Buckle up for the wildest naming scandal since Elon Musk tried to christen his kid after a WiFi password—because in America, dreaming up a baby moniker like “1069” isn’t just quirky; it’s a federal felony faster than you can say “administrative nightmare.” This viral list of forbidden US baby names has the internet in stitches, spotlighting how states like North Dakota and Minnesota slammed the door on numeric nonsense after one philosophical dreamer, Michael Herbert Dengler, petitioned in 1976 to rebrand himself as the ultimate Y2K precursor. Courts weren’t buying it—not even when he spelled it out as “One Zero Six Nine”—ruling that standalone digits would turn birth certificates into barcode blunders and DMVs into existential crises. Fast-forward to today, and the bans extend to symbols (@, #, oh the horror), obscenities, and titles that scream “midlife crisis,” leaving gems like “Hulk” fair game in chill spots like Arizona but dooming “Cyanide” or “Martian” to the reject pile everywhere else. Remember Musk’s X Æ A-12 fiasco? California played alphabet police, forcing a tweak because names must stick to ABCs—no math allowed. It’s a hilariously bureaucratic buffet: no blank slates (nameless kids? Illegal!), no royal pretenders, and definitely no turning your spawn into a radio station. In an era of “Zuma Nesta Rock,” this list reminds us that freedom’s got fine print—your kid’s ID can’t crash the system, even if it’s got philosophical vibes. Who knew picking a name was harder than defusing a bomb?
Why ‘1069’ is a banned baby name in US as bizarre list of prohibited names goes viral
