Baby names: 10 popular trends in 2012

Literary figures are playing an important role in the choosing of baby names for both boys and girls. From the classic pieces of literary fiction, names such as Emma and Darcy are growing in popularity (although Emma's always been highly ranked), and Phoebe and Holden from ​Catcher in the Rye​ are being favoured.

Daisy and Jay, from ​The Great Gatsby​, are also reemerging, and may become even more popular after Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of the book comes to the big screen this Christmas. A final front runner is Gray, taken from John Grisham's The Pelican Brief​. This one could also be inspired by the current bestseller, ​50 Shades of​ Grey.