Popular baby names in Alabama, 2018

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 2018 were Ava for girls (294 babies) and William for boys (371). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 41,331 babies born in Alabama in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 2018

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: 23 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kinsleigh: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Harmoni: 29 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Ansley: 26 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Bryleigh: 19 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Harleigh: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Marleigh: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Mary: 127 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brynleigh: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sariyah: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Judson: 20 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Baylor: 29 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Karsyn: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kylen: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Braylon: 35 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Shepard: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kendall: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Fisher: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Houston: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Canaan: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Ava	294	–	3
2	Olivia	260	–	2
3	Emma	204	–	1
4	Harper	204	–	9
5	Amelia	183	–	8
6	Elizabeth	176	–	13
7	Isabella	162	↑4	4
8	Charlotte	161	↓1	6
9	Abigail	152	↑3	11
10	Ella	141	↓1	15
11	Mary	127	↑7	>100
12	Caroline	124	↑11	56
13	Madison	117	–	22
14	Avery	116	↓6	16
15	Evelyn	115	↓5	10
16	Skylar	114	↑9	49
17	Anna	111	↑14	54
18	Sophia	104	↓4	5
19	Mia	103	↑20	7
20	Lillian	100	↑1	34
21	Addison	99	↓2	35
22	Chloe	99	↓6	25
23	Scarlett	96	↑6	20
24	Layla	95	↓2	27
25	Riley	95	↑9	28
26	Kinsley	94	↑2	63
27	Serenity	94	↑16	75
28	Brooklyn	90	↓11	47
29	Paisley	90	↓14	52
30	Zoey	87	↓6	29
31	Aubrey	83	↓4	37
32	Piper	83	↑15	88
33	Khloe	82	↑3	>100
34	Lily	82	↓2	31
35	Nevaeh	81	↑5	83
36	Stella	81	↑5	38
37	Eleanor	78	new	32
38	Aria	77	↑10	19
39	Bella	77	↑10	48
40	Emily	77	↓20	12
41	Lucy	75	↓4	51
42	Nova	75	new	55
43	Sadie	75	↓17	87
44	Audrey	74	↓2	46
45	Nora	74	new	30
46	Ryleigh	74	↓8	>100
47	Savannah	74	↓17	45
48	Sarah	72	↓2	66
49	Mila	71	new	14
50	Emery	70	new	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	William	371	–	3
2	James	329	–	4
3	John	287	↑1	26
4	Elijah	282	↓1	7
5	Noah	245	–	2
6	Liam	218	↑1	1
7	Mason	201	↓1	9
8	Samuel	192	–	21
9	Carter	188	↑2	24
10	Grayson	186	–	32
11	Jackson	185	↓2	17
12	Michael	166	↑1	14
13	Benjamin	156	↑14	6
14	Jaxon	156	↓2	39
15	Jacob	155	–	13
16	Joseph	152	↑6	23
17	Levi	152	↑9	33
18	Logan	152	↓2	10
19	David	150	↑15	22
20	Hudson	146	new	55
21	Henry	145	↑8	16
22	Oliver	141	↑2	5
23	Owen	140	new	25
24	Aiden	136	↓10	19
25	Bryson	135	↓8	92
26	Lucas	135	↑21	8
27	Christopher	134	↓2	42
28	Wyatt	129	↓10	27
29	Asher	128	↑10	47
30	Joshua	128	↓11	40
31	Luke	125	↓11	30
32	Sawyer	123	↑5	100
33	Kingston	122	↑15	>100
34	Easton	116	↓6	66
35	Daniel	115	↓2	15
36	Alexander	114	↓1	11
37	Charles	114	↓5	53
38	Ethan	113	↓15	12
39	Carson	112	↓8	70
40	Landon	112	–	61
41	Cooper	111	new	83
42	Thomas	110	↓21	49
43	Jack	108	new	28
44	Christian	107	↓1	54
45	Kayden	106	new	97
46	Robert	106	new	71
47	Eli	105	↓1	57
48	Josiah	104	↓12	52
49	Jayden	103	↓19	29
50	Braxton	101	new	>100

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