When it comes to picking a name for your baby, these ones are banned from the list. Do you agree?

You'd think that parents would have complete free reign when deciding the name for their child. Parents typically take pride in naming the newest member to their family. Who knew there was restricted section of the name book?

For me, my grandfather always wanted to have a Carl. And even though he was blessed with 6 children, he had all girls instead. But funny enough, that didn't stop him from naming one of them Carol! And so, my mother decided to bless her own child with one of the most meme-able names possible. (Thanks 'Llamas With Hats').

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Of course, there are those parents who should have been told "NO" when signing the dotted line. Like naming their child "Sam Sung", "Chris P. Bacon", or "Richard Long". Sure it's funny for everyone else, but that poor kid is now stuck with their parents dumb joke until adulthood.

Banned Baby Names in New York State

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Immature parents aside, the New York State and federal government have put a ban on a long list of names for parents. And some of these might surprise you. Thank you to Bobby Welber of the Hudson Valley Post for compiling the names below...

Banned Baby Names in New York And United States

Top 10 Baby Names Of 2023 For New York

Each year, the Social Security Administration publishes the totals for the first names from all Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the US since 1880. The publication is the most complete record of first name usage in the United States. Because Social Security can take quite a while to compile data on the most popular baby names for each year, Names.org has used data on the actual births in recent years to predict the most popular baby names of 2023.

Here's a look at what they have for the Top 10 boys, or girls names. Granted, you can have gender neutral names too. This is predicting their data:

Top Baby Names in New York for 1980

Born in 1980? Check out the top baby names of that year (curtesy of the Social Security Administration) and see if yours made the list!

Top Baby Names in New York for 1990

Born in 1990? Check out the top baby names of that year (curtesy of the Social Security Administration) and see if yours made the list!

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