Number of babies named Dua doubles

The number of babies called Dua in the UK has doubled in 2019 compared with 2017, when Dua Lipa had her first UK number one, Mirror reports. The Office for National Statistics said 126 babies were called Dua in 2019, compared with 63 in 2017. Meanwhile, Alexa has fallen since the introduction of Amazon's Echo, down from 332 in 2016 to just 39 in 2019. Oliver and Olivia are still number one in England and Wales.