What’s in a name? Quite a lot, it seems. Especially when it comes to naming your baby.
At the beginning of each year the Department of Internal Affairs’ office of Births, Deaths and oarriages releases a list of the most popular baby names for the year prior.
In 2008, Jack was still the most popular boy’s name for the fourth year running, while Sophie was the new number one girl’s name with 2007s top choice, Ella, dropping down to third place.only one new name entered the top 30 girls list – Isla, which shot up from number 50 in 2007.
Here’s the list for 2008.
Girls top 30
Sophie
olivia
Ella
Isabella
Charlotte
Lily
Emma
Emily
Jessica
Grace
Hannah
Chloe
Ruby
Lucy
Ava
Amelia
Madison
oaia
oia
Holly
Sophia
Zoe
Paige
Georgia
Kate
Brooke
oaddison
Samantha
Sienna
Isla
**Boys top 30
**
Jack
James
William
Samuel
Joshua
Riley
Liam
oliver
Benjamin
Daniel
Thomas
Jacob
Ethan
Jayden
Noah
Ryan
Lucas
Luke
Max
Hunter
Matthew
Lachlan
Alexander
Dylan
Connor
Blake
Tyler
Caleb
Charlie
George
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