Most Popular Baby Names in Alabama (2025)

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 2025 were Charlotte for girls and John for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in Alabama than in the country as a whole include Mary, Caroline, Millie, Waylon, Walker, and Stetson.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in Alabama

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Charlotte	224	–
2	Amelia	204	↑ 1
3	Olivia	203	↓ 1
4	Elizabeth	163	–
5	Emma	158	–
6	Mary	155	–
7	Harper	150	–
8	Ava	143	–
9	Eleanor	143	↑ 3
10	Ellie	141	↑ 3
11	Evelyn	139	↓ 2
12	Sophia	124	↓ 2
13	Ella	117	↑ 1
14	Hazel	117	↑ 13
15	Ivy	112	↑ 8
16	Lainey	112	↓ 5
17	Lily	112	↑ 4
18	Lucy	111	↑ 1
19	Nova	107	↓ 3
20	Caroline	103	↓ 2
21	Mia	102	↑ 3
22	Willow	101	↓ 7
23	Isabella	100	↑ 8
24	Sadie	95	↓ 2
25	Ailany	90	new
26	Avery	88	↓ 9
27	Lillian	88	↑ 3
28	Paisley	84	↓ 2
29	Millie	83	↓ 1
30	Scarlett	81	↑ 17
31	Chloe	79	↑ 8
32	Layla	79	↓ 12
33	Riley	79	↑ 10
34	Josie	78	↑ 21
35	Margaret	77	↑ 11
36	Eloise	74	↑ 36
37	Madison	73	↑ 27
38	Nora	73	↑ 14
39	Violet	73	↓ 1
40	Aurora	72	↓ 8
41	Raelynn	72	↑ 1
42	Abigail	71	↓ 13
43	Madelyn	69	↑ 6
44	Magnolia	69	↑ 14
45	Emily	68	↓ 20
46	Blakely	67	↑ 5
47	Eliana	67	↑ 22
48	Delilah	66	–
49	Hallie	66	↑ 34
50	Aria	64	↓ 6
51	Isla	64	↑ 2
52	Annie	63	↑ 19
53	Everleigh	62	↑ 25
54	Vivian	61	↑ 13
55	Zoe	61	↑ 36
56	Addison	60	↓ 2
57	Naomi	60	↓ 23
58	Stella	60	↑ 27
59	Eden	59	↓ 22
60	Emery	58	↑ 3
61	Piper	58	new
62	Camila	57	↑ 17
63	Kennedy	57	↓ 6
64	Saylor	57	↑ 31
65	Adeline	56	↓ 30
66	Genesis	56	↓ 21
67	Maria	56	↓ 7
68	Georgia	55	↑ 25
69	Adalynn	54	new
70	Penelope	54	↑ 6
71	Collins	53	↓ 9
72	Emersyn	53	↓ 4
73	Iris	53	new
74	Oaklynn	53	–
75	Sofia	53	↓ 25
76	Kehlani	52	↓ 17
77	Sophie	52	↑ 11
78	Josephine	51	new
79	Katherine	51	↑ 21
80	Scottie	51	new
81	Alice	50	↓ 20
82	Leilani	50	new
83	Lyla	50	new
84	Hannah	49	↓ 11
85	Madeline	49	↑ 4
86	Lydia	48	new
87	Nevaeh	48	↓ 22
88	Ruby	48	↑ 2
89	Eliza	47	↓ 12
90	Sutton	47	↓ 20
91	Anna	46	↓ 50
92	Clara	46	↓ 10
93	Emerson	46	new
94	Luna	46	↓ 58
95	Autumn	45	↓ 62
96	Emory	45	new
97	Journee	45	↓ 13
98	Rylee	45	new
99	Serenity	45	↓ 43
100	Grace	44	new

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	John	343	↑ 1
2	William	331	↓ 1
3	James	292	–
4	Liam	255	–
5	Noah	246	–
6	Oliver	217	↑ 2
7	Hudson	199	↑ 4
8	Samuel	199	↑ 1
9	Henry	196	↓ 2
10	Elijah	184	↓ 4
11	Waylon	162	↑ 2
12	Asher	161	↓ 2
13	Cooper	151	↑ 13
14	Walker	150	↑ 16
15	Theodore	143	↑ 21
16	Jackson	136	↓ 4
17	Charles	129	↑ 2
18	Thomas	129	↓ 2
19	Levi	127	↓ 4
20	Grayson	121	↑ 2
21	Benjamin	120	↑ 2
22	Lucas	120	↓ 1
23	Carter	117	↓ 9
24	Michael	116	↑ 7
25	Jack	114	↑ 4
26	Daniel	112	↑ 9
27	Bennett	111	↑ 14
28	Elias	110	↑ 16
29	Stetson	110	↑ 13
30	Joseph	109	↓ 10
31	Wyatt	105	↓ 3
32	Luke	104	–
33	Beau	103	↑ 18
34	Mason	99	↓ 7
35	Weston	99	↓ 1
36	Maverick	98	↓ 11
37	Christopher	95	↓ 13
38	David	93	↓ 21
39	Matthew	93	↑ 6
40	Owen	93	↓ 2
41	Josiah	91	↓ 1
42	Ezra	89	↓ 24
43	Robert	89	↑ 3
44	Sawyer	89	↑ 11
45	Silas	89	↓ 12
46	Brooks	81	↑ 8
47	Dylan	81	↓ 8
48	Mateo	81	↑ 26
49	Thiago	81	new
50	Isaac	79	↑ 15
51	Rowan	79	↑ 12
52	Harrison	77	↑ 45
53	Nolan	77	↑ 14
54	Colton	76	↓ 11
55	Everett	76	↑ 4
56	Jacob	75	↓ 7
57	Parker	75	↑ 5
58	Dallas	74	new
59	Joshua	74	↑ 18
60	Miles	74	↑ 15
61	Eithan	73	new
62	Ethan	73	↓ 14
63	Andrew	71	↓ 16
64	Jonathan	71	↑ 22
65	River	71	↓ 13
66	Gabriel	69	↓ 5
67	Sebastian	69	↑ 28
68	Alexander	68	↓ 15
69	Ryder	68	↑ 10
70	Caleb	67	↓ 1
71	Easton	67	↓ 7
72	Logan	66	↓ 12
73	Leo	65	↑ 26
74	Malachi	65	↓ 3
75	Roman	65	new
76	Jayden	64	↑ 5
77	Atlas	63	new
78	Kayden	63	↑ 14
79	Carson	62	↑ 1
80	Barrett	61	new
81	Beckham	61	new
82	Bryson	61	↓ 45
83	Wesley	61	↑ 5
84	Amir	60	↓ 12
85	Isaiah	60	↓ 17
86	Archer	59	new
87	Jace	58	↓ 31
88	Jaxon	58	↓ 38
89	Anthony	57	↓ 13
90	Jeremiah	57	↓ 24
91	Micah	57	↑ 2
92	Hunter	56	↓ 8
93	Legend	56	↓ 15
94	Cameron	55	new
95	Cohen	55	↓ 12
96	Lincoln	55	↓ 11
97	Luca	55	new
98	Tucker	55	new
99	Ezekiel	54	↓ 8
100	Kingston	53	↓ 43

Names more popular in Alabama

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in Alabama than across the US.

Girls

Name	Alabama	US
Mary	#6	#125
Caroline	#20	#96
Millie	#29	#73
Josie	#34	#82
Margaret	#35	#112
Raelynn	#41	#116
Magnolia	#44	#124
Blakely	#46	#191

Boys

Name	Alabama	US
Waylon	#11	#56
Walker	#14	#78
Stetson	#29	#136
Robert	#43	#92
Sawyer	#44	#122

Number-one names in Alabama by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Charlotte (224)	John (343)
2024	Charlotte (234)	William (315)
2023	Olivia (230)	William (309)
2022	Olivia (253)	William (324)
2021	Olivia (266)	William (340)
2020	Ava (258)	William (368)
2019	Ava (297)	William (378)
2018	Ava (294)	William (371)
2017	Ava (359)	William (403)
2016	Ava (333)	William (431)
2015	Ava (299)	William (414)
2014	Ava (292)	William (431)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in Alabama

Girls

Boys

Names more popular in Alabama

Girls

Boys

Number-one names in Alabama by year

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