Most popular baby names in 2008: Emma, Jacob

May

In four years, the nation’s kindergarten classrooms will be filled with Emmas and Isabellas, Jacobs and Michaels.

Those were the most popular names for babies born in 2008, according to the “Social Security Administration”:http://www.ssa.gov/pressoffice/pr/baby-names2008-pr.htm.

Here’s the list:

Boys:
1)   Jacob        Girls:     1)   Emma
2)   Michael               2)   Isabella
3)   Ethan             3)   Emily
4)   Joshua     4)   Madison
5)   Daniel        5)   Ava
6)   Alexander            6)   Olivia
7)   Anthony              7)   Sophia
8)   William           8)   Abigail
9)   Christopher         9)   Elizabeth
10) Matthew        10) Chloe

This entry was posted on Friday, May 8th, 2009 at 11:36 am by Jane Lerner.
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One Response to “Most popular baby names in 2008: Emma, Jacob”

David V. May 22nd, 2009 at 8:37 pm
It seems that girls’ names have always been trendier than boys’ names, and more subject to the ups and downs of popularity. I wonder why that is.

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