Popular baby names in Alabama, 2015

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 2015 were Ava for girls (299 babies) and William for boys (414). Ava ranked #4 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,857 babies born in Alabama in 2015 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 2015

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: 22 babies, 32.2× the national rate
Ansleigh: 21 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Ann: 27 babies, 8× the national rate
Collins: 31 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Kensley: 33 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Bayleigh: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Chandler: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kyleigh: 56 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ansley: 29 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Paisleigh: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Jamarcus: 16 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Judson: 21 babies, 7× the national rate
Jordyn: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Baylor: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Fisher: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Miller: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Braylon: 48 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Braylen: 44 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Willie: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bryant: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Ava	299	–	4
2	Emma	288	–	1
3	Olivia	261	–	2
4	Harper	214	↑3	10
5	Elizabeth	187	–	13
6	Madison	172	–	11
7	Isabella	149	↓3	5
8	Amelia	148	↑15	12
9	Skylar	148	↑22	42
10	Sophia	145	↑4	3
11	Anna	144	↑4	44
12	Ella	144	↓4	18
13	Caroline	138	↑8	62
14	Abigail	136	↓5	7
15	Mia	136	new	6
16	Brooklyn	134	↓6	31
17	Avery	133	↓5	16
18	Addison	129	↓5	24
19	Charlotte	128	↑10	9
20	Chloe	127	↓9	17
21	Aubrey	126	↑7	21
22	Sadie	123	↓4	52
23	Mary	120	↑1	>100
24	Zoey	120	↓7	23
25	Layla	116	↑5	30
26	Paisley	114	↓7	45
27	Emily	110	↓11	8
28	Lillian	110	↓8	26
29	Khloe	107	↓2	>100
30	Lily	106	↓5	25
31	Evelyn	99	↓5	15
32	Londyn	98	↑8	>100
33	Audrey	95	new	37
34	Kinsley	94	–	>100
35	Nevaeh	89	↑2	70
36	Riley	89	new	35
37	Hannah	88	↓15	28
38	Scarlett	88	new	22
39	Aubree	85	↓4	79
40	Kylie	81	new	66
41	Savannah	81	new	38
42	Taylor	81	↓6	77
43	Lauren	80	new	>100
44	Kaylee	79	↓11	61
45	Sarah	79	↑5	57
46	Madelyn	78	new	59
47	Serenity	78	↓15	71
48	Kennedy	76	↓2	58
49	Natalie	76	–	27
50	Aaliyah	75	↓12	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	William	414	–	5
2	James	323	–	7
3	John	320	–	26
4	Mason	296	–	3
5	Elijah	279	–	11
6	Noah	253	–	1
7	Jackson	235	–	17
8	Carter	204	↑7	24
9	Michael	199	↑3	9
10	Samuel	195	↑1	23
11	Jacob	186	↓2	4
12	Jaxon	184	↑14	44
13	Christopher	182	↑4	32
14	Jayden	169	↑4	20
15	Grayson	166	↑1	47
16	Aiden	165	↓8	13
17	Charles	162	↑10	50
18	Landon	161	↑5	46
19	Gabriel	158	↑6	22
20	David	155	↑8	18
21	Logan	155	↓2	14
22	Hunter	153	↓2	41
23	Joseph	153	↓1	21
24	Liam	153	↓10	2
25	Benjamin	152	↑14	10
26	Luke	151	↑3	28
27	Joshua	150	↓17	33
28	Ethan	146	↓15	6
29	Jeremiah	145	new	54
30	Brayden	142	↑20	61
31	Caleb	141	↓10	37
32	Cooper	141	new	77
33	Colton	139	↓3	60
34	Lucas	137	↑11	16
35	Thomas	137	new	51
36	Wyatt	134	↑1	34
37	Levi	133	↓6	42
38	Matthew	133	↓3	15
39	Sawyer	128	new	94
40	Robert	126	↑1	63
41	Carson	125	↓5	89
42	Christian	125	↓8	43
43	Henry	122	new	29
44	Brantley	121	↑4	>100
45	Hudson	121	new	65
46	Oliver	121	new	19
47	Andrew	120	↓23	30
48	Cameron	116	↓15	56
49	Alexander	113	↓11	8
50	Easton	112	↓4	78

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