Popular baby names in Alabama, 2016

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 2016 were Ava for girls (333 babies) and William for boys (431). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,476 babies born in Alabama in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 2016

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: 18 babies, 23.5× the national rate
Ivey: 20 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Harmoni: 25 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Ann: 24 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Ansley: 33 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Karleigh: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Collins: 33 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kyleigh: 46 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Bryleigh: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kensley: 39 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Roderick: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Judson: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Brodie: 21 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Houston: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kylan: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Baylor: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Fisher: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Braylen: 43 babies, 5× the national rate
Kamryn: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lawson: 39 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Ava	333	–	3
2	Emma	244	–	1
3	Olivia	239	–	2
4	Elizabeth	217	↑1	13
5	Harper	185	↓1	11
6	Madison	167	–	15
7	Amelia	160	↑1	10
8	Caroline	159	↑5	56
9	Isabella	158	↓2	5
10	Ella	156	↑2	17
11	Addison	150	↑7	29
12	Charlotte	145	↑7	7
13	Abigail	142	↑1	8
14	Sophia	140	↓4	4
15	Paisley	137	↑11	46
16	Chloe	134	↑4	20
17	Skylar	129	↓8	42
18	Emily	128	↑9	9
19	Anna	126	↓8	49
20	Brooklyn	126	↓4	34
21	Mary	126	↑2	>100
22	Evelyn	122	↑9	12
23	Aubrey	116	↓2	25
24	Lillian	116	↑4	28
25	Avery	115	↓8	16
26	Sadie	112	↓4	60
27	Scarlett	111	↑11	18
28	Riley	105	↑8	22
29	Zoey	101	↓5	26
30	Lily	98	–	24
31	Mia	98	↓16	6
32	Nevaeh	96	↑3	73
33	Kinsley	93	↑1	86
34	Sarah	92	↑11	57
35	Ryleigh	91	new	>100
36	Audrey	90	↓3	39
37	Khloe	90	↓8	>100
38	Hannah	88	↓1	33
39	Piper	87	new	67
40	Kennedy	83	↑8	59
41	Layla	83	↓16	30
42	Ellie	81	new	43
43	Savannah	81	↓2	38
44	Serenity	78	↑3	70
45	Aubree	77	↓6	84
46	Hadley	77	new	>100
47	Lucy	77	new	55
48	Londyn	76	↓16	>100
49	Kylie	74	↓9	83
50	Taylor	72	↓8	89

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	William	431	–	3
2	James	349	–	5
3	John	325	–	28
4	Mason	292	–	4
5	Elijah	288	–	9
6	Noah	287	–	1
7	Jackson	231	–	17
8	Michael	208	↑1	8
9	Liam	195	↑15	2
10	Carter	189	↓2	26
11	Samuel	189	↓1	21
12	Grayson	177	↑3	37
13	David	171	↑7	19
14	Jacob	170	↓3	7
15	Jaxon	170	↓3	41
16	Christopher	163	↓3	36
17	Charles	162	–	52
18	Benjamin	160	↑7	6
19	Carson	158	↑22	81
20	Aiden	152	↓4	16
21	Thomas	150	↑14	48
22	Levi	148	↑15	42
23	Joshua	146	↑4	35
24	Daniel	143	new	13
25	Ethan	142	↑3	10
26	Oliver	142	↑20	12
27	Landon	141	↓9	53
28	Henry	139	↑15	22
29	Luke	138	↓3	29
30	Christian	137	↑12	46
31	Wyatt	137	↑5	33
32	Andrew	135	↑15	34
33	Cooper	135	↓1	79
34	Jeremiah	133	↓5	58
35	Joseph	133	↓12	20
36	Lucas	133	↓2	14
37	Hudson	132	↑8	61
38	Easton	131	↑12	66
39	Gabriel	128	↓20	25
40	Logan	128	↓19	18
41	Hunter	127	↓19	45
42	Jayden	127	↓28	27
43	Caleb	126	↓12	44
44	Asher	125	new	71
45	Brayden	122	↓15	64
46	Bryson	122	new	94
47	Robert	122	↓7	62
48	Cameron	119	–	57
49	Matthew	119	↓11	15
50	Colton	114	↓17	68

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