Popular baby names in Alabama, 2014

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 2014 were Ava for girls (292 babies) and William for boys (431). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,450 babies born in Alabama in 2014 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 2014

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: 21 babies, 37.3× the national rate
Jakayla: 21 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Ann: 24 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Bayleigh: 20 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Hadleigh: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kensley: 28 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Blakely: 43 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Mattie: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Kennedi: 40 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ansley: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Jamarcus: 15 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Judson: 28 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Houston: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Fisher: 23 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Demarcus: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Braylen: 55 babies, 6× the national rate
Kylan: 28 babies, 6× the national rate
Coleman: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Lawson: 36 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Princeton: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 2014

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Ava	292	↑1	5
2	Emma	289	↓1	1
3	Olivia	265	–	2
4	Isabella	192	↑1	4
5	Elizabeth	186	↑2	13
6	Madison	186	↓2	9
7	Harper	182	↑4	11
8	Ella	181	↑2	17
9	Abigail	173	↑3	8
10	Brooklyn	165	↓2	26
11	Chloe	154	↓2	18
12	Avery	152	↑3	14
13	Addison	149	↑1	24
14	Sophia	148	↓8	3
15	Anna	140	↓2	34
16	Emily	133	–	7
17	Zoey	130	–	22
18	Sadie	120	↑8	46
19	Paisley	117	↑6	53
20	Lillian	116	↑7	25
21	Caroline	115	–	59
22	Hannah	115	↓2	28
23	Amelia	114	↓1	15
24	Mary	112	↓5	>100
25	Lily	111	↑6	27
26	Evelyn	110	↑12	16
27	Khloe	108	↑1	88
28	Aubrey	106	↓10	21
29	Charlotte	105	↑7	10
30	Layla	100	↓7	29
31	Skylar	99	new	48
32	Serenity	93	↑10	58
33	Kaylee	92	–	52
34	Kinsley	92	↑13	>100
35	Aubree	90	↓3	62
36	Taylor	89	↓7	77
37	Nevaeh	87	↑8	63
38	Aaliyah	86	↓1	45
39	Hadley	86	new	100
40	Londyn	86	↑1	>100
41	Jordyn	82	new	>100
42	London	82	↓8	93
43	Trinity	82	new	>100
44	Ryleigh	81	new	>100
45	Morgan	80	new	>100
46	Kennedy	77	↓6	54
47	Peyton	77	↓12	56
48	Bella	75	new	70
49	Natalie	75	↓10	23
50	Sarah	75	↓26	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	William	431	–	5
2	James	343	↑1	9
3	John	333	↑1	26
4	Mason	287	↓2	3
5	Elijah	276	–	11
6	Noah	252	↑1	1
7	Jackson	235	↓1	18
8	Aiden	221	–	14
9	Jacob	208	–	4
10	Joshua	206	↑1	25
11	Samuel	198	↑3	23
12	Michael	193	–	7
13	Ethan	190	↑3	6
14	Liam	183	↑4	2
15	Carter	181	–	27
16	Grayson	171	↑23	63
17	Christopher	169	↓7	30
18	Jayden	165	↓5	15
19	Logan	164	↑26	13
20	Hunter	163	↑3	40
21	Caleb	154	↓2	35
22	Joseph	154	↑10	20
23	Landon	154	↑3	43
24	Andrew	153	↑1	22
25	Gabriel	153	↑21	24
26	Jaxon	153	↓6	46
27	Charles	152	↑6	51
28	David	152	↓11	17
29	Luke	152	↑13	28
30	Colton	151	↑14	65
31	Levi	145	–	45
32	Ayden	144	↑2	74
33	Cameron	143	↑14	53
34	Christian	135	↓6	42
35	Matthew	135	↓8	16
36	Carson	134	↓14	91
37	Wyatt	132	new	39
38	Alexander	131	↓3	8
39	Benjamin	130	↑4	12
40	Jordan	130	new	55
41	Robert	129	↓17	60
42	Daniel	126	↑8	10
43	Kayden	125	new	90
44	Eli	124	↓15	49
45	Lucas	124	new	19
46	Easton	123	↓10	83
47	Bentley	122	↓9	89
48	Brantley	121	↓8	>100
49	Braxton	121	new	>100
50	Brayden	121	↓29	62

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