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Approximately none, I imagine. If you register births — and I imagine most states do — then it doesn't take a lot to impose a whitelist of names you'll allow.
by gmac 14y ago
Approximately none, I imagine.
If you register births — and I imagine most states do — then it doesn't take a lot to impose a whitelist of names you'll allow.
What people call their kids in the privacy of their homes isn't regulated, only what's on their birth certificate, after all.
(Not sure where I stand on this. I'm in the UK, where names are not regulated and one man famously changed his to 'Yorkshire Bank Are Fascist Bastards' following a dispute[1]).
[1] http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/yorkshire-bank-loses-its-good-name/2022458.article http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/yorkshire-bank-loses-its-good...
- youngerdryas 14y agoFrom the article: >There is a list of 1,853 female names, and 1,712 male ones, and parents must pick from these lists or seek permission from a special committee. Maybe it is a volunteer committee but they almost certainly could find something better to do with their time.