Continental trends(01 of10)
Open Image ModalMany of the newer names in the top 100 seem to have drifted across the Channel - recent UK top 100 names Lola, Mia, Leo, Hugo, Sofia, Emilia and Louis all make the top 10s of France, Germany or Holland.Expect to see: Other names which are trending among our European cousins, like Lucas, Elias, Mattias, Sara and Anna.
'Posh' names(02 of10)
Open Image ModalAfter a slump in the late 90s, when 'Julians' and 'Tarquins' became a comic byword for pretentious, braying toffs, names considered 'posh' are making a comeback. Rupert, Hugo and Felix are among the upper-class monikers firmly back in fashion.Expect to see: Percy, Monty and Rufus are all creeping back up the popularity charts.
Names ending in 'a(03 of10)
Open Image Modal'Here's a fun fact for you (sort of...). Out of the current top 10 girls' names in the UK, seven end in the letter 'a'. This is compared to just two out of 2003's top 10.Expect to see: More of the same! Julia, Lydia, Sara and Aurora are all on the up, and could be breaking into the top 50 by this time next year.
1980's Americana(04 of10)
Open Image ModalAustin, Seth, Madison - notice anything about these names which have recently cracked the UK top 100? They were all highly popular in the US during the 1990, so it's not surprising that the generation of parents who grew up during the Beverley Hills 90210 era would turn to them.Expect to see: Other classic 90s 'high school' names, like Brandon, Tyler, Justin, Victoria, Brooke and Alexis.
1930s names(05 of10)
Open Image ModalEdwardian names have been riding high for the last few years, bringing names like Ivy, Violet, Alfred and Albert back into the mainstream. The next logical step, therefore, is for parents to start drawing on the interwar generation for baby name ideas.Expect to see: The likes of Dorothy, June and Jean for girls, Ronald, Raymond and Frank for boys.
Quirky biblical names(06 of10)
Open Image ModalNoah, Ethan, and Isaac have been popular name choices for baby boys for years now, but it seems that parents are ready to dig deeper into their Bible. Seth, Reuben and Elijah have already joined them in the top 100!Expect to see: Ezra (moved from 599th in 2003 to 295th most popular in 2013), Isaiah (448th to 273rd) and Eli (499th to 134th).
Names from the States(07 of10)
Open Image ModalMany of the newer names popular in the UK now - Brayden, Jayden, Madison, even Nevaeh - can be traced to the United States, where they were in vogue in the mid-2000s before making their way across the ocean to the UK. Expect to see: Names popular in the last couple of years which may soon arrive on our shores include Aubrey, Avery, Lillian, Mason, Landon and Carter.
Plant names(08 of10)
Open Image ModalWith Violet, Poppy, Lily, Daisy, Ivy and Willow all among the top 100 girls' names in 2013, it seems parents are going wild for flower and plant names. Expect to see: As the names listed above become firmly mainstream, parents will be on the lookout for similar names yet to be discovered. Potential options include Clover, Rosemary and Iris.
Vintage European names(09 of10)
Open Image ModalGirls' names beginning with E(10 of10)
Open Image ModalDid you know 18 percent of the top 50 girls' names of 2013 started with E? Probably not (why would you?). But it's true - newly popular names like Evie, Esme and Elsie have joined perennial favourites such as Elizabeth and Emilia.Expect to see: Several other 'e' names are stealthily gliding up the popularity rankings, so brace yourself for the likes of Evelyn, Elodie and Edith.