Popular baby names in Alabama, 2009

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 2009 were Emma for girls (336 babies) and William for boys (508). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,174 babies born in Alabama in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 2009

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

Girls

Ansley: 41 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Jakayla: 38 babies, 8× the national rate
Jamiya: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Zion: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kamari: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kinsley: 44 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Taraji: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kamya: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Jamya: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
India: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Jamarcus: 26 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Brantley: 15 babies, 9× the national rate
Roderick: 22 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Jakobe: 20 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Jamarion: 53 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Cornelius: 15 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Cortez: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Bryant: 48 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Brodie: 33 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Braxton: 128 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Emma	336	–	2
2	Madison	312	–	7
3	Isabella	272	↑6	1
4	Ava	252	–	5
5	Anna	233	↑1	28
6	Addison	231	↓3	12
7	Chloe	218	↑1	9
8	Olivia	217	↑4	3
9	Abigail	199	↑2	8
10	Emily	191	↓5	6
11	Elizabeth	187	↓1	11
12	Ella	184	↑2	15
13	Sarah	163	–	21
14	Alexis	159	↑2	13
15	Kaylee	151	↑7	26
16	Mary	144	↓1	>100
17	Alyssa	140	–	19
18	Taylor	139	↑1	22
19	Hannah	126	↓12	23
20	Savannah	124	↑1	39
21	Lily	123	↓1	18
22	Brooklyn	122	↑2	37
23	Caroline	121	↑6	87
24	Makayla	117	↓6	44
25	Natalie	112	–	16
26	Aubrey	107	↑6	41
27	Peyton	104	↑6	42
28	Trinity	103	↑10	74
29	Lillian	101	↓3	27
30	Layla	100	↑5	45
31	Sophia	98	↓1	4
32	Madelyn	96	↑10	59
33	Mia	96	new	10
34	Nevaeh	94	new	34
35	Destiny	92	↓8	56
36	Morgan	92	↓13	57
37	Jada	91	↓1	>100
38	Lauren	90	↓7	46
39	Avery	87	↓5	32
40	Zoey	84	↑6	75
41	Allison	82	↑4	30
42	Katelyn	80	↑5	90
43	Bailey	79	↓15	85
44	Brianna	78	↓5	24
45	Gabrielle	78	new	96
46	Katherine	78	↓9	60
47	Sydney	76	↑3	48
48	Victoria	75	new	31
49	Riley	73	new	38
50	Khloe	72	new	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	William	508	–	5
2	James	344	↑1	18
3	Jacob	321	↑1	1
4	Jackson	309	↑4	27
5	John	305	↓3	26
6	Joshua	304	↓1	6
7	Christopher	300	↓1	10
8	Jayden	299	↑1	8
9	Michael	270	↓2	3
10	Ethan	268	–	2
11	Noah	263	↑2	9
12	Caleb	255	↓1	31
13	Elijah	238	↑1	21
14	Aiden	233	↑5	12
15	Samuel	225	↑5	24
16	Christian	218	–	23
17	David	209	–	14
18	Joseph	207	↓6	15
19	Daniel	206	↑10	7
20	Brayden	205	↑1	48
21	Landon	200	↑1	36
22	Tyler	187	↑4	28
23	Matthew	186	↓5	13
24	Andrew	182	↓9	16
25	Logan	180	↓1	17
26	Mason	173	↑6	34
27	Alexander	163	–	4
28	Hunter	163	↑2	56
29	Gabriel	161	↑14	22
30	Jeremiah	156	↑4	65
31	Jordan	156	↓8	45
32	Charles	155	↓4	64
33	Robert	147	↓2	55
34	Benjamin	144	↓1	19
35	Jonathan	142	↑3	29
36	Dylan	141	↑4	30
37	Gavin	140	↑4	33
38	Anthony	138	↓2	11
39	Cameron	138	↓14	58
40	Colton	138	new	93
41	Brandon	129	↓2	38
42	Braxton	128	new	>100
43	Carson	128	↑5	88
44	Evan	126	↑5	35
45	Justin	126	new	46
46	Thomas	123	↓4	57
47	Isaiah	121	new	41
48	Nathan	120	↓13	25
49	Connor	119	new	52
50	Austin	118	↓13	63

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