Name.Baby Names by year 2000s 2008 Most Popular Baby Names of 2008 Social Security has card records for 4,262,598 babies born in the U.S. in 2008. Emma was the top girl name (18,830 babies) and Jacob the top boy name (22,621).
Top 100 names of 2008 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 2008, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Emma 18,830 #3 2 Isabella 18,629 #7 3 Emily 17,448 #34 4 Olivia 17,088 #1 5 Ava 17,051 #11 6 Madison 17,047 #40 7 Sophia 16,091 #5 8 Abigail 15,088 #41 9 Elizabeth 12,027 #17 10 Chloe 11,836 #23 11 Samantha 11,190 #151 12 Addison 10,767 #84 13 Natalie 10,201 #89 14 Mia 10,173 #6 15 Alexis 9,734 #554 16 Alyssa 9,653 #453 17 Hannah 9,577 #56 18 Ashley 9,408 #164 19 Ella 9,364 #29 20 Sarah 9,055 #90 21 Grace 9,042 #38 22 Taylor 8,344 #403 23 Brianna 8,278 #222 24 Lily 8,128 #18 25 Hailey 7,872 #104 26 Anna 7,278 #107 27 Victoria 7,127 #54 28 Kayla 6,835 #364 29 Lillian 6,817 #57 30 Lauren 6,455 #401 31 Kaylee 6,302 #255 32 Allison 6,241 #103 33 Savannah 6,134 #135 34 Nevaeh 6,112 #165 35 Gabriella 6,039 #105 36 Sofia 5,985 #9 37 Makayla 5,957 #566 38 Avery 5,829 #37 39 Riley 5,774 #48 40 Leah 5,634 #58 41 Julia 5,620 #131 42 Aubrey 5,570 #146 43 Jasmine 5,536 #206 44 Audrey 5,443 #86 45 Katherine 5,350 #186 46 Morgan 5,333 #312 47 Destiny 5,320 #635 48 Brooklyn 5,317 #118 49 Sydney 5,264 #348 50 Alexa 5,226 #1,029
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 2008, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Kylie 5,194 #204 52 Brooke 5,186 #313 53 Kaitlyn 5,117 #799 54 Evelyn 5,101 #8 55 Layla 4,931 #36 56 Madeline 4,820 #81 57 Kimberly 4,814 #302 58 Zoe 4,781 #31 59 Jessica 4,739 #665 60 Peyton 4,738 #199 61 Alexandra 4,612 #237 62 Claire 4,601 #68 63 Maria 4,593 #87 64 Madelyn 4,567 #70 65 Mackenzie 4,474 #228 66 Arianna 4,426 #234 67 Jocelyn 4,372 #393 68 Amelia 4,352 #4 69 Angelina 4,299 #347 70 Trinity 4,276 #428 71 Maya 4,270 #62 72 Andrea 4,263 #235 73 Valeria 4,206 #162 74 Rachel 4,087 #250 75 Sophie 4,065 #55 76 Aaliyah 4,046 #101 77 Mariah 4,041 #447 78 Vanessa 4,032 #377 79 Gabrielle 4,027 #632 80 Katelyn 3,976 #1,076 81 Ariana 3,916 #128 82 Bailey 3,907 #208 83 Camila 3,847 #19 84 Jennifer 3,797 #586 85 Melanie 3,714 #142 86 Charlotte 3,671 #2 87 Autumn 3,669 #88 87 Gianna 3,669 #33 89 Paige 3,647 #346 90 Faith 3,636 #254 91 Payton 3,612 #440 92 Sara 3,595 #198 93 Isabelle 3,573 #166 94 Caroline 3,545 #96 95 Genesis 3,523 #66 96 Mary 3,514 #125 97 Isabel 3,489 #176 98 Zoey 3,450 #69 99 Gracie 3,427 #227 100 Megan 3,416 #887
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 2008, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Jacob 22,621 #43 2 Michael 20,652 #21 3 Ethan 20,223 #24 4 Joshua 19,231 #66 5 Daniel 19,032 #22 6 Alexander 18,711 #30 7 Anthony 18,417 #46 8 William 18,403 #9 9 Christopher 17,966 #68 10 Matthew 17,604 #32 11 Jayden 17,167 #70 12 Andrew 16,779 #73 13 Joseph 16,599 #29 14 David 16,347 #35 15 Noah 15,808 #2 16 Aiden 15,592 #62 17 James 15,190 #6 18 Ryan 14,686 #99 19 Logan 13,861 #53 20 John 13,336 #23 21 Nathan 13,262 #63 22 Elijah 13,241 #7 23 Christian 13,069 #96 24 Gabriel 13,041 #37 25 Benjamin 12,958 #11 26 Jonathan 12,905 #89 27 Samuel 12,774 #18 28 Tyler 12,709 #219 29 Nicholas 12,533 #112 30 Gavin 11,752 #303 31 Dylan 11,710 #41 32 Jackson 11,641 #36 33 Brandon 11,482 #261 34 Caleb 10,579 #58 35 Mason 10,489 #39 36 Angel 10,357 #67 37 Isaac 10,030 #47 38 Evan 9,926 #153 39 Jack 9,897 #15 40 Jose 9,826 #95 41 Kevin 9,798 #221 42 Isaiah 9,670 #57 43 Luke 9,424 #33 44 Justin 9,365 #233 45 Landon 9,361 #127 46 Lucas 9,328 #10 47 Zachary 9,235 #216 48 Jordan 9,099 #131 49 Robert 8,841 #92 50 Aaron 8,545 #80
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 2008, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Brayden 8,445 #229 52 Thomas 8,370 #34 53 Cameron 8,305 #76 54 Hunter 8,045 #130 55 Austin 7,997 #113 56 Adrian 7,938 #74 57 Connor 7,817 #166 58 Owen 7,802 #31 59 Aidan 7,709 #326 60 Jason 7,662 #165 61 Julian 7,469 #25 62 Wyatt 7,313 #38 63 Charles 7,288 #48 64 Luis 7,135 #144 65 Carter 7,069 #45 66 Juan 7,034 #159 67 Chase 7,003 #192 68 Jeremiah 6,594 #88 69 Diego 6,572 #158 70 Brody 6,299 #236 71 Xavier 6,290 #108 72 Adam 6,098 #101 73 Carlos 6,054 #150 74 Sebastian 6,041 #16 75 Liam 5,982 #1 76 Hayden 5,949 #161 77 Nathaniel 5,858 #140 78 Henry 5,788 #5 79 Jesus 5,758 #173 80 Ian 5,723 #83 81 Tristan 5,659 #309 82 Bryan 5,505 #336 83 Sean 5,471 #489 84 Alex 5,400 #232 85 Cole 5,389 #182 86 Eric 5,377 #273 87 Brian 5,263 #339 88 Jaden 5,193 #421 89 Carson 5,127 #124 90 Blake 5,099 #316 91 Ayden 5,058 #257 92 Cooper 5,051 #27 93 Dominic 4,965 #106 94 Brady 4,815 #321 95 Josiah 4,785 #54 96 Caden 4,773 #201 97 Kyle 4,705 #508 98 Colton 4,550 #103 99 Eli 4,526 #104 100 Kaden 4,508 #328
Entered the top 100 in 2008
