Popular baby names in Alabama, 2012

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 2012 were Emma for girls (321 babies) and William for boys (437). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,662 babies born in Alabama in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 2012

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: 25 babies, 40.4× the national rate
Kynleigh: 15 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Kensley: 37 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Jakayla: 25 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Jamiyah: 17 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Ann: 19 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Collins: 19 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Malaysia: 36 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Bayleigh: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Haleigh: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Boys

Brantlee: 21 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Kylen: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Bryant: 44 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Roderick: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Jamarion: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Brodie: 25 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Willie: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brentley: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Brantley: 140 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Braylen: 52 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	321	–	2
2	Ava	243	–	5
3	Olivia	228	↑1	4
4	Isabella	198	↑1	3
5	Madison	192	↓2	9
6	Abigail	183	↑3	7
7	Elizabeth	183	↑1	10
8	Ella	181	↑4	12
9	Chloe	169	↓2	11
10	Harper	166	↑16	24
11	Sophia	166	↑2	1
12	Anna	153	↓2	34
13	Addison	147	↓7	14
14	Emily	131	↓3	6
15	Brooklyn	128	↑1	29
16	Lily	127	↑5	16
17	Aubrey	124	↓3	15
18	Mary	123	↓3	>100
19	Avery	121	↑6	13
20	Lillian	120	↑8	25
21	Zoey	118	↑1	20
22	Hannah	113	↓5	22
23	Khloe	111	↓4	55
24	Amelia	105	↑3	23
25	Layla	105	↑8	31
26	Nevaeh	102	↑6	39
27	Sarah	101	↓4	42
28	London	96	↑10	94
29	Kaylee	95	↓11	35
30	Caroline	92	↑4	80
31	Taylor	91	–	46
32	Aubree	89	↑9	60
33	Paisley	89	new	>100
34	Alyssa	86	↓14	44
35	Natalie	86	↑7	17
36	Makayla	84	↑4	70
37	Makenzie	83	↑13	>100
38	Mariah	82	new	>100
39	Zoe	82	↓4	30
40	Savannah	78	↓11	43
41	Madelyn	77	new	67
42	Victoria	75	new	28
43	Alexis	73	↓19	40
44	Kennedy	71	↑2	84
45	Mckenzie	71	new	>100
46	Trinity	71	↓7	91
47	Charlotte	70	new	19
48	Kylie	69	↑1	59
49	Mia	69	new	8
50	Serenity	69	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	William	437	–	5
2	James	322	–	14
3	Mason	303	–	2
4	John	281	↑1	28
5	Jacob	263	↓1	1
6	Elijah	258	↑2	13
7	Aiden	251	↑2	10
8	Michael	233	↑7	7
9	Jayden	227	↓2	8
10	Noah	220	↓4	4
11	Jackson	219	↓1	21
12	Ethan	212	↑1	3
13	Samuel	198	↑3	25
14	Christopher	197	↓2	23
15	Brayden	191	↓1	39
16	Joshua	191	↓5	17
17	Caleb	188	–	32
18	Landon	176	–	35
19	Matthew	176	↑22	12
20	Andrew	170	↑4	18
21	Carter	162	↑12	36
22	Joseph	161	↑1	19
23	David	160	↓1	20
24	Charles	158	↑4	62
25	Ayden	155	↑10	68
26	Hunter	151	↑5	45
27	Bentley	148	↓6	75
28	Colton	148	↑15	65
29	Bryson	146	↑18	94
30	Benjamin	143	↓4	16
31	Gabriel	143	↑6	24
32	Jaxon	143	new	66
33	Liam	143	↑16	6
34	Eli	142	new	43
35	Jeremiah	141	↓16	52
36	Brantley	140	new	>100
37	Daniel	138	↓10	11
38	Levi	136	↓8	55
39	Logan	136	↓10	22
40	Cameron	133	↓20	54
41	Luke	131	↓5	37
42	Christian	126	↓17	33
43	Jordan	126	↓3	48
44	Tyler	126	↑1	50
45	Robert	125	↓11	60
46	Carson	124	↓8	87
47	Jonathan	123	↓3	34
48	Alexander	121	↓16	9
49	Grayson	119	new	86
50	Thomas	117	↓8	63

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