Popular baby names in Alabama, 2010

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 2010 were Emma for girls (319 babies) and William for boys (497). Emma ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,275 babies born in Alabama in 2010 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 2010

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

Girls

Crimson: 16 babies, 40.6× the national rate
Kensley: 29 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Blakely: 21 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Makiyah: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Ansley: 37 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Ann: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Jakayla: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Jamya: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Mary: 147 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Abbie: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Brantley: 29 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Jamarcus: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Coleman: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Houston: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jakobe: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Brodie: 34 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jamarion: 35 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Braylen: 49 babies, 5× the national rate
Walker: 39 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Fisher: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 2010

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Emma	319	–	3
2	Isabella	254	↑1	1
3	Madison	251	↓1	8
4	Ava	218	–	5
5	Olivia	201	↑3	4
6	Chloe	192	↑1	9
7	Abigail	188	↑2	7
8	Elizabeth	186	↑3	12
9	Addison	184	↓3	11
10	Anna	184	↓5	27
11	Emily	183	↓1	6
12	Ella	164	–	13
13	Mary	147	↑3	>100
14	Alexis	146	–	16
15	Sophia	146	↑16	2
16	Hannah	143	↑3	20
17	Brooklyn	142	↑5	34
18	Makayla	135	↑6	43
19	Lily	133	↑2	17
20	Sarah	128	↓7	26
21	Khloe	125	↑29	42
22	Alyssa	112	↓5	21
23	Kaylee	112	↓8	35
24	Avery	106	↑15	23
25	Layla	102	↑5	36
26	Lillian	101	↑3	22
27	Natalie	101	↓2	14
28	Nevaeh	98	↑6	25
29	Taylor	94	↓11	37
30	Savannah	91	↓10	44
31	Caroline	89	↓8	88
32	Peyton	86	↓5	51
33	Amelia	85	new	41
34	Bailey	85	↑9	78
35	Sophie	82	new	59
36	Zoey	82	↑4	47
37	Destiny	81	↓2	71
38	Aubrey	79	↓12	45
39	London	79	new	>100
40	Morgan	79	↓4	63
41	Audrey	78	new	52
42	Bella	77	new	48
43	Jordyn	75	new	>100
44	Lauren	75	↓6	58
45	Kennedy	74	new	>100
46	Trinity	73	↓18	72
47	Madelyn	72	↓15	76
48	Allison	71	↓7	38
49	Brianna	71	↓5	30
50	Aaliyah	70	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	William	497	–	5
2	James	336	–	19
3	John	305	↑2	26
4	Jacob	294	↓1	1
5	Jayden	285	↑3	4
6	Jackson	273	↓2	25
7	Noah	269	↑4	7
8	Elijah	263	↑5	18
9	Christopher	242	↓2	13
10	Ethan	240	–	2
11	Mason	236	↑15	12
12	Michael	236	↓3	3
13	Aiden	225	↑1	9
14	Samuel	224	↑1	24
15	Brayden	221	↑5	40
16	Joshua	220	↓10	11
17	Landon	205	↑4	33
18	David	200	↓1	15
19	Caleb	193	↓7	32
20	Andrew	191	↑4	14
21	Joseph	184	↓3	20
22	Christian	178	↓6	29
23	Jeremiah	178	↑7	51
24	Alexander	170	↑3	6
25	Jordan	166	↑6	46
26	Gabriel	153	↑3	21
27	Logan	153	↓2	17
28	Robert	153	↑5	54
29	Daniel	149	↓10	8
30	Tyler	145	↓8	34
31	Charles	144	↑1	63
32	Matthew	144	↓9	16
33	Cameron	139	↑6	60
34	Hunter	137	↓6	58
35	Colton	136	↑5	73
36	Luke	134	new	41
37	Thomas	130	↑9	62
38	Benjamin	129	↓4	22
39	Dylan	127	↓3	31
40	Jonathan	124	↓5	28
41	Austin	122	↑9	64
42	Nicholas	121	new	37
43	Brandon	117	↓2	44
44	Anthony	115	↓6	10
45	Carson	115	↓2	82
46	Carter	115	new	48
47	Evan	115	↓3	36
48	Braxton	111	↓6	>100
49	Brody	109	new	83
50	Cooper	107	new	75

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