Change in Name Popularity

Change in popularity from 2007 to 2008

The tables below show the change in popularity from 2007 to 2008. Names at the top of a list have the greatest increases in popularity, while those at the bottom have the greatest decreases in popularity. Generally, the more popular a name, the smaller the change in popularity.

For each year, rank 1 indicates the most popular name, rank 2 the next most popular, and so forth. An increase in popularity is thus indicated by a change from a numerically higher number to a lower number. We compared ranks for both years only if a name was in the top 500 in at least one of the 2 years. With this restriction, we tabulated 524 male names and 523 female names.