MOST POPULAR BABY NAMES

THE MOST POPULAR BABY NAMES ARE JACOB AND EMMA:

On Friday, the Social Security Administration released its list of 2008's most popular baby names.

--The ten most popular names for BOYS were:
#10.) Matthew
#9.) Christopher
#8.) William
#7.) Anthony
#6.) Alexander
#5.) Daniel
#4.) Joshua
#3.) Ethan
#2.) Michael
#1.) Jacob (--This is the tenth straight year that Jacob has been the most popular name for boys.)

--And the ten most popular names for GIRLS were:
#10.) Chloe
#9.) Elizabeth
#8.) Abigail
#7.) Sophia
#6.) Olivia
#5.) Ava
#4.) Madison
#3.) Emily
#2.) Isabella
#1.) Emma (--This is the first time since 1995 that Emily hasn't been the most popular name for baby girls.)

--OTHER BABY NAMES AND WHERE THEY RANK:
--Miley (--127. Miley jumped 100 places, obviously due the popularity of MILEY CYRUS. It's not that high on the list, but that's still a pretty big jump for one year.)
--Elvis (--713)
--Beckham (--893)
--Barack (--2,409 . . . which is up from number 12,535 last year)

--You can see where your name ranks in the top 1,000 baby names here . . .http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/ (Google News)