Popular baby names in Alabama, 2025

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 2025 were Charlotte for girls (224 babies) and John for boys (343). Charlotte ranked #2 nationally for girls. John ranked #23 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,837 babies born in Alabama in 2025 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 2025

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: 25 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Marleigh: 22 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Icelynn: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Hollis: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Mary: 155 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Anne: 33 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ellison: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Oakleigh: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Campbell: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Nyomi: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Hampton: 16 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Judson: 22 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Tylan: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Kaiser: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Truce: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jamari: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Fisher: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Baylor: 50 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Zymir: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shepard: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 2025

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Charlotte	224	–	2
2	Amelia	204	↑1	4
3	Olivia	203	↓1	1
4	Elizabeth	163	–	17
5	Emma	158	–	3
6	Mary	155	–	>100
7	Harper	150	–	16
8	Ava	143	–	11
9	Eleanor	143	↑3	12
10	Ellie	141	↑3	24
11	Evelyn	139	↓2	8
12	Sophia	124	↓2	5
13	Ella	117	↑1	29
14	Hazel	117	↑13	21
15	Ivy	112	↑8	39
16	Lainey	112	↓5	30
17	Lily	112	↑4	18
18	Lucy	111	↑1	25
19	Nova	107	↓3	46
20	Caroline	103	↓2	96
21	Mia	102	↑3	6
22	Willow	101	↓7	44
23	Isabella	100	↑8	7
24	Sadie	95	↓2	50
25	Ailany	90	new	14
26	Avery	88	↓9	37
27	Lillian	88	↑3	57
28	Paisley	84	↓2	67
29	Millie	83	↓1	73
30	Scarlett	81	↑17	32
31	Chloe	79	↑8	23
32	Layla	79	↓12	36
33	Riley	79	↑10	48
34	Josie	78	new	82
35	Margaret	77	↑11	>100
36	Eloise	74	new	49
37	Madison	73	new	40
38	Nora	73	new	20
39	Violet	73	↓1	13
40	Aurora	72	↓8	15
41	Raelynn	72	↑1	>100
42	Abigail	71	↓13	41
43	Madelyn	69	↑6	71
44	Magnolia	69	new	>100
45	Emily	68	↓20	34
46	Blakely	67	new	>100
47	Eliana	67	new	10
48	Delilah	66	–	51
49	Hallie	66	new	>100
50	Aria	64	↓6	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	John	343	↑1	23
2	William	331	↓1	9
3	James	292	–	6
4	Liam	255	–	1
5	Noah	246	–	2
6	Oliver	217	↑2	3
7	Hudson	199	↑4	17
8	Samuel	199	↑1	18
9	Henry	196	↓2	5
10	Elijah	184	↓4	7
11	Waylon	162	↑2	56
12	Asher	161	↓2	28
13	Cooper	151	↑13	27
14	Walker	150	↑16	78
15	Theodore	143	↑21	4
16	Jackson	136	↓4	36
17	Charles	129	↑2	48
18	Thomas	129	↓2	34
19	Levi	127	↓4	12
20	Grayson	121	↑2	51
21	Benjamin	120	↑2	11
22	Lucas	120	↓1	10
23	Carter	117	↓9	45
24	Michael	116	↑7	21
25	Jack	114	↑4	15
26	Daniel	112	↑9	22
27	Bennett	111	↑14	40
28	Elias	110	↑16	13
29	Stetson	110	↑13	>100
30	Joseph	109	↓10	29
31	Wyatt	105	↓3	38
32	Luke	104	–	33
33	Beau	103	new	60
34	Mason	99	↓7	39
35	Weston	99	↓1	55
36	Maverick	98	↓11	49
37	Christopher	95	↓13	68
38	David	93	↓21	35
39	Matthew	93	↑6	32
40	Owen	93	↓2	31
41	Josiah	91	↓1	54
42	Ezra	89	↓24	20
43	Robert	89	↑3	92
44	Sawyer	89	new	>100
45	Silas	89	↓12	71
46	Brooks	81	new	64
47	Dylan	81	↓8	41
48	Mateo	81	new	8
49	Thiago	81	new	50
50	Isaac	79	new	47

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