Tuesday, January 13, 2009

100 Most Popular Baby Names of 2008

So this is weird. Mister Lawyer and I are at the exact same number of popularity this year. How odd is that?

I like a lot of these names. But I dislike quite a few as well. And there are a couple I loathe. Yes, loathe, you read that right. Come on people, spelling something (Nevaeh, for example at #97) backward does not make it a cool name; it's lame. And worse, it's lame and difficult to pronounce: a winning combination if there ever was one.

And I'll never understand using the name of a celebrity, or at least one that is less than a true legend. #8 Addison. #40 Keira. #60 Aaliyah. I cannot fathom how a mere character in an evening drama has skyrocketed to number 8 over the last few years...it's nothing short of bizarre to me. But it's not my kid to name, is it? Regardless, this one takes the cake:
A new father has secretly named his baby girl Sarah McCain Palin after the Republican ticket for president and vice president.
That said, there are so many lovely names on there - I love that people are dredging up classic names from the past and giving them another go round, especially for girls. Ava. Lila. Abigail. Evelyn. Grace. Ella. Lillian. I adore Tristan. Julian. Thomas.

Of course they had plenty of hideous trendy names a hundred years ago too, so hopefully they will just stay put in the cobwebs of history.

So anyway - here's the 2008 list, for your reading pleasure:


Girls NamesBoys Names
1EmmaAiden
2SophiaJayden
3MadisonEthan
4IsabellaJacob
5OliviaCaden
6AvaJackson
7MadelineNoah
8AddisonJack
9HaileyLogan
10LilyMatthew
11KaitlynNicholas
12ChloeRyan
13AbigailBrayden
14EmilyMichael
15RileyGavin
16MiaDylan
17EllaLucas
18HannahCaleb
19KayleeAndrew
20SarahConnor
21AlyssaAlexander
22MakaylaJoshua
23MackenzieTyler
24LaylaNathan
25GraceDaniel
26KylieMason
27ZoeEvan
28SamanthaZachary
29NatalieWilliam
30PeytonLandon
31ElizabethBenjamin
32AnnaJames
33AveryCameron
34TaylorLuke
35IsabelleGabriel
36LaurenAnthony
37AlexisJoseph
38BriannaOwen
39SydneyElijah
40KeiraChristopher
41AubreyChristian
42AriannaLiam
43SophieSamuel
44AllisonJohn
45GabriellaBrody
46KaylaCarter
47LillianDavid
48SavannahHunter
49AudreyIsaac
50BrooklynAustin
51ClaireSean
52KatherineChase
53JuliaTristan
54JordanWyatt
55BaileyJonathan
56KaelynAlex
57BrookeThomas
58MorganColin
59CamrynJordan
60AaliyahCole
61VictoriaMax
62MayaCooper
63LeahDominic
64AbbyHayden
65KateBrady
66JasmineBrandon
67AmeliaCarson
68CharlotteIsaiah
69MeganJake
70ReaganAaron
71CadenceIan
72CarlyNathaniel
73LilaAdam
74LucyRiley
75JaydenJustin
76MariaParker
77KennedyColton
78MollyJason
79SadieJulian
80CallieDevin
81PaigeBlake
82AlexandraXavier
83AshleySebastian
84CarolineHenry
85GracieEli
86MckennaCharlie
87GiannaOliver
88RachelRobert
89EllieAdrian
90AshlynNolan
91KatiePeyton
92LilianaKyle
93JocelynGrayson
94GabrielleMiles
95AdrianaBryce
96RebeccaEric
97NevaehWill
98JadaJosiah
99JennaMicah
100EvelynSteven




Name information from Babycenter.com.

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