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Baby Names from 2008

3,930,665 registered births | 2,039,947 boys | 1,890,718 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 2008

Top 10 Boy Names

1 Jacob
22,622 births
2 Michael
20,651 births
3 Ethan
20,221 births
4 Joshua
19,228 births
5 Daniel
19,030 births
6 Alexander
18,710 births
7 Anthony
18,413 births
8 William
18,403 births
9 Christopher
17,966 births
10 Matthew
17,602 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Emma
18,826 births
2 Isabella
18,628 births
3 Emily
17,445 births
4 Olivia
17,087 births
5 Ava
17,050 births
6 Madison
17,046 births
7 Sophia
16,090 births
8 Abigail
15,087 births
9 Elizabeth
12,025 births
10 Chloe
11,835 births

Top Unisex Names of 2008

Jayden
17,166 boys 1,889 girls
Angel
10,356 boys 2,127 girls
Alexis
2,341 boys 9,734 girls
Jordan
9,098 boys 2,652 girls
Riley
4,131 boys 5,773 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

Notable Risers & Fallers in 2008

Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.

Biggest Risers

G Marley
#391 → #145 (+246)
G Miley
#278 → #129 (+149)
G London
#284 → #156 (+128)
G Delilah
#297 → #193 (+104)
G Lila
#259 → #180 (+79)
G Hayden
#195 → #127 (+68)
G Piper
#240 → #172 (+68)
G Carly
#261 → #197 (+64)

Biggest Fallers

G Esmeralda
#191 → #256 (-65)
G Alina
#194 → #247 (-53)

New to the Top 200 in 2008

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Miley #129 Marley #145 London #156 Piper #172 Hudson #176 Alivia #181 Aniyah #185 Grayson #188 Kaiden #190 Aliyah #191 Delilah #193 Khloe #196 Landen #199
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