Popular baby names in Alabama, 2008

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 2008 were Emma for girls (356 babies) and William for boys (538). William ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,088 babies born in Alabama in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 2008

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

Girls

Zykeria: 15 babies, 19× the national rate
Kensley: 24 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Jamiya: 25 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Ansley: 35 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Juana: 16 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Kinsley: 39 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jakayla: 31 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jaliyah: 37 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Jamiyah: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dixie: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Kendarius: 17 babies, 32.9× the national rate
Brantley: 15 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Judson: 16 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Jamarcus: 26 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Houston: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jamarion: 44 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Coleman: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Demarion: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Brodie: 45 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jaylon: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Emma	356	–	1
2	Madison	340	–	6
3	Addison	257	↑4	12
4	Ava	257	↑2	5
5	Emily	246	↓2	3
6	Anna	224	↑2	26
7	Hannah	224	↓3	17
8	Chloe	223	↑3	10
9	Isabella	212	↑5	2
10	Elizabeth	203	↓5	9
11	Abigail	198	↓1	8
12	Olivia	198	↓3	4
13	Sarah	187	–	20
14	Ella	186	↓2	19
15	Mary	183	–	96
16	Alexis	167	↑1	15
17	Alyssa	166	↓1	16
18	Makayla	155	↑2	37
19	Taylor	144	–	22
20	Lily	142	↑4	24
21	Savannah	128	↓3	33
22	Kaylee	123	↑18	31
23	Morgan	123	↑6	46
24	Brooklyn	121	↑3	48
25	Natalie	120	↓3	13
26	Lillian	114	↑2	29
27	Destiny	113	↓6	47
28	Bailey	108	↑10	82
29	Caroline	108	↑1	94
30	Sophia	102	↓7	7
31	Lauren	101	↓5	30
32	Aubrey	95	new	42
33	Peyton	95	new	60
34	Avery	92	new	38
35	Layla	92	new	55
36	Jada	90	↓4	>100
37	Katherine	90	↑10	45
38	Trinity	90	↓5	70
39	Brianna	89	↓14	23
40	Aaliyah	87	↑4	76
41	Haley	87	↓7	>100
42	Madelyn	87	new	64
43	Gracie	86	↓2	99
44	Kaitlyn	85	↓9	53
45	Allison	83	↑4	32
46	Zoey	83	new	98
47	Katelyn	82	↓11	80
48	Kayla	82	↓6	28
49	Maria	82	new	63
50	Sydney	82	↓13	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	William	538	–	8
2	John	372	↑3	20
3	James	370	↓1	17
4	Jacob	352	–	1
5	Joshua	327	↑1	4
6	Christopher	324	↓3	9
7	Michael	307	↑1	2
8	Jackson	302	↓1	32
9	Jayden	300	↑4	11
10	Ethan	255	↓1	3
11	Caleb	250	–	34
12	Joseph	242	↑12	13
13	Noah	241	↓3	15
14	Elijah	240	↑8	22
15	Andrew	229	↑3	12
16	Christian	228	↑7	23
17	David	227	↓3	14
18	Matthew	216	↓1	10
19	Aiden	214	↑8	16
20	Samuel	214	↓5	27
21	Brayden	211	↑8	51
22	Landon	202	↓2	45
23	Jordan	195	↓4	48
24	Logan	191	↓3	19
25	Cameron	186	↓13	53
26	Tyler	179	↓10	28
27	Alexander	176	↑11	6
28	Charles	176	↑3	63
29	Daniel	173	↓4	5
30	Hunter	173	↑3	54
31	Robert	173	↓5	49
32	Mason	168	–	35
33	Benjamin	162	↑1	25
34	Jeremiah	162	↑7	68
35	Nathan	158	↑8	21
36	Anthony	156	↑3	7
37	Austin	156	↓9	55
38	Jonathan	155	↓3	26
39	Brandon	153	↓3	33
40	Dylan	149	–	31
41	Gavin	146	↓11	30
42	Thomas	142	–	52
43	Gabriel	141	↑4	24
44	Nicholas	140	↓7	29
45	Zachary	139	↑4	47
46	Brody	133	new	70
47	Luke	129	new	43
48	Carson	128	new	89
49	Evan	125	↓5	38
50	Hayden	122	↓5	76

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