Each year baby name trends come and go, with the list of the most popular names shifting and changing as parents choose their favourites and some monikers rise up, while others sadly fall from the charts.
Most recently people have been abuzz after former Love Islander Molly-Mae Hague and her partner Tommy Fury announced they'd named their daughter 'Bambi'.
Some people went wild for the name, while others cruelly trolled the couple for their choice.
But it seems cute Disney-themed names could become incredibly popular with parents this year, according to Sarah Redshaw, the UK Managing Editor for BabyCentre.
She told the Mirror: "It's a possibility that parents may take the lead from celebrities and their recent Disney-inspired names. Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury named their newborn daughter Bambi, and Stacey Dooley called hers Minnie so we could see an increase in searches for Disney names."
However, while this could be popular, it doesn't look set to be the biggest baby name trend of 2023, as this honour goes to wild west-inspired names.
Sarah claims this is a move that none of the baby name experts ever saw coming, but it seems expectant parents just can't stop searching their website for monikers that would be fit for a little cowgirl or cowboy.
As such BabyCentre believes we can expect to see more babies named Billy, Butch, Wyatt, Pearl, Daisy and Clementine being welcomed into the world over the coming months.
The experts went on to claim that outer space names will also dazzle parents, with Apollo, Cosmo, Ariel and Luna all being good options.
Other trends you may see cropping up in 2023 include gemstone names like Ruby and Jet as well as old-fashioned and classy-sounding names such as Tybalt, Tamara and Barnaby.
Gender-neutral names continue to be popular with BabyCentre users as well, with the number of names in their registrations that are shared by both boys and girls doubling over the last 10 years.
The most popular gender-neutral registrations are currently Riley, Frankie, Harley, Blake, Rowan, River, Robin and Morgan.
Sarah added: "Who could have predicted that wild west names would be a new trend? We'll be looking out for more babies named Billy, Wyatt, Butch and Levi and Clementine, Daisy, Pearl and Mae later this year when we look at our registrations.
"And one thing's for sure, old-fashioned names are still in fashion while parents are still loving Bible names.
"Meanwhile names from ancient mythology and the planets could become a new classical trend though as mums and dads look for something more unusual but familiar."
BabyCentre top search queries related to names (excluding similar search terms and general name search terms)
- Wild west names
- Gender-neutral names
- Names inspired by the solar system
- Names from mythology
- Posh and old-fashioned names
- Gemstone-inspired names
- Biblical names
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