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Baby names in Alabama in the 2000s

In Alabama in the 2000s the most given names were William (5,904 boys) and Madison (3,831 girls), of 444,969 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Alabama each year, the 2000s shaded
Alabama births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020252000-2009BoysGirls
Alabama births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020252000-2009BoysGirls
Alabama births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020252000-2009BoysGirls
Alabama births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101950199020252000-2009BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Alabama, 2000-2009: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Alabama, 2000s

Girls, 2000-2009
#NameBirths
1Madison3,831
2Emma3,236
3Anna3,081
4Emily3,062
5Hannah3,037
6Sarah2,324
7Elizabeth2,183
8Alexis2,162
9Abigail2,091
10Mary2,059
11Olivia2,020
12Taylor1,839
13Chloe1,760
14Lauren1,600
15Alyssa1,582
16Savannah1,581
17Isabella1,547
18Destiny1,541
19Haley1,444
20Morgan1,432
Boys, 2000-2009
#NameBirths
1William5,904
2Jacob4,347
3James4,035
4Joshua3,954
5John3,836
6Christopher3,674
7Michael3,550
8Matthew2,924
9Ethan2,823
10Jackson2,710
11Andrew2,680
12Tyler2,602
13Joseph2,594
14Caleb2,591
15Austin2,471
16David2,419
17Samuel2,314
18Christian2,205
19Hunter2,194
20Noah2,169

Births summed over 2000-2009, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Alabama in the 2000s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 2000-2009.

More about names in Alabama

  1. The 2000s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. Alabama: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. Alabama in the 2010sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 2000The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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