Popular baby names in Alabama, 2023

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 2023 were Olivia for girls (230 babies) and William for boys (309). William ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,484 babies born in Alabama in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 2023

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

Girls

Lynlee: 16 babies, 11× the national rate
Ann: 26 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Juana: 18 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Mattie: 19 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kaisley: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Ansley: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Harmoni: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Maddie: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Anne: 32 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Tinsley: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Judson: 30 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Khaza: 26 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Canaan: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kacey: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Fisher: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kylen: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Chandler: 28 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kaiser: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Braylon: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
Houston: 25 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Olivia	230	–	1
2	Charlotte	210	–	3
3	Amelia	201	↑1	4
4	Ava	186	↓1	8
5	Elizabeth	184	↑3	15
6	Emma	164	–	2
7	Evelyn	147	–	9
8	Harper	136	↓3	11
9	Nova	136	↑1	35
10	Mary	126	↓1	>100
11	Eleanor	121	–	14
12	Hazel	118	↑9	18
13	Isabella	115	–	7
14	Willow	113	↑3	41
15	Ella	107	↓3	32
16	Paisley	106	↓2	56
17	Caroline	105	↑1	83
18	Ellie	105	↑4	27
19	Sadie	103	↑20	59
20	Chloe	102	↑4	26
21	Lainey	102	new	54
22	Sophia	100	↓6	5
23	Mia	99	↓3	6
24	Scarlett	99	↓9	17
25	Lucy	97	new	40
26	Abigail	95	↑5	31
27	Lily	90	new	20
28	Addison	88	↑6	62
29	Riley	88	↑4	43
30	Avery	80	↓7	29
31	Blakely	77	↑11	>100
32	Ivy	77	↓4	38
33	Skylar	76	new	>100
34	Lydia	74	new	94
35	Madelyn	73	new	58
36	Stella	73	↑4	46
37	Layla	72	↓10	30
38	Lillian	71	↓13	55
39	Aurora	70	↑5	22
40	Raelynn	70	↑1	>100
41	Serenity	70	↓9	>100
42	Anna	69	↓6	79
43	Naomi	69	↓13	44
44	Millie	68	new	>100
45	Madison	67	↓8	37
46	Sofia	67	new	12
47	Emily	66	↓21	19
48	Nevaeh	66	new	>100
49	Kehlani	65	new	>100
50	Aria	63	new	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	William	309	–	10
2	John	289	↑1	26
3	James	260	↓1	4
4	Noah	251	–	2
5	Elijah	239	↑1	5
6	Liam	237	↓1	1
7	Oliver	215	–	3
8	Henry	204	↑5	8
9	Asher	166	↑3	23
10	Levi	160	↑5	12
11	Samuel	160	↓1	19
12	Jackson	153	↓4	28
13	Waylon	151	↓2	63
14	Hudson	147	–	21
15	Walker	146	↑7	85
16	Thomas	138	↑1	41
17	Charles	137	↑6	54
18	Benjamin	136	↑3	11
19	Cooper	135	↑1	52
20	Grayson	133	↓11	44
21	Jack	133	↑13	14
22	Mason	129	↓6	30
23	Lucas	128	↑10	9
24	David	127	↑2	27
25	Wyatt	120	–	47
26	Carter	118	↓7	48
27	Maverick	116	↓3	37
28	Michael	115	↓10	16
29	Christopher	114	↑15	55
30	Dylan	114	new	34
31	Joseph	114	↓2	29
32	Daniel	111	↓4	17
33	Owen	109	new	20
34	Luke	105	↑1	31
35	Kingston	102	↓5	>100
36	Ezra	100	↑2	15
37	Aiden	98	↓5	40
38	Jaxon	96	↑3	86
39	Weston	93	new	75
40	Bryson	91	↓4	>100
41	Jacob	89	↑2	35
42	Easton	88	↓5	98
43	Matthew	87	↓1	32
44	Nolan	87	↑3	57
45	Gabriel	86	new	38
46	Josiah	86	↓19	53
47	Joshua	85	new	60
48	Theodore	85	new	7
49	Caleb	84	new	51
50	Isaac	84	new	42

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