AUDIO: UNUSUAL BABY NAMES
The Social Security Administration keeps track of all the names of infants born every year. Once in awhile they decide to embarrass the parents who have given their babies an incredibly stupid name. Here are some of the Most Unusual Baby Names of 2022:
Girls: Minnow, Banksy, Cinderella, Delight, Bronte, Sparkle, Menorah, Elegance, Canary, Evermore, Horizon (* “Hor,” for short), Brilliance, Fauna, Ibiza, Strawberry, Willoughby.
* So we’re naming our children after the My Little Ponies now.
Boys: Barley, Dragon, Beacon, Utah, Alchemy, Daytona, Clever, Ontario, Fender, Gilead, Valiant, Rooster, Chaos, Cerulean, Ruckus, Awesome, Texas.
* See what Indiana Jones started?
* All those boy names sound like they could be a town in Texas. Awesome, TX; Beacon, TX; Rooster, TX; Fender, TX; Ruckus, TX …
* Some year the babies are all going to get together in a class action lawsuit.
* Folks, don’t do this. Give the wacky name to your dog, not your kid. People will still think you’re clever.
CLIP: Here’s our classic “Baby Names” song.
