Popular baby names in Alabama, 1997
The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1997 were Hannah for girls (426 babies) and William for boys (594). Hannah ranked #5 nationally for girls. William ranked #19 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,324 babies born in Alabama in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Alabama in 1997
Names given at least 15 times in Alabama that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Hayden: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
- Ansley: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
- Chasity: 33 babies, 5.2× the national rate
- Miracle: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
- Christian: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
- Ashton: 49 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Carley: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Kaleigh: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Destini: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Raven: 81 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Boys
- Kendarius: 18 babies, 23.4× the national rate
- Jamarcus: 29 babies, 12.8× the national rate
- Ladarius: 25 babies, 9.5× the national rate
- Jaylon: 35 babies, 7.7× the national rate
- Houston: 24 babies, 7.3× the national rate
- Demarcus: 33 babies, 6.9× the national rate
- Destin: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
- Roderick: 25 babies, 5.4× the national rate
- Cortez: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
- Braxton: 54 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1997
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1996 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hannah | 426 | – | 5 |
| 2 | Emily | 383 | – | 1 |
| 3 | Ashley | 355 | – | 3 |
| 4 | Sarah | 346 | ↑5 | 4 |
| 5 | Taylor | 330 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 6 | Madison | 327 | ↑8 | 10 |
| 7 | Jessica | 324 | ↓3 | 2 |
| 8 | Alexis | 321 | – | 8 |
| 9 | Anna | 316 | ↑2 | 33 |
| 10 | Kayla | 278 | ↓3 | 12 |
| 11 | Mary | 264 | ↓1 | 46 |
| 12 | Elizabeth | 254 | ↑3 | 9 |
| 13 | Brittany | 253 | ↓8 | 20 |
| 14 | Lauren | 253 | ↑6 | 14 |
| 15 | Courtney | 243 | ↓2 | 28 |
| 16 | Haley | 237 | ↓4 | 31 |
| 17 | Jasmine | 233 | ↑4 | 24 |
| 18 | Amber | 230 | ↓2 | 29 |
| 19 | Savannah | 214 | ↓1 | 47 |
| 20 | Morgan | 211 | ↓3 | 22 |
| 21 | Destiny | 201 | ↑6 | 42 |
| 22 | Victoria | 197 | ↓3 | 19 |
| 23 | Brianna | 191 | ↑1 | 17 |
| 24 | Rachel | 189 | ↑1 | 13 |
| 25 | Jordan | 176 | ↑4 | 40 |
| 26 | Shelby | 162 | ↓3 | 43 |
| 27 | Samantha | 158 | ↓5 | 6 |
| 28 | Kaitlyn | 148 | ↑5 | 41 |
| 29 | Megan | 145 | ↓3 | 11 |
| 30 | Katelyn | 142 | new | 63 |
| 31 | Olivia | 136 | ↑10 | 27 |
| 32 | Sydney | 133 | ↑7 | 35 |
| 33 | Abigail | 127 | ↑16 | 26 |
| 34 | Katherine | 125 | ↑8 | 32 |
| 35 | Allison | 121 | ↑9 | 39 |
| 36 | Kelsey | 116 | ↓8 | 57 |
| 37 | Rebecca | 114 | ↓7 | 25 |
| 38 | Erin | 110 | ↑5 | 52 |
| 39 | Amanda | 106 | ↓7 | 16 |
| 40 | Breanna | 106 | ↓3 | 74 |
| 41 | Alexandria | 105 | ↓1 | 78 |
| 42 | Tiffany | 103 | ↓11 | 61 |
| 43 | Autumn | 101 | new | 91 |
| 44 | Alyssa | 98 | ↑6 | 15 |
| 45 | Bailey | 97 | new | 65 |
| 46 | Brooke | 96 | new | 45 |
| 47 | Kimberly | 95 | ↓11 | 49 |
| 48 | Sara | 95 | new | 50 |
| 49 | Katie | 94 | new | 87 |
| 50 | Kristen | 93 | ↓15 | 82 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1996 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William | 594 | – | 19 |
| 2 | Christopher | 560 | ↑2 | 4 |
| 3 | James | 541 | ↑2 | 17 |
| 4 | Jacob | 530 | ↑3 | 2 |
| 5 | Joshua | 525 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 6 | Austin | 498 | ↓3 | 9 |
| 7 | Michael | 493 | ↓5 | 1 |
| 8 | John | 442 | – | 15 |
| 9 | Matthew | 442 | – | 3 |
| 10 | Brandon | 426 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 11 | Justin | 387 | ↓1 | 20 |
| 12 | Tyler | 368 | – | 10 |
| 13 | Zachary | 352 | ↑1 | 13 |
| 14 | Andrew | 334 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 15 | Robert | 320 | ↑1 | 23 |
| 16 | Jonathan | 304 | ↑3 | 21 |
| 17 | David | 290 | – | 14 |
| 18 | Joseph | 290 | ↓5 | 12 |
| 19 | Jordan | 273 | ↑4 | 26 |
| 20 | Nicholas | 272 | ↓2 | 6 |
| 21 | Hunter | 253 | ↓1 | 44 |
| 22 | Daniel | 252 | ↓1 | 11 |
| 23 | Christian | 249 | ↑2 | 25 |
| 24 | Caleb | 223 | ↑8 | 47 |
| 25 | Samuel | 221 | ↑2 | 27 |
| 26 | Anthony | 218 | ↑4 | 18 |
| 27 | Cody | 214 | ↑1 | 36 |
| 28 | Ryan | 203 | ↓2 | 16 |
| 29 | Timothy | 196 | – | 43 |
| 30 | Thomas | 192 | ↓8 | 31 |
| 31 | Dylan | 180 | – | 30 |
| 32 | Benjamin | 178 | ↑1 | 29 |
| 33 | Charles | 169 | ↓9 | 49 |
| 34 | Logan | 152 | ↑1 | 42 |
| 35 | Cameron | 144 | ↑3 | 45 |
| 36 | Alexander | 141 | ↓2 | 22 |
| 37 | Aaron | 139 | ↓1 | 33 |
| 38 | Noah | 133 | new | 38 |
| 39 | Nathan | 131 | new | 34 |
| 40 | Ethan | 130 | ↑10 | 46 |
| 41 | Dakota | 128 | ↑4 | 66 |
| 42 | Steven | 128 | ↓5 | 40 |
| 43 | Dustin | 125 | ↓4 | 88 |
| 44 | Kyle | 125 | ↓2 | 24 |
| 45 | Jeremy | 120 | ↑2 | 64 |
| 46 | Devin | 117 | ↑3 | 59 |
| 47 | Kevin | 117 | ↑1 | 28 |
| 48 | Eric | 116 | ↓8 | 35 |
| 49 | Patrick | 116 | ↓8 | 50 |
| 50 | Dalton | 113 | new | 90 |