--- title: Crazy New U.S. Baby Names of 2014 description: We've got some great ideas for potential nicknames canonical: https://time.com/3897660/craziest-new-baby-names-2014/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-27T15:22:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:37.276Z og:title: The Craziest New Baby Names of 2014 Include Sadman and Ruckus og:description: We've got some great ideas for potential nicknames. og:url: https://time.com/3897660/craziest-new-baby-names-2014/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a919b45b3a3f1bc/698851d6e20a87c212a8b8b4/babies.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: babies og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Craziest New Baby Names of 2014 Include Sadman and Ruckus twitter:description: We've got some great ideas for potential nicknames. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a919b45b3a3f1bc/698851d6e20a87c212a8b8b4/babies.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Craziest New Baby Names of 2014 Include Sadman, Ruckus and So Many More ## Video: Most Popular Baby Names Of 2014 Include Some Surprises [Watch (HLS stream): Most Popular Baby Names Of 2014 Include Some Surprises](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/FXfKfdOg.m3u8) (1:00)  _Published 2015-05-08. The top 10 baby names of 2014 have been released, and some new names have made the cut._ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 27, 2015 3:22 PM UTC  Large Group of Babies Large Group of BabiesGetty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 27, 2015 3:22 PM UTC Some of the most popular[ baby names](http://time.com/3851623/most-popular-baby-names-2014-2/) of 2014 were Noah, Emma, William, Sophia and Jacob — but there were some, uh, less conventional names too. According [to Nameberry](http://nameberry.com/blog/oh-no-they-didnt), a total of 1,393 new baby names were coined by imaginative parents around the U.S. To earn a place on the Social Security extended name-popularity list, these new names had to occur at least five times. (Feel free to browse that [list](http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/limits.html), sorted into national and state-specific groups.) Some of these new names are just spectacularly outrageous — and it’s quite entertaining to think about the fact that more than five sets of parents came up with them independently. Here are some of our favorite new baby names of 2014, along with our ideas for some potential nicknames: * **Ruckus —** This name is basically a portmanteau of the last and first names of Hootie & the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker, so baby Ruckus could be called Hootie, just for fun. He could also be called Wu-Tang in honor of the Wu-Tang Clan’s 1993 song “Bring Da Ruckus.” Either way, this is going to be a kid very well-versed in ’90s music. * **Mickinley —** This is a U.S. President’s name, but misspelled. So the appropriate nickname here would obviously be Prezident. * **Sadman —** Sadman’s nickname would have to be something like Smiley, just for the irony. Or, his nickname could be inspired by a famous sad man, like Thom Yorke or Napoleon. * **Princecharles —** This kid will _not_ have a nickname. You will exclusively refer to him as Princecharles and nothing else. Have some respect. * **Payzley —** Payzley is an independent woman. She will choose her own nickname, or wait patiently for the Universe to present a nickname to her. * **Legendary —** The five boys all named Legendary will have to duke it out with several Feats of Strength. The winner will get to go by Legendary; the losers will all be called Scott. ### See the Funniest and Weirdest Baby Photos  Shot for TIME, 2015 Evan Kafka for TIME  Shot for TIME, 2015 Photo-illustration by Evan Kafka for TIME  Shot for TIME, 2015 Photo-illustration by Evan Kafka for TIME  Shot for TIME, 2015 Photo-illustration by Evan Kafka for TIME  Personal work, 2009 Evan Kafka—Getty Images  Shot for Huggies, 2011 Evan Kafka  Personal work, 2009 Evan Kafka  Personal work, 2009 Evan Kafka—Getty Images  Personal work, 2009 Photo-illustration by Evan Kafka—Getty Images  Personal work, 2011 Evan Kafka—Getty Images  Personal work, 2009 Evan Kafka—Getty Images  Personal work, 2009 Evan Kafka—Getty Images  Crazy New U.S. Baby Names of 2014 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3897660/craziest-new-baby-names-2014/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3897660/craziest-new-baby-names-2014/"},"headline":"The Craziest New Baby Names of 2014 Include Sadman, Ruckus and So Many More","datePublished":"2015-05-27T15:22:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:43:37.276Z","description":"We've got some great ideas for potential nicknames","url":"https://time.com/3897660/craziest-new-baby-names-2014/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a919b45b3a3f1bc/698851d6e20a87c212a8b8b4/babies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a919b45b3a3f1bc/698851d6e20a87c212a8b8b4/babies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"babies","caption":"babies","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3897660/craziest-new-baby-names-2014/","name":"The Craziest New Baby Names of 2014 Include Sadman, Ruckus and So Many More"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Most Popular Baby Names Of 2014 Include Some Surprises","description":"The top 10 baby names of 2014 have been released, and some new names have made the cut.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/FXfKfdOg/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-05-08T16:19:15.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/FXfKfdOg.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3897660/craziest-new-baby-names-2014/","duration":"PT1M","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3897660/craziest-new-baby-names-2014/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```