You got a positive on the pregnancy test.
You've been eating your greens and taking your vitamins.
And you're pretty sure you've read every pregnancy book on Amazon.
But the one task that's not as easy to check off the list?
The name.
You know, the name your precious bundle will probably go by for the rest of his or her
life.
And the decision is totally on you.
No pressure, right?
With baby naming, it's easy to fall into the trend trap.
But what sounds perfect on your favorite TV character or pinned up on that picture-perfect
Pinterest nursery today, may not sound so great on your little angel 10, or even 20
years from now.
Not to worry.
Here are some baby names that might not work so well in 10 years...
Madison
Madison, for a girl, has remained a popular name for a while, but it's also on the hate
list.
According to an article called "The Most Hated Baby Names in America," people tend to dislike
girl's names that had been used traditionally for boys — like Madison and Addison.
Of the people surveyed for the most-hated name list, most of them couldn't say why the
name was so unappealing.
The article said, "It just seemed to grate on people."
Those people might've been pretty annoyed by the classic '80s movie Splash, where the
mermaid selects Madison for her human name.
"Madison.
I like Madison."
"Well, Madison's not a name."
But according to Yahoo News, that's when Madison for girls began.
That's not to say that you should avoid genderless names because other people don't like them.
But Madison in particular seems to garner more ire every year.
​North
Though Kim and Kanye weren't the first to think of naming their child after a cardinal
direction, they certainly brought the idea to the public's attention.
According to Mashable, records show that parents have been naming their kids North, South,
East, or West as far back as 1790.
"I'm North."
"Seen your name on maps."
This is not to say that baby North has skyrocketed to the top of the popularity list.
But it has increased its standing.
In 2004 it wasn't even on the radar of the Social Security Administration.
But by 2013, there were twenty little Norths crawling around the US in all directions.
It wouldn't be the first time that a celebrity went a little wacky with their baby name.
In fact, North is tame compared to the likes of Bronx Mowgli — son of Ashlee Simpson
and Pete Wentz — Bear Blue — son of Alicia Silverstone — and Moon Unit, daughter of
Frank Zappa.
The thing is, a celebrity kid is born into weirdness.
A "normal life" was never expected of them, nor of their name.
So we might have to give them a pass.
Destiny
This one was high on the list of hated baby names for girls.
Destiny, it seems, is a lose-lose situation.
To some, she's either too "virtuous" — along with Hope, Faith, and Grace — or she is
too "stripperish" — similar to Heaven or Candy.
As Julie Ryan Evans from CafeMom says, "It's been around the pole a time or two."
If you're worried that the name you have in mind will come off a little too "exotic,"
Evans suggests that you Google Image search it first.
If the pictures that come up are of women in barely-there attire, then you might have
your answer.
​Elsa
"let it go."
What?
Is that annoying?
Well, you better get used to it If you name your child Elsa.
Because that's exactly what she'll be hearing from the time you tell the nurse her name
in the hospital, till her first day of high school when her class plays the name game.
After taking a dip in the 2000s, Elsa climbed back up the charts — reaching an all-time
high in 2014 as the number 286th most popular girl names in the US.
The German name means "pledged to God," and definitely has a very feminine ring to it.
But you'd be hard-pressed to find somebody who didn't associate the name with the ice
cold Queen of Arendelle.
Not necessarily a bad thing considering she did save her kingdom and her sister, all through
an "act of true love."
But still.
A Disney princess name is a lot of pressure on a little girl.
Poppy
We have to give Poppy props for being adorable, but it might not be a great choice in the
long run.
A study from Northwestern University found that girls with very feminine sounding names
didn't choose advanced classes in math or science.
David Figlio, a professor at Northwestern, told the Today Show,
"First names can influence individual self-concept and the ways in which a person is perceived
by others."
So young ladies with "girly" names are often treated in a more feminine way.
People expect them to live up to feminine stereotypes and girls might have a harder
time developing an interest in typically "masculine" subjects and hobbies.
Of course this isn't true for every girl.
Penny Marshall was a major film director in a male-dominated field, and Sally Ride was
the first woman to go into space.
And Penny and Sally are about as girly as names get.
So, if your heart's set on "Poppy" just remind your daughter that the world is her oyster.
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