The top baby names of 2008 have been released!

Jacob, the most popular name in the nation since 1999, is again the #1 pick for boys.

There's been a big shake-up on the girls' side, though: Emily has been dethroned by Emma, which was previously the 3rd most popular name.

So, without further ado, here are the new top male names (and how the relative popularity of each name has changed since last year):

1. Jacob (no change)
2. Michael (no change)
3. Ethan (no change)
4. Joshua (no change)
5. Daniel (no change)
6. Alexander (up from 11th)
7. Anthony (no change)
8. William (no change)
9. Christopher (down from 6th)
10. Matthew (down from 9th)
11. Jayden (up from 18th)
12. Andrew (down from 10th)
13. Joseph (no change)
14. David (down from 12th)
15. Noah (down from 14th)
16. Aiden (new)
17. James (down from 15th)
18. Ryan (down from 16th)
19. Logan (down from 17th)
20. John (down from 19th)

The top ten male names have stayed quite stable...not so with the female names:

1. Emma (up from 3rd)
2. Isabella (no change)
3. Emily (down from 1st)
4. Madison (up from 5th)
5. Ava (down from 4th)
6. Olivia (up from 7th)
7. Sophia (down from 6th)
8. Abigail (no change)
9. Elizabeth (up from 10th)
10. Chloe (up from 16th)
11. Samantha (up from 12th)
12. Addison (down from 11th)
13. Natalie (up from 17th)
14. Mia (up from 15th)
15. Alexis (up from 19th)
16. Alyssa (down from 14th)
17. Hannah (down from 9th)
18. Ashley (down from 13th)
19. Ella (new)
20. Sarah (down from 18th)

Which names got bumped to make way for newbies Aiden and Ella? That would be Nicholas (now ranked 29th) and Grace (now 21st).

The big name to watch now? Definitely Jayden, which has made two huge jumps recently: from 49th to 18th two years ago, and from 18th to 11th last year. It's on track to be a top-10 name in 2008. (In fact, if you lump it with all its variant spellings -- Jaiden, Jaden, etc. -- it's easily in the top 10 already.)