This happens for banners as well. It happens in 1.8.1. Maybe it's intended. But, please, make sure the names (given by using the anvil) are saved even after you have placed the banner in the world.
Currently only version 1.12 is supported. 1.8 snapshots are almost 3 years old, you should really update! What do you even use to start these? They are not in the regular launcher.
@unknown It's usually not very useful to confirm something for every past snapshot, only for the current one and the latest release. If you want, you can check which version introduced a bug, but I don't know if Mojang looks at that. You can also look at this list and the reply to it if you want to do more: https://www.reddit.com/r/Mojira/comments/gr54ik/mojira_ama/fww0akd/
same for boats and minecarts