Who knew?  There are baby names you can't use because they're banned in New England, with specific baby-naming rules in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine, too.

Naming your children something unique or plain ridiculous isn't banned, as celebrities have taught us that. According to Vogue Magazine, some of the stranger names like 'Y' or 'Pilot Inspektor' make the list of unusual names.  Anyway, I was chatting with a friend of mine who is pregnant, and she was telling me about banned names, so I decided to look more into this.

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Let's start with state laws. According to Baby Name Quest, the first, middle, and last names in New Hampshire cannot exceed 100 characters in total.

In Maine, you don't have any restrictions except the nationally banned list.

Meanwhile, Massachusetts only allows letters found on a standard English keyboard, according to Baby Name Quest. This means if you were thinking of naming your baby ¦, «, or ±, then you're out of luck.  Now, that may seem like a given, but remember, Elon Musk and his wife named their baby X Æ A-12, according to that Vogue article I mentioned above.

Now for the list of names that are banned across the country. According to US Birth Certificates, you cannot name your baby King, Queen, Jesus Christ, III, Santa Claus, Majesty, Misteri (insert the N-word here), Adolf Hitler, Messiah, @, or 1069.

Some of these names are banned because of court cases initiated by a single person or parents, which led to a nationwide ban.  You can read more about those in this article from The Huffington Post.

If you want to see names banned around the world, click here.

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