2008
Top Baby Names of 2008
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Girl Names
Top 50 in 2008
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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 👦
Boy Names
Top 50 in 2008
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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 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 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.