It's here!!

[tunknut.livejournal.com]

Hey everyone, the 2008 popular baby names were just posted!  Jacob is still the #1 boys' name, and Emma is the new #1 name for girls!

www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames

Top boys' names:
1. Jacob
2. Michael
3. Ethan
4. Joshua
5. Daniel
6. Alexander
7. Anthony
8. William
9. Christopher
10. Matthew
11. Jayden
12. Andrew
13. Joseph
14. David
15. Noah
16. Aiden
17. James
18. Ryan
19. Logan
20. John

Top Girls' Names
1. Emma
2. Isabella
3. Emily
4. Madison
5. Ava
.6. Olivia
7. Sophia
8. Abigail
9. Elizabeth
10. Chloe
11. Samantha
12. Addison
13. Natalie
14. Mia
15. Alexis
16. Alyssa
17. Hannah
18. Ashley
19. Ella
20. Sarah 

Thoughts?  Any names jump out at you, either on this list or the top 1000?

Comments

[kellyjoy.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised at how popular Alyssa is. I know a few my age (24), but I've never come across a small child with that name.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised Ashley ranks so high!

Luckily none of my top favorites are in the top 20, although I do like Joseph, David, Ella, Emily and Mia.

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

I'm relieved none of my favorites are on there. I'm pretty shocked at Ashley though, I didn't know it was still so popular.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

This, I thought Ashley died with the early 90's! I can't believe it made the top 20...

[morningapproach.livejournal.com]

Ryan, since it is my SO's name and the middle name of our first son.
Alexander, my brother's name (and a name that I have always loved myself)
Noah is just awesome in itself.

Sophia is an awesome middle name
Hannah is my Oma's name, and one that we might use
Addison is fantastic unisex name
Chloe is always nice too.

Is there a link to the top 1000?

ETA: Also, can I presume that there are the top 100 US name, not the Canadian or Australian names?

[janenx01.livejournal.com]

Yes, they're from the US.

[janenx01.livejournal.com]

Lots of names on there that I'm SICK of hearing, that's for sure.

For boys I like the classic ones on the list: Michael, Anthony, Daniel, Christopher, Joseph, David, James, John. Wow, I'm surprised to see John on there. That was my father's name and my brother's.

For girls I like: Elizabeth and Sarah. The others I'm sick to death of. Madison is like my most hated name of all time. Addison just sounds like a disease to me. Isabella is over used, so is Olivia, which is too bad, as they are pretty.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I agree on the Addison = disease thing...because it is a disease. JFK had it. I would not want to name my daughter after an adrenal condition...or after the street Wrigley Field is on, for that matter...

[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised Emma got the top spot...every other little girl born this year is or will be Emma Grace (or Ella Claire).

[thellamaqueen.livejournal.com]

lol yep. The only person I know who is for sure having a girl this year is planning on using the name Emma. everyone else around me is having boys. :P

[thellamaqueen.livejournal.com]

I'm sad to see Chloe on there. :( I plan to use it as a nickname for Clover in the future.
Also disappointed but not surprised to see Olivia and Sophia so high up on the list. My husband and I had those on our short list 2 years ago before we got married, but they've been knocked off since due to their rising popularity.

I'm surprised Aidan is all the way down at #16, but glad that none of my favorite boys names are in the top 20!

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised Aidan is all the way down at #16

It's because the Social Security Administration counts each separate spelling as a different name. So even though Aidan/Aiden/etc. are all the same name spelled differently, they count as different names on this list. Thus the spelling Aiden is only #16, but, when combined with Aidan/Aidon/Aydan/Ayden/Aydon/etc. it would actually be a lot higher.

[compulsivelyme.livejournal.com]

Jayden AND Aiden? Ehhh.

I'm surprised Olivia is that high. It may make me rethink it. And I didn't expect to see Addison but not Allison.

[compulsivelyme.livejournal.com]

PS, I'm surprised that Benjamin, Thomas, Nathan/Nathaniel aren't on that list! And girls, no Sara/h, Ann/e/a, Jane, Lucy, Molly?

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

My first thought was I wonder how I did! (http://community.livejournal.com/baby_names/4087047.html?thread=69766919#t69766919)

I was dead wrong about Edward rising — which, to be honest, restores some iota of my faith in humanity (I like the name and all, but the Twilight thing seemed like a sure, sad thing). I was right about Brandon falling, although it didn't drop by as much as I thought it would.

I thought Ethan would drop — which it hasn't. On the other hand, it was the year it finally did NOT gain, either. Hrm.

I bolded the downward trend predictions I got right:
Riley, Devon, Alexis, Camron, Russell, Bryan, Mekhi, Terrance, Wilson, Johnathon, Zackery, Dylan, Jessie, Trevor


Aaaand the upward predictions:

Jaxon, Landyn, Grayson, Harrison, Ryder, Levi, Lukas, Rayan, Jasper, Mason, Maverick, Porter, Adrian, Paxton.





Yay!



... and I maintain that Tobin and/or Amon will hit the lists in the next five years.

[janenx01.livejournal.com]

I love Jasper SO MUCH.

[ivegotbaggage.livejournal.com]

Oh, I adore Norah!!!

[thellamaqueen.livejournal.com]

On the list of the most extreme changes in popularity, the girls list cracks me up. So many of the names are taken from tv. :P

Khloe went from #665 to #196
Audrina went from #707 to #353
Jaslene went from #597 to #376
Miley went from #279 to #127

[janenx01.livejournal.com]

My kids' names (Lachlan and Siobhan) are never in the top 1000 in the US. Well, Siobhan was, once in the 80s, I think. But otherwise, nada.

How is Hazel doing? It's been a fave of mine forever, even before that celebrity I can't remember used it. I'm gonna go look...

[stummyflies.livejournal.com]

i like:

jacob
ethan
daniel
christopher
matthew
andrew
david
noah
james
ryan

emma
isabella
ava
olivia
natalie
alexis
ella

[thellamaqueen.livejournal.com]

also, it makes me smile that there were 16 sets of twins born in 2008 named Alexander and Nicholas.
aww, Full House love!

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, I wonder if all of them were intentional. On one hand, that's really cute... on the other, a little pathetic.

[epic-cathedral.livejournal.com]

Alexander and Sophia (but spelled Sofia) are the only ones on my list, so that's good.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

I just finished writing a research paper on baby names earlier this week and obviously I had to talk about the "-aidan" names. I was so scared when I saw the 2008 list was finally up that Jayden might have slipped from 18, where it was when I finished my paper. I should have known better. So for once I am thankful for that awful, awful name's popularity.

[skate97.livejournal.com]

Aw, I like it. I wouldn't pick it personally, but I think it's a nice name.

[skate97.livejournal.com]

Funny, my name is Sarah and my hubby's name is John, we're both #20 ;)

My girl name is #8, but I knew it was popular.

[muggleish.livejournal.com]

Aw, Lol. I have a little Aiden in the family. Love the name cause I love that baby!

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I love Isabella; it makes me so sad that it ranks so high.

In all, I like: Jacob, Ethan, Alexander, William, Andrew, Noah, Aiden/Aidan, James, Ryan, Logan, John, Emma, Isabella, Emily, Ava, Olivia, Sophia, Elizabeth, and Sarah.

[stormqueen280.livejournal.com]

I think Isabella will be high on the list for a good five years, 'cause of Twilight thing. What about Isabel or Isabelle instead?

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

lol I always tell my sister her daughter's have trendy names but she says I'm wrong.

hannah grace
sophia rose
future girl will be olivia may
future boy will be jackson something

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Show her the list!

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I am kind of shocked that Emily is no longer the top name, and that it's fallen to #3! I'm also really surprised that Madison rose and Ava fell.

Good to see that Addison isn't rising.

Other than that... SHOCKINGLY it seems that Norah has fallen in popularity. As for my other favourite names, Susanna and May continue to not even be in the top 1000, I think Margaret has stayed about the same, and Camilla has risen a bit. Weirdly enough, my name (Alison) and its alternate spellings seem to be rising as well.

[willsjoy.livejournal.com]

Yayyy!! My daughter's name didn't get too popular this year!

Madeline: 56
Madeleine: 271 (this is how we spell it)

All I heard last year when she was born was "that name is soooo popular..blah blah blah..." I'm glad we are not even in the top 50!

[stormqueen280.livejournal.com]

Madeline is one cute name. Sofia Madeline is in my top 5.

[stormqueen280.livejournal.com]

I like: Michael, Ethan, Daniel, Anthony, William, Christopher, David, James, Ryan, and Logan. As for the girl names, I like Sophia, Chloe, and Sarah.

Now, is it just me or Sophia's popularity is down?

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

Chloe really surprised me!

Sarah (my name) hanging on surprises me a bit too.


Also: who cares how popular your favorite names are??? How does that change anything?


I'm also glad that we're not seeing 2429898 Edwards and Bellas. Although Isabella is top 2. Blech.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

It changes things because some people don't want their kid to have the same name as ten billion other kids. Some people want their kids to be 'unique,' but I think for most people, myself included, it's for practical reasons... I love the name Michael, for example, but I don't want my kid to be 'Michael T' for the rest of his life.

[stormqueen280.livejournal.com]

I find it extremely amusing that Xiomara and Azul rank higher than Marianna, Ann and Deborah...

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

LOL