As someone who spends their days immersed in unusual names, I like to tell people that uncommon choices don’t surprise me.
So when an acquaintance tells me they met someone named Tuna or my gynecologist shares that she recently delivered three babies named Maverick — can you believe it? — I just smile and share the facts: Tuna is a very typical Turkish name and Maverick is actually a Top 40 favorite.
But there are some names so wild, so out there, they astonish even me.
Meet the craziest baby names in America.
Aggressive boy names like Crash and Trigger. Substance-related names such as Whiskey and Sativa. Singular religious names like Christ and God. It’s enough to make my head spin!
I’ve collected 100+ mind-blowing choices in our annual collection of the wildest names of the year. (Although I’m quite fond of one of the names…*) Read them at your own risk!
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I know a teenage girl named Soryn. She wears it well!