CHARLOTTE is the UK’s fastest growing girl’s name, while Pixar inspired ‘Arlo’ continues to rise for boys according to the latest baby names report.

Parenting club Bounty.com has uncovered the most popular baby names of 2016, showing a surge in popularity for the classic British name ‘Charlotte’, following the birth of Princess Charlotte in May 2015.

Charlotte is now the 16th most popular name for baby girls in the UK, and the highest climbing girls name of the year (up 53%), while sibling George became the 5th most popular boys’ name of 2016 (up 9%).

But with no new male heirs to the throne to take inspiration from, parents of baby boys have looked to other sources for their ‘namespiration’.

‘Arlo’ continues its meteoric rise as the fastest growing boy’s name, with the number of babies named after Pixar’s cartoon dinosaur increasing 144% on 2015.

Other boys names with notable increases in popularity are ‘Reggie’ (up 59%) - most likely influenced by Rastamouse star Reggie Yates but possibly Tom Hardy’s portrayal of Reggie Kray in the 2015 film ‘Legend’ - and ‘Ezra’ (up 77%), which could be attributed to ‘Budapest’ singer, George Ezra.

Other trending boys’ names on the rise are Jaxon, Jesse, Jasper and Carter.

For parents looking for something less traditional, Harper continued to grow in popularity as a girls’ name (up 24%) and inspired by five year old Harper Beckham as opposed to the acclaimed author Harper Lee, who died earlier this year.

Outside of the Top 100 most popular names, Harry Potter megafans took literary inspiration from the book series’ character, Luna (Lovegood) - which saw a 56% rise in popularity in 2016. However, the most surprising increase of the year was Paisley (up 202%), likely influenced by Channel 4’s ‘Tattoo Fixers’ on-screen receptionist of the same name.

Paisley wasn’t the only TV inspired name of the year.

The nation’s love for telly was reflected in UK parents’ choice of baby girls names, as last year’s I’m a Celeb contestant, Jorgie Porter charmed viewers, resulting in a huge 347% uplift in baby girls called Jorgie.

British parents also paid tribute to the much-loved Great British Bake Off, with the names Mary, Paul, Mel (Melanie) and Sue (Susan) all increasing in popularity in 2016 . Other girls’ names that look set to grow in popularity into 2017 include Aria, Hallie, Hattie and Alana.

Other new parents found themselves influenced not just by TV, but by the biggest news stories of the year.

Britain’s fantastic sporting performance at the Rio Olympics drove an uplift in babies with gold medal namesakes such as Louis (Smith) up 16%, Greg (Rutherford), up 19%, Laura (Trott) up 10% and Jade (Jones), up 29%.

With politics a key topic in 2016 due to the London mayoral election and the EU referendum, the name Boris rose in popularity (up 55%), but Cameron faced a 33% decline as the UK’s Prime Minister stepped down.

Lisa Penney, from the site, added: “For baby girls born in 2017, we’re expecting to see more parents unearth forgotten ‘vintage’ names such as Rita, Audrey, Esther and Lucille.

"For boys, American naming trends are likely to continue with more babies being given monikers like Elijah, Albie and Zachary – although perhaps not Donald.

"Choosing your baby’s name is an important decision to get right, it has to be a name you love, work with your surname, but it has to be able to grow with your child. It’s important to remember that as quickly as a name may have risen to fame when you have your baby, it could easily fall out of favour just as quick. Although, generally speaking, whatever a baby is called they grow up to make a name their own.”

Click the pictures above to see the top baby names table for 2016 as well as the table of rising and falling names in popularity this year.