Worst Baby Names for 2016

Well, it's that time of year again: time to announce the most popular baby names of the year.

Wait a minute, not so fast. This is a list we hear every year. It's nice, but boring. What about the rejects, the worst baby names that have been cast down on newborns as a possible lifelong curse? I'm here to help, because I have discovered those names.

Come on now. If you are a parent now - it's time to start putting the welfare of your child ahead of your own. This is a good place to start as Ranker.com has come up with the worst baby girl names and the worst baby boy names.

For 2016, here are the losers, err, winners as worst baby girl and boy names.

Girl names: Scarlett, Avery, Piper, Aubree, Stella, Addison, Peyton, Savannah, Kinsley, and Paisley.

For the boys: Ryker, Greyson, Levi, Jaxson, Grayson, Karter, King, Zane, Bentley and Hudson.

Parents, grandparents, If you see a name you're considering in this list of terrible popular baby names, please, do your kid a favor and rethink it. Remember, it doesn't take courage or creativity to name your kid something weird. It just takes sadism.