Send us your best photos of your babies born in 2023

We would like families to send in their photos by Tuesday, January 16.

The photos will then appear in a special supplement published in the Oxford Mail on Tuesday, January 23.

You can upload your photos to www.oxfordmail.co.uk/born23

Parents have already started to get in touch and Hannah Boslem sent in a photo of her son Isaac who was born in June.

Popular names for baby boys in 2023 included Noah, Liam and Oliver, while popular names for girls included Olivia, Emma and Amelia.

The NHS says that there are 1,600 babies born a day, or one birth every 54 seconds in the UK.

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Whilst official statistics for the UK in 2023 are still being collected, it is likely that there will be 134.28 million worldwide births in 2023.

Experts at BabyCentre say film, television, music and royal families have an impact on the popularity of names, with Taylor (after Taylor Swift) doubling in popularity.

Willow, which is the name of a Taylor Swift song on her Folklore album, also climbed the popularity ladder.

It was also noted there is a trend for magical or fantasy-themed names such as Luna, Sage and Lyra, whilst traditionally royal names such as William, Charles and Harry have actually dropped in popularity.

Lyra is the main character of Oxford author Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.

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