Top Baby Names of 2008...have you found any newcomers?

As I'm sure you all know, the SSA list of top baby names for 2008 was just released today.



We can welcome the Scottish Callum and Isla and the "hipster" Matilda to the ranks. What other names have you found that have just made their U.S. debut (or have appeared again for the first time in many years)?



http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/Top Baby Names of 2008...have you found any newcomers?
Gemma! I'm both happy and sad to see her there -- she made her US debut at #888 -- moderately high for a newcomer, so I'm guessing she has promise. Of course, she's been popular in England for quite a while and as the British toppers catch on here eventually, it was only a matter of when it would happen. With her similarity to Emma and Ava, I was rather anticipating it.



Chloe's appearance in the top 10 surprised me, though. What came as a bigger surprise, however, was that Khloe jumped from #665 in 2007 to #196 this year -- a huge leap. I suppose that with the -K trend, it was to be expected, but I'm surprised all the same.



Nola was another that I didn't expect to see -- she charted for the first time in over 40 years; I'm so glad!



Something else I found interesting was that Marley seemed to have a huge presence this year; Marley itself jumped to #146 from #389 -- a jump of over two hundred places, but in addition; Mareli, Marely, Marlee, Marlene, and Marlie all charted (Marlie for the first time). Marley is new on the boys' side as well. Similarly, Karlee, Karley, Karlie, and Karly all charted; Karly returning to the list after two years. Not my favorite trend, but certainly a notable one.



Although she's never been off the charts (so this is completely unrelated), my beloved Charlotte jumped 25 places and made it into the top 100 for the first time since 1952. I'm a bit sad, actually!
I noticed that Cullen made the list at rank 781, which I automatically attributed to the "Twilight" book and movie series. But what's interesting is it's been on the list since 1999, and the book wasn't published until 2005. Obviously, my assumption was incorrect. And actually, Cullen has sunk in popularity since it's first appearance, going from 565th in 1999 to 767th in 2007, and now to 781. Let's see what happens to Cullen in 2009.



Making their first appearances at the very bottom were Sloane (f) at 999th, Kenley (f) at 998th, and Baron (m) at 991st. One of my good college friends had a baby in 2008 and named her Kenley.



I always find the female "Ash" names interesting, so just for the heck of it, here are the rankings of the female Ash names in the Top 1000 for 2008:

18th - Ashley

153rd - Ashlyn

282nd - Ashlynn

535th - Ashlee

838th - Ashly

927th - Ashleigh

975th - Ashtyn



Interesting, as I know more Ashleighs than Ashlys.Top Baby Names of 2008...have you found any newcomers?
Newcomers I have found:



Gemma

Allisson (this spelling is new)

Alisson (another new spelling)

Milagros (girl, means miracle in Spanish)

Sloane (girl)

Elianna (this spelling is new)

Karsyn (new spelling)

Rory (girl)

Laylah (new spelling)



I honestly haven't even looked at the boys!



edit: I decided to take a look at the boys :)

Pierre

Bridger

Jensen

Damari

Odin

Abdiel

Bronson

Lennon

Deegan (uh oh, i can picture this off-shooting names like Meegan, Jeegan, Neegan, Heegan etc haha actually maybe not. I'm pretty sure it's made up though)

Arnev

Kyson

Cassius (i kind of love this! it would be so cool to meet a little Cassius)

Valentino

Makhi

Kymani



it's easiest to spot the unique ones or the really trendy, made-up sounding ones



edit 2: i found some more!



girls:

Jamiya

Avah (with Ava so popular, it was only a matter of time before someone decided to tack and H on to her!)

Chana

Donna

Micaela

Averi

Mireya

Emelia

Amiah

Denisse

Nathalia

Heidy

Paityn

Payten

Kamora

Kamari (new for girls, was ranked for the boys in 2007)

Ariella

Nola

Anabella

Sanai

Marlie

Raelynn

Brynlee

Mckinley (the next Mackenzie?)

Lailah

Jaslyn

Ali

Jazlene

Karly

Adalynn

Nylah

Ashtyn

Amirah

Dayami

Jazmyn

Mareli

Destiney
Emma debuted in the top ten.



"New girl names in the national top 1,000 included Isla (623), Mareli (718), Milagros (731), Dayami (750) and Nylah (821).



Debuting among the boys were Aaden (343), Chace (655), Marley (764), Kash (779) and Kymani (836). Beckham debuted at 893, perhaps a nod to the British soccer star, David Beckham, who now plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy." a yahoo news article saysTop Baby Names of 2008...have you found any newcomers?
Here's where my favourites are:



Grace-21, has dropped 1 place

Olivia-6, has gone up 1 place

Kiara-241, has dropped 30 places.

Marissa-155, has dropped 22 places.

Sienna-177, has dropped 8 places

Kate-139, has dropped three places

Natalie-13, has gone up 4 places

Juliana-157, has gone up 3 places

Katherine-45, has dropped 6 places

Maia-649, has dropped 39 places



Aidan-59, has dropped 4 places

Seth-128, has dropped 13 places

Lucas-46,has gone up 7 places

Liam-75, has gone up 14 places

James-17, has dropped places

Tristan-81, has gone up 6 places

Blake-90, has dropped 2 places

Connor-57, has dropped 2 places
Genesis, a name I'm not hugely fond of jumped from 138 to 95, it is a female name.



Miley has went from 279 to 127! I don't think that is a good idea to name your kid after a Disney channel star.



Marley went from 389 to 146, probably due to the movie Marley and me, I'm guessing.



London hopped from 284 to 156.



Piper, 240 to 176.



Violet, 229 to 184.
For this year my favorites in order were ranked:





GIRLS:

Adelie: Not Present

Taryn: 489

Clara: 206

Leia: 934

Verity: Not present

Annika: 402

Briar/Bryar: Neither is Present

Remy: Not Present

Madelaine: Not Present

Arabella: 657

Willa: Not Present

Joyanna: Not Present



BOYS:

Kendall: 645

Ciaran: Not Present (Kieran, a variant spelling is rank 530)

Luca: 304

Josiah: 96

Graham: 323

Nathaniel: 77

Zane: 235

Addison: Not present for boys, Rank 12 for girls

Lysander: Not Present

Weston: 324
Donna was not on the list in 2007

Kenley for a girl made the list the first time

Sloane made the girl list for the first time



Odin made the boys list for the first time
I was hoping someone would ask this! :)



I've found some good, some bad:

Aaden (343)

Chace (655)

Beckham (893)

Allisson (418)



can't think of anymore that you haven't already listed
My favorite name, Sarah, went down by 2 spots

My other favorite name, Leah, went up by 27 spots
Nola has not been on the top 1000 list since 1964 but is currently in #918th place on 2008's list.
IKD know if Juan is new but i found

Juan

Valeria

Jesus

Genesis

i think Michelle jumped

Alejandro

Naomi

Alan maybe?
my name has gone up last year it wa only 77 now its 101 .
S*H*I*T my name is not popular at all! I can't find it anywhere. Damn it!