--- description: A French judge has banned Nutella as a baby name. But the U.S. is home to dozens of boys and girls named Kale, Heinz and Hennessy title: The 30 Most Popular Baby Names That Are Also Foods image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The 30 Most Popular Baby Names That Are Also Foods  by [Chris Wilson](/author/chris-wilson/)  ## Chris Wilson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 26, 2015 10:21 PM CUT  by [Chris Wilson](/author/chris-wilson/)  ## Chris Wilson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 26, 2015 10:21 PM CUT A French court ruled recently that a newborn baby [could not be named “Nutella,”](http://time.com/3681714/nutellla-child/ "undefined") reasoning that “it is contrary to the child’s interest to be wearing a name like that can only lead to teasing or disparaging thoughts.” A thorough TIME investigation did not turn up any evidence of a Nutella being born in the United States since 1880, the earliest year for which baby name data is available from the Social Security Administration. (Pre-1880 Nutellas are unlikely; Nutella was [developed in the 1940s](http://www.nutellausa.com/history.htm "undefined")). By comparing the most-recent set of newborn names against a list of 25,369 foods ([mined from Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Foods "undefined")), we did find 30 other gourmet names that were given to American babies in 2013\. Only names that show up at least five times in a given year are publicly reported. | **Name** | **Gender** | **Number (2013)** | | ---------- | ---------- | ----------------- | | Apple | Female | 27 | | Basil | Male | 56 | | Basil | Female | 21 | | Berry | Male | 5 | | Bison | Male | 5 | | Brie | Female | 51 | | Candy | Female | 62 | | Chardonnay | Female | 5 | | Curry | Male | 7 | | Danish | Male | 6 | | Dasani | Female | 34 | | Dasani | Male | 9 | | Dijon | Male | 19 | | Evian | Male | 8 | | Evian | Female | 8 | | Heinz | Male | 5 | | Hennessy | Female | 62 | | Honey | Female | 57 | | Kale | Male | 257 | | Kale | Female | 5 | | Kipper | Male | 6 | | Maple | Female | 44 | | Pike | Male | 6 | | Romaine | Male | 6 | | Rye | Female | 5 | | Shiraz | Male | 6 | | Skyy | Female | 94 | | Skyy | Male | 7 | | Sundae | Female | 7 | This list does not include names like “Clementine” and “Rosemary” that are common enough not to be automatically associated with food. Looking to name your child something non-food related? TIME can predict how popular a name will be in the next 25 years. Check out the interactive below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3683207/nutella-baby-names/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3683207/nutella-baby-names/"},"headline":"The 30 Most Popular Baby Names That Are Also Foods","datePublished":"2015-01-26T22:21:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:53:21.077Z","description":"A French judge has banned Nutella as a baby name. But the U.S. is home to dozens of boys and girls named Kale, Heinz and Hennessy","url":"https://time.com/3683207/nutella-baby-names/","keywords":["baby names"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Wilson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3683207/nutella-baby-names/","name":"The 30 Most Popular Baby Names That Are Also Foods"}}]}] ```