Top Baby Names of 2008

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Sifting through hundreds of baby books trying to figure out what to name your bun in the oven? We've got you covered with the most popular names of the year!

Here's the lineup, according to Babycenter.com:

For boys:

1. Aiden
2. Jayden
3. Ethan
4. Jacob
5. Caden
6. Jackson
7. Noah
8. Jack
9. Logan
10. Matthew

For girls:

1. Emma
2. Sophia
3. Madison
4. Isabella
5. Olivia
6. Ava
7. Madeline
8. Addison
9. Hailey
10. Lily

Of course, if you're feeling really adventurous, you could take a cue from celebs like Gwen Stefani and name your kid Zuma Nesta Rock.

How did you go about naming your baby? Comment below.

6 comments so far | Post a comment now >>

Is it just me, or is anyone else annoyed by the trend of giving boys names that rhyme with “Aiden” and girls names that look like they were pulled straight from Jane Austen books? Call me boring, but I love traditional names like Robert or Thomas.

- Anonymous

Posted 12/27/08 03:04 AM

Yes it’s just you, we’re in 2008,soon to be 2009.Names like Thomas or Robert are too old, too common, let’move on, shall we, to somethings new!

- anonymous

Posted 12/27/08 09:54 PM

My poor baby girl!! She was born in 2007 and we named her Sophia, not knowing that it was one of the most popular names. I have never known another Sophia and now she’ll probably go to school with 10 of them. I always hated my name because every school I went to there were 20 other Ashleys.

- ashley

Posted 12/28/08 08:48 AM

I love my baby girls names cause it’s original her name is kailani.. (Kai stands for ocean and Lani stands for heaven. We Live in the province of Quebec and there are only 2 kailani born since 2006.

- Anonymous

Posted 01/08/09 08:53 AM

I’d rather give my child a unique name. Maybe based from me and my husbands names. I hate it when someone’s name is the same as mine.

- baby bows

Posted 03/06/09 04:30 PM

I’m having a baby girl and I’ll name her Eilleen. It’s not in the list ‘coz I don’t want her to have the same name as everyone’s, it’s annoying. I already got her baby bows.

- Jessie

Posted 03/06/09 05:07 PM