These are the 100 worst-ever baby names

Choosing what to name your child is no easy task - especially when it involves differing opinions from your partner, parents and in-laws.

So it would be even more disheartening to find that your favourite potential baby name could be ranked as one of the top 100 on the worst-ever list. 

Well, one baby site has come up with a list of just that in a bid to deter parents from choosing from these potentially terrible monikers.

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Unsurprisingly, a couple of out-there names like ‘Apple’, ‘L’Oreal’ and ‘Diesel’ have made the cut on the list, which details just under 100 monikers.

Meanwhile, the downright offensive ‘Adolf’ and ‘Lucifer’ have also rightly been made redundant as suitable names to call your baby - I mean, let’s be real, if anyone was seriously considering these names, they probably should re-evaluate their choices.

But even simpler names like ‘Simon’, ‘Alice’ and ‘Tracey’ have also topped the list on Emma’s Diary, which is intended to be a bit of ‘light-hearted fun’ for expectant parents.

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One of the renounced names, ‘Ahmiracle’, is given to around 800 newborns a year, according to the site, while ‘Mia’ - a name they compare to the abbreviation ‘Missing in action’ - was the 8th most popular name for girls in 2021.

Of course, the site explains that if you love a certain name for your bundle of joy, ‘then you should use it and forget about what anyone else may think.’

Elsewhere, the next extinction-level event is upon us, and thankfully, this one doesn’t include tidal waves or meteors.

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But you can kiss goodbye to Berthas, Nigels and Gillians, because according to new research, those names are barely ever given to babies anymore. 

And if you’re already blessed (or cursed) with one of the above names, you can thank your parents for that.

Here are the worst-ever baby names according to the site:

1. Alexa
2. Aliviyah
3. Alice
4. Apple
5. Appaloosa
6. Arabella
7. Ahmiracle
8. Any
9. Aimee
10. Baby
11. Beberly
12. Blaykelee
13. Boomquifa
14. Chardonnay 
15. Deirdre
16. Delilah
17. Elizabreath
18. Emmi
19. Ethel
20. Fanny
21. Flora
22. Helga
23. Hellzel
24. I’munique
25. Jerica
26. Karen
27. Lana
28. L’Oreal
29. Mattel
30. Maybelline
31. Mercedes
32. Merica
33. Mia
34. Nevaeh
35. North
36. Panthy
37. Phelony
38. Precious
39. Princess
40. Sassi
41. Skye
42. Sidero
43. Star
44. Thana
45. Tracey
46. Tu Morrow
47. Varaminta
48. Vejonica
49. Yuu
50. Abaddon
51. Adolf
52. Anous
53. Ajax
54. Akuji
55. Arthur
56. Arlo
57. Bart
58. Bear
59. Bob
60. Boris
61. Boss
62. Brian
63. Buster
64. Cannon
65. Cletus
66. Champ
67. Chandler
68. Danger
69. Dennis
70. Dick 
71. Diesel
72. Doyle
73. Ebolah
74. Edwood
75. Elmo
76. Geoffrey
77. George
78. Graham
79. Hitler
80. Inspektor 
81. Jax
82. Jedi
83. John
84. Justin
85. Keeler
86. Kevin
87. King
88. Legend
89. Louis
90. Lucifer
91. Nigel
92. Sadman
93. Satan
94. Simon 
95. Sonny
96. Spartacus
97. Stormy
98. Yugo