Popular baby names in Alabama, 2020

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 2020 were Ava for girls (258 babies) and William for boys (368). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,475 babies born in Alabama in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 2020

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

Girls

Juana: 18 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Lakelyn: 17 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Harmoni: 29 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Ansley: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kaisley: 25 babies, 6× the national rate
Kyleigh: 23 babies, 6× the national rate
Lauryn: 26 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Paisleigh: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Oakleigh: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Harleigh: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Javion: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Fisher: 21 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Judson: 22 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kylen: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Kylan: 39 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Houston: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Major: 51 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jon: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Karson: 65 babies, 4× the national rate
Baylor: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Ava	258	–	3
2	Olivia	240	–	1
3	Emma	225	–	2
4	Charlotte	200	↑2	5
5	Amelia	193	↓1	6
6	Harper	193	↓1	10
7	Elizabeth	172	–	16
8	Evelyn	156	↑5	9
9	Paisley	146	↑3	49
10	Isabella	140	↓1	7
11	Mary	135	↓1	>100
12	Ella	133	↓4	15
13	Avery	127	↑2	19
14	Abigail	113	↓3	12
15	Sophia	111	↑1	4
16	Anna	106	↑14	68
17	Layla	106	↑14	24
18	Mia	106	↑20	8
19	Caroline	103	↓5	71
20	Madison	103	↑4	23
21	Lily	97	↑25	35
22	Lillian	94	–	46
23	Nova	94	↑20	38
24	Ellie	93	↓3	29
25	Eleanor	90	↓6	22
26	Everleigh	87	↑3	94
27	Everly	87	↑5	43
28	Willow	87	↓3	48
29	Skylar	86	↓2	64
30	Zoey	86	↓12	32
31	Addison	85	↓3	47
32	Emily	84	↑3	18
33	Ryleigh	83	↓10	>100
34	Brooklyn	80	↓1	54
35	Hazel	80	new	31
36	Riley	79	↓19	33
37	Sadie	79	new	78
38	Gianna	77	new	13
39	Nora	77	↑2	30
40	Chloe	76	↓6	25
41	Rylee	75	new	>100
42	Khloe	74	new	>100
43	Aubrey	73	new	56
44	Naomi	73	↑3	52
45	Scarlett	73	↓25	21
46	Madelyn	72	new	66
47	Kinsley	70	↓11	59
48	Journee	69	new	>100
49	Londyn	69	new	>100
50	Serenity	69	↓24	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	William	368	–	5
2	James	304	–	6
3	John	269	–	27
4	Elijah	255	–	4
5	Noah	243	–	2
6	Liam	208	–	1
7	Mason	187	↑1	11
8	Oliver	184	↑1	3
9	Henry	173	↑13	9
10	Jackson	167	↓3	17
11	Samuel	162	–	25
12	Jaxon	160	–	48
13	Asher	157	↑7	32
14	Grayson	156	↓4	35
15	Levi	153	↓1	18
16	Michael	147	–	12
17	Carter	145	↓2	33
18	Benjamin	134	↓5	7
19	Charles	133	↓2	46
20	Wyatt	131	↑14	29
21	Hudson	130	↑7	43
22	Jacob	121	↑10	15
23	Christopher	120	↑3	47
24	Thomas	119	↓5	45
25	Bryson	114	↑6	>100
26	Kingston	114	↑20	>100
27	Aiden	113	↓6	24
28	Luke	112	↑15	31
29	David	110	↓11	28
30	Owen	109	↓6	22
31	Josiah	107	↓1	49
32	Christian	105	new	62
33	Carson	104	↑5	84
34	Daniel	103	↑1	14
35	Cooper	102	↑7	75
36	Logan	102	↓13	16
37	Colton	101	↓10	66
38	Joseph	101	↓5	26
39	Karter	100	new	>100
40	Lucas	100	↓4	8
41	Joshua	99	↓12	53
42	Easton	97	↓1	73
43	Waylon	97	↑4	>100
44	Lincoln	94	↑6	40
45	Isaiah	92	new	51
46	Kaiden	92	new	>100
47	Sawyer	92	↓8	>100
48	Jack	91	new	21
49	Jayden	91	↓24	37
50	Alexander	90	↓10	10

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