Noah and Olivia were revealed as the most popular baby names for 2021/22 by ONS data last week, and using new sales and search data, experts have predicted the baby names expected to surge in 2022/23. According to ONS, films such as Star Wars and Pixar’s Luca, heavily influenced boys name last year, and TV hit Sex Education, saw the name Olivia hit the top spot for girls.
This prompted personalised gifting specialists, DCUK, to delve into search volume data to identify the most influential events and pop culture moments of the past year, alongside their most recent requests for certain names, allowing the experts to predict which names will see a surge in popularity over the next 12 months.
The biggest searches of he year so far are:
