Top 40 baby names predicted to become popular in the next 10 years

Naming your newborn can be one of the hardest decisions new parents can face.

Whether you’re considering a traditional name or something more unusual, there are always different names trending that might tickle your fancy.

To help you get ahead of the curve - and possibly make the decision much easier - pregnancy and parent company Bounty has predicted the names it expects to be on the rise with new parents in the next 10 years.

Bounty looked at more than 300,000 names registered in the last 12 months to track the highest climbers and identify which name trends are set to take off, reports Hull Live.

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For girls, Nellie is predicted to soar in popularity, followed by Elodie and Anastasia - and for boys it's Chester, Levi and Hudson.

Here's the top 40 predictions:

Names for girls predicted to trend this decade

1. Nellie

2. Elodie

3. Anastasia

4. Margot

5. Aubrey

6. Ayda

7. Remi

8. Alayna

9. Aurelia

10. Winnie

11. Dorothy

12. Kyla

13. Maeve

14. Dottie

15. Liyana

16. Addison

17. Blossom

18. Adeline

19. Avery

20. Nola

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Names for boys predicted to trend this decade

1. Chester

2. Levi

3. Hudson

4. Eddie

5. Myles

6. Rio

7. Vincent

8. Otis

9. Abel

10. Coby

11. Travis

12. Robbie

13. Idris

14. Monty

15. Romeo

16. Raphael

17. Barney

18. Osian

19. Dante

20. Troy