Popular baby names in Alabama, 2021

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 2021 were Olivia for girls (266 babies) and William for boys (340). William ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 41,092 babies born in Alabama in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 2021

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: 22 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Ansley: 20 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Anne: 37 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lauryn: 22 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lakelynn: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kynlee: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Mary: 136 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kyleigh: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Maddie: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Khalani: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Coleman: 17 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Houston: 32 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Turner: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kylan: 34 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kamdyn: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Karsyn: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jakari: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Fisher: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Judson: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Shepherd: 35 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Olivia	266	↑1	1
2	Ava	235	↓1	5
3	Amelia	231	↑2	4
4	Charlotte	217	–	3
5	Emma	195	↓2	2
6	Harper	173	–	10
7	Elizabeth	156	–	14
8	Evelyn	148	–	9
9	Mary	136	↑2	>100
10	Ella	135	↑2	16
11	Isabella	132	↓1	7
12	Caroline	125	↑7	80
13	Ellie	112	↑11	30
14	Nova	111	↑9	32
15	Paisley	110	↓6	52
16	Addison	109	↑15	45
17	Hazel	105	↑18	28
18	Sophia	105	↓3	6
19	Abigail	103	↓5	17
20	Avery	102	↓7	19
21	Mia	97	↓3	8
22	Scarlett	97	↑23	20
23	Eleanor	96	↑2	15
24	Willow	95	↑4	39
25	Layla	94	↓8	24
26	Riley	93	↑10	37
27	Sadie	93	↑10	78
28	Lillian	91	↓6	51
29	Lily	87	↓8	31
30	Autumn	86	new	66
31	Brooklyn	84	↑3	63
32	Emily	84	–	21
33	Madison	84	↓13	29
34	Chloe	83	↑6	25
35	Everleigh	83	↓9	99
36	Raelynn	81	new	>100
37	Serenity	81	↑13	84
38	Zoey	81	↓8	38
39	Ivy	80	new	49
40	Kinsley	80	↑7	57
41	Luna	80	new	11
42	Nora	79	↓3	27
43	Nevaeh	76	new	86
44	Aubrey	75	↓1	64
45	Blakely	74	new	>100
46	Lucy	74	new	48
47	Skylar	72	↓18	74
48	Gianna	70	↓10	13
49	Aria	69	new	22
50	Khloe	69	↓8	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	William	340	–	6
2	John	297	↑1	27
3	James	253	↓1	5
4	Noah	247	↑1	2
5	Elijah	240	↓1	4
6	Liam	226	–	1
7	Asher	197	↑6	25
8	Henry	188	↑1	9
9	Grayson	176	↑5	35
10	Oliver	176	↓2	3
11	Carter	164	↑6	39
12	Samuel	163	↓1	23
13	Jackson	157	↓3	14
14	Mason	148	↓7	18
15	Michael	146	↑1	17
16	Hudson	144	↑5	34
17	Benjamin	142	↑1	7
18	Waylon	139	↑25	69
19	Thomas	138	↑5	46
20	Wyatt	136	–	29
21	Charles	135	↓2	50
22	Jaxon	131	↓10	54
23	Levi	130	↓8	12
24	Kingston	129	↑2	>100
25	Aiden	117	↑2	26
26	Jack	116	↑22	11
27	Joseph	114	↑11	28
28	Daniel	113	↑6	16
29	Luke	112	↓1	32
30	Josiah	111	↑1	49
31	Easton	110	↑11	72
32	Cooper	109	↑3	68
33	David	109	↓4	30
34	Lucas	108	↑6	8
35	Maverick	108	new	47
36	Caleb	106	new	51
37	Colton	106	–	75
38	Jacob	102	↓16	24
39	Owen	102	↓9	22
40	Nolan	100	new	60
41	Alexander	97	↑9	13
42	Sawyer	96	↑5	>100
43	Carson	93	↓10	97
44	Gabriel	93	new	38
45	Bryson	92	↓20	>100
46	Christopher	90	↓23	52
47	Walker	89	new	>100
48	Jace	87	new	>100
49	Isaac	86	new	40
50	Braxton	85	new	>100

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