--- description: Mexican state orders an end to bizarre baby names title: Weird Baby Names Banned in Mexico's Sonora State image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta669408184e7daa3/69868295cd804d8354cc9656/baby-list.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # People of Sonora, Please Stop Naming Your Children Facebook and Circumcision by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2014 8:23 AM CUT  These names are fine. Martian and Facebook are not. These names are fine. Martian and Facebook are not.MachineHeadz—Getty Images by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2014 8:23 AM CUT Parents in Mexico’s Sonora state must refrain from naming their children Facebook, Rambo, Circumcision and 58 other appellations deemed “derogatory” by local authorities. “The law is very clear because it prohibits giving children names that are derogatory or that don’t have any meaning and that can lead to bullying,” said Sonora state Civil Registry director Cristina Ramirez, according to Associated Press. Other banned names in Sonora include Spanish equivalents of “Martian” and “Circumcision”. \[[AP](http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/02/11/3928975/mexico-state-bans-odd-names-including.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6836/people-of-sonora-please-stop-naming-your-children-facebook-and-circumcision/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6836/people-of-sonora-please-stop-naming-your-children-facebook-and-circumcision/"},"headline":"People of Sonora, Please Stop Naming Your Children Facebook and Circumcision","datePublished":"2014-02-12T08:23:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:23:18.085Z","description":"Mexican state orders an end to bizarre baby names","url":"https://time.com/6836/people-of-sonora-please-stop-naming-your-children-facebook-and-circumcision/","keywords":["Mexico"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta669408184e7daa3/69868295cd804d8354cc9656/baby-list.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta669408184e7daa3/69868295cd804d8354cc9656/baby-list.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"These names are fine. Martian and Facebook are not.","caption":"These names are fine. Martian and Facebook are not.","creditText":"MachineHeadz—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":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6836/people-of-sonora-please-stop-naming-your-children-facebook-and-circumcision/","name":"People of Sonora, Please Stop Naming Your Children Facebook and Circumcision"}}]}] ```