
Ryan 14,686 19
Logan 13,861 20
John 13,335 21
Nathan 13,262 22
Elijah 13,239 23
Christian 13,068 24
Gabriel 13,040 25
Benjamin 12,958 26
Jonathan 12,904 27
Samuel 12,773 28
Tyler 12,708 29
Nicholas 12,530 30
Gavin 11,751 31
Dylan 11,707 32
Jackson 11,641 33
Brandon 11,481 34
Caleb 10,577 35
Mason 10,488 36
Angel 10,356 37
Isaac 10,029 38
Evan 9,926 39
Jack 9,897 40
Jose 9,825 41
Kevin 9,798 42
Isaiah 9,669 43
Luke 9,423 44
Justin 9,365 45
Landon 9,360 46
Lucas 9,328 47
Zachary 9,235 48
Jordan 9,098 49
Robert 8,840 50
Aaron 8,545 51
Brayden 8,445 52
Thomas 8,368 53
Cameron 8,304 54
Hunter 8,045 55
Austin 7,996 56
Adrian 7,937 57
Connor 7,816 58
Owen 7,800 59
Aidan 7,708 60
Jason 7,661 61
Julian 7,468 62
Wyatt 7,312 63
Charles 7,288 64
Luis 7,134 65
Carter 7,069 66
Juan 7,033 67
Chase 7,003 68
Jeremiah 6,593 69
Diego 6,572 70
Brody 6,299 71
Xavier 6,288 72
Adam 6,098 73
Carlos 6,052 74
Sebastian 6,041 75
Liam 5,980 76
Hayden 5,949 77
Nathaniel 5,856 78
Henry 5,787 79
Jesus 5,758 80
Ian 5,723 81
Tristan 5,659 82
Bryan 5,505 83
Sean 5,471 84
Alex 5,400 85
Cole 5,389 86
Eric 5,377 87
Brian 5,263 88
Jaden 5,192 89
Carson 5,127 90
Blake 5,099 91
Ayden 5,058 92
Cooper 5,051 93
Dominic 4,964 94
Brady 4,815 95
Josiah 4,785 96
Caden 4,773 97
Kyle 4,705 98
Colton 4,550 99
Eli 4,521 100
Kaden 4,508 About 2008 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 2008, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.