Most popular baby names of 2024 show the rise of two new trends - full list

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If you're expecting a little one this year but are stuck on what name to pick, your'e in luck, as the most popular baby names of 2024 have been officially unveiled.Parenting is no easy feat, and it can even be more daunting to pick the moniker that your newborn will bare forever.

Luckily, the latest trends in baby names, compiled by BabyCentre, as their extensive list - which is updated every month The competitive list, published in January, shows trends in girl names ending in 'a' were hugely popular last year, in addition to baby boys being given surnames."Olivia" and "Muhammad" held onto their previous top spots on the list.

In fact, the top 10 boys' names remained the same as 2023, all the way up to spot 15, where the name "Archie" climbed the list by two ranks.The girls' list also remained consistent in terms of the top 10, despite a few changes in the ranks. "Lily" moved up to third place while "Isla" slipped down the ranks to fourth. "Grace" made it up to rank sixth, "Ava" held onto fifth, and "Willow" remained at number 10 on the list.Here's a closer look at the popularity patterns of last year's top baby names, as well as the top 100 for boys and girls below.

Almost 50 per cent of girls’ names in the chart this year end in an "a". This trend truly triumphed over the list with 46 out of 100 girls' names following this pattern.Surnames as forenames was the biggest trend in the boys' top 100. "Hunter" (74t), "Harrison" (51st) and "Mason" (52nd) rose as favourites.