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BABY NAMES PREDICTED TO BECOME POPULAR IN THE NEXT DECADE

Soon-to-be-parents can spend months picking out a name for their children, and some already know what name they will give their little boy or girl. 

Choosing a name for your child is not always the easiest decision. Every parent wants their child’s name to be perfect, as he or she will have it for the rest of their lives. 

Some parents keeps the name in the family, using grandparents or even great grandparents names.

 Whether parents are considering a traditional name or something more unusual, there's always trends in baby names. Some classics come back into fashion while others fade away.

Recently, pregnancy and parenthood company, Bounty, predicted the names it expects to be on the rise with new parents in the next 10 years to help you get ahead of the curve.

Bounty looked at more than 300,000 names registered in the last 12 months to track the highest climbers and identify which name trends are set to take off.

Both lists feature references to popular culture. Some of the lead characters names in Netflix's hit series Sex Education, Maeve and Otis, and names linked to A-list celebrities such as Margot Robbie and Idris Elba, are predicted to become popular.

The list also features more traditional girl names such as Sophia, Olivia and Amelia, and for the boys, the top three were Muhammad, Noah and Oliver.

Here are the popular names for girl starting with the most popular name:

  • Nellie
  • Elodie
  • Anastasia
  • Margot
  • Aubrey
  • Ayda
  • Remi
  • Alayna
  • Aurelia
  • Winnie
  • Dorothy
  • Kyla
  • Maeve
  • Dottie
  • Liyana
  • Addison
  • Blossom
  • Adeline
  • Avery
  • Nola
  • Here are the names for the boys which is predicted to trend this decade:

    • Chester
    • Levi
    • Hudson
    • Eddie
    • Myles
    • Rio
    • Vincent
    • Otis
    • Abel
    • Coby
    • Travis
    • Robbie
    • Idris
    • Monty
    • Romeo
    • Raphael
    • Barney
    • Osian
    • Dante
    • Troy

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