Popular baby names in Alabama, 2022

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 2022 were Olivia for girls (253 babies) and William for boys (324). William ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 41,231 babies born in Alabama in 2022 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 2022

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, 8.3× the national rate
Jalani: 16 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Ansley: 19 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Harmoni: 26 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Miller: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Wrenleigh: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Kennedi: 38 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Mary: 144 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kensley: 30 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Brynleigh: 24 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Miller: 37 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jakobe: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kylen: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Houston: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kylan: 37 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Truett: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jamari: 35 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kashton: 50 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Baylor: 47 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kyson: 36 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 2022

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Olivia	253	–	1
2	Charlotte	209	↑2	3
3	Ava	206	↓1	7
4	Amelia	166	↓1	4
5	Harper	156	↑1	11
6	Emma	155	↓1	2
7	Evelyn	152	↑1	9
8	Elizabeth	151	↓1	15
9	Mary	144	–	>100
10	Nova	135	↑4	32
11	Eleanor	124	↑12	16
12	Ella	116	↓2	25
13	Isabella	115	↓2	6
14	Paisley	109	↑1	53
15	Scarlett	106	↑7	14
16	Sophia	105	↑2	5
17	Willow	104	↑7	37
18	Caroline	101	↓6	77
19	Luna	101	↑22	10
20	Mia	101	↑1	8
21	Hazel	100	↓4	27
22	Ellie	98	↓9	33
23	Avery	97	↓3	26
24	Chloe	95	↑10	19
25	Lillian	94	↑3	50
26	Emily	91	↑6	17
27	Layla	89	↓2	29
28	Ivy	88	↑11	42
29	Everleigh	86	↑6	100
30	Naomi	84	new	46
31	Abigail	83	↓12	24
32	Serenity	83	↑5	94
33	Riley	82	↓7	39
34	Addison	80	↓18	54
35	Brooklyn	78	↓4	72
36	Anna	77	new	83
37	Madison	76	↓4	34
38	Nora	75	↑4	28
39	Sadie	73	↓12	68
40	Stella	73	new	40
41	Raelynn	72	↓5	99
42	Blakely	71	↑3	>100
43	Rylee	71	new	>100
44	Aurora	70	new	31
45	Margaret	70	new	>100
46	Hadley	69	new	>100
47	Zoey	69	↓9	45
48	Emery	68	new	82
49	Kinsley	68	↓9	61
50	Everly	67	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	William	324	–	6
2	James	315	↑1	4
3	John	298	↓1	26
4	Noah	236	–	2
5	Liam	228	↑1	1
6	Elijah	210	↓1	5
7	Oliver	187	↑3	3
8	Jackson	174	↑5	23
9	Grayson	169	–	37
10	Samuel	165	↑2	19
11	Waylon	162	↑7	66
12	Asher	161	↓5	20
13	Henry	158	↓5	7
14	Hudson	150	↑2	27
15	Levi	147	↑8	12
16	Mason	143	↓2	24
17	Thomas	137	↑2	45
18	Michael	131	↓3	16
19	Carter	129	↓8	47
20	Cooper	129	↑12	53
21	Benjamin	124	↓4	9
22	Walker	122	↑25	78
23	Charles	121	↓2	50
24	Maverick	119	↑11	40
25	Wyatt	118	↓5	38
26	David	108	↑7	31
27	Josiah	108	↑3	51
28	Daniel	106	–	14
29	Joseph	104	↓2	30
30	Kingston	104	↓6	>100
31	Legend	104	new	>100
32	Aiden	102	↓7	29
33	Lucas	102	↑1	8
34	Jack	101	↓8	15
35	Luke	101	↓6	34
36	Bryson	99	↑9	>100
37	Easton	99	↓6	80
38	Ezra	99	new	25
39	Colton	95	↓2	91
40	Isaiah	95	new	58
41	Jaxon	93	↓19	67
42	Matthew	90	new	39
43	Jacob	89	↓5	32
44	Christopher	88	↑2	55
45	Alexander	86	↓4	17
46	Logan	86	new	33
47	Nolan	86	↓7	65
48	Ethan	85	new	21
49	Robert	85	new	84
50	River	84	new	>100

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