Some bad baby names rise above the rest. I’ve known so many Kaydens, Aidens, Braydens, Haydens, and Jaydens in my life that, at this point, the quality of their names no longer feels notably poor. While my childhood was populated by a parade of the boy “-aydens,” Gen Alpha girls are cursed with “-leigh” as the generation-defining nominal suffix. It’s a revival of common millennial names like Ashley and Brittany but with much more world salad. The Everleighs and Brynleighs of the world will keep getting born until the next big naming trend comes around.
While there are broad naming trends, some names are timelessly bad. There was a girl at my elementary school named “Summer Camp,” and that name goes toe-to-toe with the name of the mom in this story is considering naming her baby. She’s always dreamed of naming a baby “Blessica,” but because of one unfortunate similarity to a pop star, the name shall not be.