Popular baby names in Alabama, 2001

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 2001 were Madison for girls (418 babies) and William for boys (618). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,090 babies born in Alabama in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 2001

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

Girls

Jamya: 36 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Tamya: 15 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Taniya: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Jakayla: 18 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Presley: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Hayden: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Abbie: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Frances: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Destini: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
India: 51 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Brantley: 19 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Jamarcus: 24 babies, 12× the national rate
Roderick: 28 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Marquez: 18 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Lawson: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Demarcus: 24 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Jakobe: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Jarvis: 17 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Jaylan: 23 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Houston: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Madison	418	↑2	2
2	Hannah	414	↓1	3
3	Anna	378	↓1	19
4	Emily	370	–	1
5	Sarah	299	–	6
6	Alexis	288	–	5
7	Taylor	242	–	12
8	Mary	234	–	48
9	Destiny	227	↑2	22
10	Lauren	226	↑2	15
11	Elizabeth	225	↓2	9
12	Ashley	224	↑1	4
13	Haley	210	↑1	34
14	Abigail	200	↑4	8
15	Savannah	199	↑1	42
16	Kayla	197	↓6	17
17	Emma	196	↑5	13
18	Morgan	180	↑1	29
19	Olivia	175	↑1	10
20	Jessica	165	↓3	11
21	Jasmine	154	↑3	25
22	Brianna	150	↓7	18
23	Sydney	148	–	23
24	Alyssa	146	↑2	14
25	Victoria	145	↓4	21
26	Kaitlyn	140	↓1	31
27	Jordan	138	↑8	47
28	Chloe	137	↑10	30
29	Makayla	130	↑2	54
30	Amber	127	↓2	51
31	Samantha	120	↓2	7
32	Bailey	114	↑13	69
33	Katherine	114	↓6	35
34	Rachel	113	↓1	24
35	Katelyn	111	↓1	52
36	Caroline	104	↓6	62
37	Mackenzie	104	new	40
38	Megan	103	↓2	20
39	Shelby	103	↓7	68
40	Jada	101	↑1	75
41	Kaylee	97	↑8	66
42	Autumn	94	↑6	72
43	Breanna	93	↓4	94
44	Brittany	92	↓7	>100
45	Grace	90	↓5	16
46	Sara	89	↓2	58
47	Angel	87	new	>100
48	Courtney	86	↓6	73
49	Natalie	86	↑1	32
50	Allison	82	↓3	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	William	618	–	10
2	Jacob	494	–	1
3	Joshua	448	–	4
4	James	427	↑2	19
5	Christopher	417	↓1	5
6	John	408	↑1	14
7	Michael	403	↓2	2
8	Matthew	351	–	3
9	Austin	318	–	25
10	Tyler	309	–	13
11	Andrew	308	–	7
12	Joseph	292	↑4	8
13	Caleb	289	↑2	37
14	Hunter	284	–	36
15	Justin	279	↓3	22
16	David	269	↑2	12
17	Ethan	268	↑7	17
18	Zachary	261	↑5	16
19	Nicholas	256	↓6	6
20	Brandon	252	↓3	18
21	Robert	252	↓2	30
22	Samuel	246	↑5	26
23	Christian	244	↓3	24
24	Cameron	243	↓3	35
25	Jonathan	233	↓3	23
26	Jordan	225	↓1	39
27	Dylan	223	↑2	21
28	Logan	219	↑3	29
29	Jackson	211	↑4	60
30	Daniel	210	↓2	9
31	Thomas	197	↓1	33
32	Benjamin	196	–	27
33	Noah	195	↓7	28
34	Anthony	170	↑2	11
35	Charles	159	↓1	55
36	Nathan	137	↓1	31
37	Ryan	137	↑3	15
38	Timothy	134	–	67
39	Dalton	132	–	98
40	Cody	130	↑1	64
41	Devin	130	↑8	71
42	Jason	129	↑2	41
43	Elijah	126	new	45
44	Alexander	122	↓7	20
45	Mason	122	new	54
46	Aaron	117	↓3	42
47	Gabriel	114	new	38
48	Eric	109	↑2	44
49	Jeremiah	105	new	90
50	Dakota	104	↓5	93

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