Are you expecting a little bundle of joy in the new year? If so, we have no doubt you've been scribbling down potential baby names at every turn. The pressure to name a human being for life is no joke - a million little things must be taken into consideration, future nicknames depend on it!
So, to make things a little easier, we're sharing the baby names that experts predict will be popular in 2020.
Nameberry, an American website that celebrates all things baby names, was created by experts Pamela Redmond and Linda Rosenkrantz, co-authors of ten groundbreaking books on - you guessed it - baby names.
In the new year, the ladies predict that the top names in the US will include rediscovered vintage names as well as names imported from around the world - many of which come from Ireland.
By calculating which names on the website saw the biggest increases in views by readers over the past year, Pamela and Linda have created a comprehensive list for boys and girls in 2020 - you can view it in full here.
To give you an idea of their selections, we've listed some of the names below along with their descriptions:
Alistair
With many British names invading the Yankee name pool, the sophisticated Alistair could and should be part of the next wave. It debuted in the US Top 1000 in 2016.
Archie
Archie made global news as the surprise first name of the newborn royal baby, son of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Beau
Beau suggests someone devilishly handsome, with a large measure of southern charm—a nice image to bestow on your boy. Often solely a nickname in the past, it's now standing firmly on its own.
Cosima
Cosima, the kind of elegant and exotic name the British upper classes love to use for their daughters, will almost certainly come into wider use having being chosen by two high-profile celebs - director Sofia Coppola and supermodel Claudia Schiffer.
Flynn
Flynn, a charming Irish surname, is still used only quietly, despite its easygoing, casual cowboy charm, unlike Finn which is a star of this genre. Flynn was the choice of Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr.
Kit
Actor Kit Harington, aka the dreamy Jon Snow on Game of Thrones, has given this nickname-name new style and appeal for boys. Actress Jodie Foster used it for her son.
Leon
Leon is one of the names that is extremely hot in Europe right now. Although it peaked here in the 1920s, it is slowly making its way back, and it could climb further with parents wanting a more serious and studious alternative to Leo.
Pearl
Pearl, like Ruby, has begun to be polished up for a new generation of fashionable children after a century of jewelry box storage.
