2008 Most Popular Baby Names

After reigning for more than 12 years, Emma is now only third on a list of America’s most popular names for girls. Jacob remains number one when it comes to the most popular U.S. boy names.

The first 5 most popular names for girls are: Emma, Isabella, Emily, Madison, and Ava. As for the most popular U.S. boys’ names, the top 5 are: Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua, and Daniel. If you’d like to see more details about America’s most popular baby’s names, Socialsecurity.gov offers a new page called “Change in Name Popularity”.

Of course everybody is wondering why the name Barack didn’t make to the top 1000 most popular U.S. baby names. But the truth is Barack made an impressive jump from position 12,535 on America’s most popular baby name list to position 2,409. It took just one year for Barack to jump 10,000 positions and Social Security’ prediction is that Barack will make it to the top 1,000 most popular U.S. baby names in 2009.

This year, 2009, brings major changes in America’s Most Popular Baby Name List. There are many newcomers to the list and Isla, Mareli, Dayami, and Nylah are just a few girl names that made it to the first 1,000 most popular U.S. names for babies. As for the most popular boy names, 2009 brought new names to the top 1,000: Aaden, Chace, Marley, Kash, and Jadiel are just a few newcomers to the top 1,000 U.S. most popular boy names in 2009.

If you are wondering about Elvis, this popular boy name fell from position 673 in 2007 to position 713 in 2008.

Visit socialsecurity.gov for a complete list of the top 1,000 most popular boys’ and girls’ names for the year 2008. You can also check a list of the first 100 names for twins born last year. The Social Security website offers lists of popular baby names for each year starting 1880.

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May 12, 2009 | Filed Under Frequently Asked Questions 

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