Popular baby names in Alabama, 2011

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 2011 were Emma for girls (282 babies) and William for boys (445). Emma ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 41,589 babies born in Alabama in 2011 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 2011

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: 20 babies, 37.7× the national rate
Jakayla: 29 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Blakely: 26 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Kensley: 26 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Ann: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ashton: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Marleigh: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ansley: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Mattie: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Mary: 138 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Judson: 22 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Courtney: 15 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Hayes: 24 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Jamarion: 35 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Cortez: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Brantley: 75 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Bryant: 46 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Braylin: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Demarcus: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Braylen: 62 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 2011

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Emma	282	–	3
2	Ava	277	↑2	5
3	Madison	256	–	8
4	Olivia	229	↑1	4
5	Isabella	223	↓3	2
6	Addison	200	↑3	13
7	Chloe	196	↓1	10
8	Elizabeth	196	–	11
9	Abigail	182	↓2	7
10	Anna	181	–	38
11	Emily	163	–	6
12	Ella	155	–	12
13	Sophia	150	↑2	1
14	Aubrey	146	↑24	20
15	Mary	138	↓2	>100
16	Brooklyn	132	↑1	21
17	Hannah	131	↓1	25
18	Kaylee	128	↑5	36
19	Khloe	124	↑2	49
20	Alyssa	121	↑2	37
21	Lily	119	↓2	15
22	Zoey	114	↑14	28
23	Sarah	113	↓3	39
24	Alexis	109	↓10	26
25	Avery	106	↓1	18
26	Harper	103	new	54
27	Amelia	98	↑6	30
28	Lillian	97	↓2	22
29	Savannah	97	↑1	41
30	Sophie	95	↑5	51
31	Taylor	95	↓2	44
32	Nevaeh	93	↓4	33
33	Layla	92	↓8	35
34	Caroline	91	↓3	87
35	Zoe	90	new	31
36	Aaliyah	88	↑14	46
37	Peyton	86	↓5	53
38	London	84	↑1	94
39	Trinity	83	↑7	77
40	Makayla	82	↓22	56
41	Aubree	80	new	99
42	Natalie	78	↓15	14
43	Audrey	74	↓2	43
44	Morgan	74	↓4	75
45	Bailey	73	↓11	88
46	Kennedy	68	↓1	91
47	Allison	67	↑1	40
48	Jordyn	67	↓5	>100
49	Kylie	67	new	57
50	Makenzie	67	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	William	445	–	3
2	James	300	–	17
3	Mason	300	↑8	2
4	Jacob	283	–	1
5	John	276	↓2	27
6	Noah	258	↑1	5
7	Jayden	257	↓2	4
8	Elijah	251	–	13
9	Aiden	232	↑4	9
10	Jackson	232	↓4	23
11	Joshua	232	↑5	14
12	Christopher	220	↓3	20
13	Ethan	216	↓3	7
14	Brayden	215	↑1	36
15	Michael	212	↓3	6
16	Samuel	202	↓2	26
17	Caleb	201	↑2	32
18	Landon	198	↓1	34
19	Jeremiah	189	↑4	49
20	Cameron	187	↑13	53
21	Bentley	185	new	75
22	David	184	↓4	18
23	Joseph	180	↓2	22
24	Andrew	173	↓4	16
25	Christian	171	↓3	30
26	Benjamin	165	↑12	19
27	Daniel	161	↑2	10
28	Charles	157	↑3	61
29	Logan	150	↓2	21
30	Levi	147	new	66
31	Hunter	146	↑3	55
32	Alexander	145	↓8	8
33	Carter	145	↑13	41
34	Robert	143	↓6	62
35	Ayden	142	new	70
36	Luke	138	–	39
37	Gabriel	137	↓11	24
38	Carson	136	↑7	85
39	Anthony	133	↑5	11
40	Jordan	133	↓15	46
41	Matthew	128	↓9	12
42	Thomas	128	↓5	63
43	Colton	126	↓8	74
44	Jonathan	126	↓4	31
45	Tyler	124	↓15	38
46	Braxton	123	↑2	>100
47	Bryson	123	new	97
48	Connor	118	new	54
49	Liam	114	new	15
50	Gavin	113	new	37

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