Popular baby names in Alabama, 2017

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 2017 were Ava for girls (359 babies) and William for boys (403). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,044 babies born in Alabama in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 2017

Names given at least 15 times in Alabama that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Ann: 26 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Maddie: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Marleigh: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Emory: 31 babies, 6× the national rate
Anne: 32 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kensley: 38 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kyleigh: 31 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Charleigh: 38 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Collins: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ansley: 20 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Judson: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Karson: 81 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Braylon: 40 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Houston: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Shepherd: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lawson: 39 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Braylen: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Baylor: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Wilson: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kylan: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Ava	359	–	3
2	Olivia	301	↑1	2
3	Emma	241	↓1	1
4	Harper	192	↑1	11
5	Amelia	191	↑2	8
6	Elizabeth	189	↓2	13
7	Charlotte	159	↑5	7
8	Avery	151	↑17	14
9	Ella	145	↑1	16
10	Evelyn	145	↑12	9
11	Isabella	145	↓2	4
12	Abigail	144	↑1	10
13	Madison	136	↓7	17
14	Sophia	135	–	5
15	Paisley	133	–	45
16	Chloe	131	–	22
17	Brooklyn	130	↑3	39
18	Mary	128	↑3	>100
19	Addison	122	↓8	34
20	Emily	122	↓2	12
21	Lillian	121	↑3	27
22	Layla	117	↑19	26
23	Caroline	116	↓15	55
24	Zoey	116	↑5	28
25	Skylar	114	↓8	48
26	Sadie	109	–	71
27	Aubrey	103	↓4	31
28	Kinsley	102	↑5	59
29	Scarlett	100	↓2	18
30	Savannah	91	↑13	38
31	Anna	90	↓12	53
32	Lily	90	↓2	33
33	Madelyn	86	new	63
34	Riley	86	↓6	25
35	Aubree	85	↑10	86
36	Khloe	84	↑1	>100
37	Lucy	84	↑10	52
38	Ryleigh	84	↓3	>100
39	Mia	83	↓8	6
40	Nevaeh	83	↓8	74
41	Stella	83	new	42
42	Audrey	80	↓6	46
43	Serenity	80	↑1	78
44	Ellie	76	↓2	44
45	Hannah	74	↓7	32
46	Sarah	74	↓12	62
47	Piper	73	↓8	81
48	Aria	71	new	20
49	Bella	69	new	50
50	London	67	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	William	403	–	3
2	James	320	–	4
3	Elijah	305	↑2	8
4	John	299	↓1	27
5	Noah	254	↑1	2
6	Mason	241	↓2	7
7	Liam	214	↑2	1
8	Samuel	206	↑3	21
9	Jackson	198	↓2	20
10	Grayson	195	↑2	34
11	Carter	188	↓1	24
12	Jaxon	182	↑3	43
13	Michael	175	↓5	12
14	Aiden	174	↑6	17
15	Jacob	174	↓1	9
16	Logan	171	↑24	5
17	Bryson	165	↑29	86
18	Wyatt	158	↑13	25
19	Joshua	153	↑4	38
20	Luke	151	↑9	30
21	Thomas	150	–	49
22	Joseph	146	↑13	18
23	Ethan	145	↑2	14
24	Oliver	145	↑2	10
25	Christopher	143	↓9	39
26	Levi	143	↓4	35
27	Benjamin	138	↓9	6
28	Easton	136	↑10	66
29	Henry	134	↓1	19
30	Jayden	132	↑12	26
31	Carson	130	↓12	83
32	Charles	129	↓15	48
33	Daniel	125	↓9	15
34	David	123	↓21	22
35	Alexander	120	new	13
36	Josiah	118	new	51
37	Sawyer	117	new	95
38	Gabriel	116	↑1	31
39	Asher	115	↑5	59
40	Landon	115	↓13	57
41	Colton	114	↑9	70
42	Andrew	112	↓10	40
43	Christian	112	↓13	52
44	Matthew	112	↑5	16
45	Jeremiah	111	↓11	63
46	Eli	110	new	54
47	Lucas	110	↓11	11
48	Kingston	107	new	>100
49	Hunter	106	↓8	53
50	Jonathan	105	new	55

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