Whilst the girls’ name, Nova, previously favoured in the most popular list, has dropped out of this year’s top 100 list, Strum predicts 2025 could see its return to favour, alongside other positive monikers, such as Everest, which symbolises ambitious heights and strength and Amara, meaning ‘grace’ or ‘unfading’.

In 2023, Noah and Charlotte topped the charts of popular baby names in New Zealand - but did they retain those top spots last

Emma and Liam are statistically more likely to eventually run New York. There were almost 100,000 babies born in New York City in 2023, according to data the New York City health department released on Friday. Of those babies, 743 were named Liam and 382 were named Emma.

The number two and three most popular names for newborn boys in Berks are also the same as the second and third most popular names nationally: Liam and Oliver. For girls in Berks, the top three names weren’t quite a perfect match with the national results.