The Social Security Administration recently announced the most popular baby names in California for 2008.

The most popular names for boys are Daniel, Anthony, Angel, Jacob and David.

For girls, the best-liked names are Isabella, Emily, Sophia, Samantha and Ashley.

Nationally, Emma and Jacob were the most popular baby names.

In addition to each state's top 100 baby names, Social Security's website has a list of the 1,000 most popular boys' and girls' names for 2008 and a list of the top 100 names for twins born in 2008. Jacob and Joshua are the most popular twins' names.

The website also offers lists of baby names for each year since 1880. New to the website this year is the "Change in Name Popularity" page.

For more information on baby names, go to www.socialsecurity .gov/pressoffice.