Popular baby names in Alabama, 2005

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 2005 were Madison for girls (403 babies) and William for boys (551). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,452 babies born in Alabama in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 2005

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

Girls

Jakayla: 32 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Amiyah: 29 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Ansley: 31 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Jamya: 30 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Taniyah: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kinsley: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Marlee: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Zoie: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Mary: 222 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kennedi: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Brodie: 62 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Jamarcus: 22 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Roderick: 20 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Jamarion: 48 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jacoby: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Omarion: 43 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Demarcus: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Braxton: 83 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jaylon: 33 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Coleman: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Madison	403	↑1	3
2	Emma	399	↓1	2
3	Emily	336	–	1
4	Anna	307	↑1	22
5	Hannah	255	↓1	7
6	Abigail	238	↑3	4
7	Mary	222	↑4	72
8	Sarah	222	↓1	15
9	Chloe	200	↑8	19
10	Olivia	199	↓2	5
11	Elizabeth	197	↓1	11
12	Alexis	189	↓6	13
13	Taylor	163	↓1	24
14	Isabella	153	↑6	6
15	Alyssa	151	↓2	16
16	Savannah	151	↑6	35
17	Ella	150	↓1	23
18	Lauren	149	↓4	21
19	Destiny	148	↓1	32
20	Makayla	148	↓1	44
21	Ava	143	new	9
22	Morgan	132	↓1	33
23	Haley	129	↓8	53
24	Brianna	128	↑2	20
25	Jasmine	126	↑5	29
26	Kaitlyn	117	↑2	34
27	Sydney	107	↓3	30
28	Jada	104	↑14	76
29	Ashley	103	–	10
30	Katelyn	103	↑5	59
31	Samantha	103	↑3	8
32	Trinity	100	↓7	48
33	Natalie	98	↑3	18
34	Victoria	97	↓11	28
35	Gracie	94	↑3	94
36	Katherine	93	↑7	36
37	Lillian	92	↑10	50
38	Jessica	91	↓7	27
39	Sara	90	new	75
40	Kaylee	89	↓7	40
41	Jordan	88	–	86
42	Kayla	88	↓15	25
43	Allison	86	new	45
44	Gabrielle	85	new	55
45	Caroline	84	↓13	83
46	Grace	83	↓9	14
47	Brooklyn	82	new	78
48	Hailey	82	new	26
49	Lily	81	↓1	39
50	Ashlyn	79	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	William	551	–	11
2	Joshua	399	↑2	3
3	James	397	↑2	17
4	John	387	↓1	18
5	Michael	382	↑2	2
6	Jacob	376	↓4	1
7	Christopher	339	↓1	10
8	Ethan	313	↑1	5
9	Matthew	286	↓1	4
10	Jackson	278	↑3	44
11	Andrew	276	↑1	6
12	Samuel	261	↑8	21
13	Joseph	251	↓3	9
14	Tyler	242	↓3	16
15	David	236	↓1	12
16	Caleb	231	–	35
17	Austin	213	↓2	38
18	Hunter	211	↓1	53
19	Cameron	204	–	52
20	Noah	204	↑14	23
21	Thomas	204	↑1	40
22	Robert	203	↑5	37
23	Christian	200	↓5	22
24	Logan	200	↑1	26
25	Daniel	190	↓4	7
26	Jonathan	186	–	19
27	Elijah	185	↑1	31
28	Brandon	182	↓4	27
29	Landon	178	↑4	61
30	Dylan	176	↓1	24
31	Jordan	168	↓1	46
32	Nathan	168	↑7	20
33	Nicholas	168	↓10	15
34	Charles	165	↓2	56
35	Zachary	162	↑2	29
36	Justin	155	↓5	36
37	Jeremiah	150	↑9	78
38	Mason	149	↑5	42
39	Alexander	145	↓1	13
40	Ryan	144	↓4	14
41	Gabriel	136	↑4	28
42	Evan	135	↑7	39
43	Anthony	133	↓3	8
44	Hayden	133	new	76
45	Benjamin	131	↓10	25
46	Gavin	124	↑4	47
47	Jayden	119	new	54
48	Connor	111	↓4	48
49	Kevin	106	new	33
50	Timothy	105	↓9	84

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