I just googled around and I found this great article, written just this year, about the practice of unusual names give to babies in Cuba after the revolution, how it has held on for almost 50 years, and how the trend may start petering out:
Younger Cuban Generation Turns Away From Eccentric Names
And here's another one that ran on the BBC news website in 2012:
BBC News - Cuban names: Please call me... Canned Meat