Popular baby names in Alabama, 2000

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 2000 were Hannah for girls (443 babies) and William for boys (655). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,421 babies born in Alabama in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 2000

Names given at least 15 times in Alabama that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Jamaya: 15 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Tamya: 18 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Jakayla: 21 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Jamya: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Kaylan: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Gabriel: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Abbie: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ansley: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Christian: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Hayden: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Kendarius: 16 babies, 21.8× the national rate
Jamarcus: 36 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Ladarius: 29 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Cornelius: 19 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jacoby: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Demarcus: 24 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Houston: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Coleman: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Roderick: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Braxton: 47 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Hannah	443	–	2
2	Anna	386	↑3	22
3	Madison	382	–	3
4	Emily	371	↓2	1
5	Sarah	305	↑2	5
6	Alexis	284	↓2	6
7	Taylor	280	↓1	10
8	Mary	261	–	46
9	Elizabeth	242	–	9
10	Kayla	239	↑6	13
11	Destiny	237	–	24
12	Lauren	231	–	11
13	Ashley	230	↓3	4
14	Haley	221	–	28
15	Brianna	216	↑3	15
16	Savannah	208	↓1	37
17	Jessica	191	↓4	8
18	Abigail	184	↑14	14
19	Morgan	181	–	25
20	Olivia	180	↑7	16
21	Victoria	176	↓4	20
22	Emma	172	↑6	17
23	Sydney	170	↑6	23
24	Jasmine	166	–	27
25	Kaitlyn	154	↓4	30
26	Alyssa	148	↓3	12
27	Katherine	145	↑14	33
28	Amber	142	↓6	47
29	Samantha	141	↓9	7
30	Caroline	135	↑10	65
31	Makayla	129	↑15	67
32	Shelby	128	↑3	70
33	Rachel	123	↓8	21
34	Katelyn	121	↓3	54
35	Jordan	114	↓1	50
36	Megan	113	↓3	18
37	Brittany	111	↓11	60
38	Chloe	108	new	38
39	Breanna	107	↓2	80
40	Grace	102	↑8	19
41	Jada	102	↑9	84
42	Courtney	97	↓12	59
43	Kelsey	96	↑1	88
44	Sara	96	↑1	57
45	Bailey	94	↓7	68
46	Rebecca	93	↓4	39
47	Allison	91	↓11	44
48	Autumn	91	↓5	77
49	Kaylee	90	↓2	72
50	Natalie	88	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	William	655	–	11
2	Jacob	613	–	1
3	Joshua	503	↑3	4
4	Christopher	452	↓1	5
5	Michael	452	↑3	2
6	James	443	↑1	18
7	John	425	↓2	14
8	Matthew	417	↑2	3
9	Austin	411	↓5	23
10	Tyler	391	↑2	10
11	Andrew	345	↓2	7
12	Justin	330	↑2	19
13	Nicholas	320	↑3	6
14	Hunter	307	↑1	35
15	Caleb	299	↑7	38
16	Joseph	298	↓3	8
17	Brandon	297	↓6	12
18	David	291	↓1	16
19	Robert	280	–	29
20	Christian	278	↑1	22
21	Cameron	249	↓3	31
22	Jonathan	248	↑3	21
23	Zachary	247	↓3	15
24	Ethan	245	↑9	25
25	Jordan	234	↓1	36
26	Noah	230	↑2	27
27	Samuel	227	↓1	28
28	Daniel	221	↓5	9
29	Dylan	207	↓2	24
30	Thomas	200	↓1	33
31	Logan	195	↑1	40
32	Benjamin	189	↑4	26
33	Jackson	185	↑1	72
34	Charles	182	↓4	51
35	Nathan	168	↑3	30
36	Anthony	163	↓1	17
37	Alexander	159	↑4	20
38	Timothy	158	↑2	58
39	Dalton	149	↓2	91
40	Ryan	140	↓9	13
41	Cody	135	↓2	60
42	Jalen	134	new	>100
43	Aaron	129	↑1	41
44	Jason	119	new	39
45	Dakota	117	new	88
46	Garrett	116	↓3	74
47	Patrick	115	new	68
48	Steven	112	↓6	54
49	Devin	111	↓2	69
50	Eric	109	↓2	42

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