On May 12, the Social Security Administration released the official list of the most popular baby names of 2016 ― along with data showing all the names given to five or more infants born that year.
The top names weren’t surprising, as Emma, Noah, Liam and Olivia continued to dominate. But there were some interesting choices at the bottom.
Examining the broader data, we looked at the names given to only five babies in 2016 and noticed some interesting choices ― from literary references to band names to adjectives in the English language.
Here are 60 unusual names that each appeared on just five American babies’ birth certificates last year.
Boys
Wilco
Siegfried
Crusoe
Pippin
Berlin
Corny
Carbon
Salinger
Cheney
Drago
Yeltsin
Harvard
Algernon
Bravo
Mowgli
Neeson
Maui
Frost
Shady
Vegas
Paisley
Armor
Mercury
Goliath
Treasure
Marx
Infinity
Buchanan
Dionysus
Galaxy
Girls
Pennylane
Myrtle
Palin
Julep
Maryland
Sincerity
Alchemy
Flower
Brightly
Madge
Malibu
Petal
Rowdy
Earth
Pristine
Rhodes
Gift
Starling
Adorable
Flourish
Whisper
Solstice
Bathsheba
Aviary
Bambi
Merely
Bleu
Versailles
Reality
Cameo
