Popular baby names in Alabama, 2002

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 2002 were Madison for girls (439 babies) and William for boys (619). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,675 babies born in Alabama in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 2002

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: 30 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Jakayla: 21 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Amiya: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Taniya: 20 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Janiya: 28 babies, 6× the national rate
Candace: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ansley: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lillie: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Christian: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Mary: 265 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Jamarcus: 25 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Jarvis: 20 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Ladarius: 15 babies, 10× the national rate
Cornelius: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Braxton: 68 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Jacoby: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Brodie: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Demarcus: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Jaylon: 44 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jamari: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Madison	439	–	2
2	Hannah	405	–	3
3	Anna	399	–	20
4	Emily	308	–	1
5	Alexis	274	↑1	5
6	Mary	265	↑2	49
7	Sarah	253	↓2	8
8	Elizabeth	244	↑3	11
9	Emma	235	↑8	4
10	Lauren	219	–	13
11	Abigail	205	↑3	7
12	Taylor	186	↓5	18
13	Brianna	184	↑9	17
14	Savannah	180	↑1	39
15	Kayla	179	↑1	19
16	Chloe	176	↑12	25
17	Haley	176	↓4	35
18	Olivia	175	↑1	10
19	Destiny	155	↓10	34
20	Alyssa	153	↑4	12
21	Morgan	153	↓3	29
22	Ashley	151	↓10	6
23	Victoria	148	↑2	21
24	Jasmine	139	↓3	26
25	Jessica	133	↓5	16
26	Isabella	127	new	14
27	Kaitlyn	127	↓1	32
28	Sydney	127	↓5	23
29	Jordan	126	↓2	45
30	Shelby	123	↑9	75
31	Jada	121	↑9	78
32	Katelyn	118	↑3	53
33	Ashanti	116	new	>100
34	Samantha	113	↓3	9
35	Caroline	111	↑1	67
36	Rachel	109	↓2	24
37	Grace	108	↑8	15
38	Amber	107	↓8	65
39	Kaylee	103	↑2	57
40	Makayla	103	↓11	50
41	Katherine	98	↓8	36
42	Megan	95	↓4	22
43	Natalie	94	↑6	30
44	Autumn	93	↓2	73
45	Mackenzie	89	↓8	42
46	Angel	88	↑1	>100
47	Bailey	84	↓15	84
48	Allison	83	↑2	44
49	Faith	83	new	48
50	Aaliyah	82	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	William	619	–	11
2	Jacob	456	–	1
3	Joshua	412	–	3
4	James	408	–	18
5	John	378	↑1	17
6	Christopher	377	↓1	8
7	Michael	370	–	2
8	Austin	324	↑1	26
9	Andrew	323	↑2	6
10	Matthew	320	↓2	4
11	Ethan	316	↑6	5
12	Joseph	277	–	7
13	Tyler	273	↓3	14
14	Caleb	272	↓1	35
15	Nicholas	246	↑4	9
16	Brandon	245	↑4	20
17	Robert	239	↑4	34
18	Jackson	236	↑11	50
19	Cameron	234	↑5	39
20	David	232	↓4	13
21	Hunter	231	↓7	38
22	Samuel	231	–	25
23	Justin	229	↓8	22
24	Zachary	229	↓6	19
25	Jonathan	224	–	21
26	Dylan	209	↑1	23
27	Logan	209	↑1	29
28	Christian	207	↓5	24
29	Jordan	198	↓3	37
30	Noah	194	↑3	31
31	Thomas	189	–	36
32	Daniel	172	↓2	10
33	Charles	165	↑2	58
34	Alexander	161	↑10	15
35	Elijah	161	↑8	41
36	Anthony	158	↓2	12
37	Benjamin	158	↓5	27
38	Nathan	139	↓2	28
39	Timothy	137	↓1	70
40	Gabriel	125	↑7	32
41	Mason	119	↑4	53
42	Dalton	118	↓3	>100
43	Cody	112	↓3	71
44	Luke	107	new	46
45	Ryan	107	↓8	16
46	Eric	105	↑2	52
47	Isaiah	105	new	45
48	Aaron	102	↓2	43
49	Connor	101	new	47
50	Seth	100	new	72

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