JACK and Amelia were the most popular names given to babies born in the North-East in 2014.

It was the third year in a row Amelia topped the girls' list while Jack has been the most popular name for boys in the region since 1998.

Isaac replaced William in the boys' top ten, while Lily and Lucy were both new entries in the girls' list replacing Poppy and Ella.

The North-East list closely resembled the national version, although Oliver was the top boys name around the country but only second favourite in this region, the Office for National Statistics said.

In the national boys' list, Jackson, Joey and Ellis entered the top 100 but the biggest increase was Kian, which climbed 41 places to number 53 from last year.

New entrants in the girls' top 100 included Robyn, Nancy and Lottie and David Beckham's choice of name for his daughter is still seeming to influence parents with Harper climbing 71 places since last year.

Pop-culture references also dominate decision making, with the names of Game Of Thrones characters continuing to be popular.

Some 53 parents chose 'Khaleesi' for their newly born daughters and 244 babies were named Arya as house Stark gained popularity. Brienne also joined the list with four girls being named after the character.

Founder of parenting site Channel Mum, Siobhan Freegard said the recent popularity of Victorian and Edwardian names is now stretching to the Middle Ages.

Ms Freegard said: "Out with the new, in with the old. While Victorian and Edwardian names have been popular for some time now, this year's list shows parents are now searching much further back in time, even to the Middle Ages. Meanwhile more modern names are tumbling down the chart.

She added: "New boy's entry Ellis is a Middle English version of Elijah, while Elijah itself has jumped 16 places in popularity to 53. Another new entry, Jackson, is a trendy name recently chosen by film director Spike Lee, but has its origins with 14th century Scots and English families meaning 'Son of Jack'.

"New top 100 girl's name Darcie was first used in the Middle Ages in France and, while the Beckhams have undoubtedly helped to popularise Harper, it's another Middle English name deriving from 'harp player'," said Ms Freegard.

Other pop culture references include Disney musical, Frozen which continues to to popularise Elsa - a traditional turn-of-the-century name - with 534 babies taking the name, meaning it just missed out on a place in the top 100.

Out of all the One Direction band members, Harry, with 5,379, and Louis (999) are the top choices for parents, while Niall lags way behind with just 155.

Top ten most popular names for girls in the North-East

1. AMELIA

2. OLIVIA

3. EMILY

4. AVA

5. ISLA

6. SOPHIE

7. SCARLETT

8. JESSICA

9. LILY

10. LUCY

Top ten most popular names for boys in the North-East

1. JACK

2. OLIVER

3. CHARLIE

4. HARRY

5. JACOB

6. JAMES

6. THOMAS

8. ALFIE

9. ISAAC

9. JOSEPH