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Baby names in Alabama in the 2020s

In Alabama in the 2020s the most given names were William (1,987 boys) and Olivia (1,417 girls), of 243,640 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Alabama each year, the 2020s shaded
Alabama births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020252020-2025BoysGirls
Alabama births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020252020-2025BoysGirls
Alabama births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020252020-2025BoysGirls
Alabama births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101950199020252020-2025BoysGirls

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

Alabama, 2020-2025: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Alabama, 2020s

Girls, 2020-2025
#NameBirths
1Olivia1,417
2Charlotte1,294
3Amelia1,211
4Ava1,174
5Emma1,063
6Elizabeth995
7Harper965
8Evelyn880
9Mary856
10Ella716
11Eleanor694
12Nova689
13Isabella681
14Sophia671
15Ellie668
16Paisley645
17Caroline639
18Hazel608
19Willow607
20Avery597
Boys, 2020-2025
#NameBirths
1William1,987
2John1,799
3James1,724
4Noah1,472
5Liam1,431
6Elijah1,345
7Oliver1,160
8Henry1,115
9Samuel1,027
10Asher1,016
11Jackson933
12Hudson933
13Grayson874
14Levi854
15Waylon854
16Mason818
17Carter810
18Thomas796
19Charles775
20Benjamin774

Births summed over 2020-2025, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Alabama in the 2020s

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, 2020-2025.

More about names in Alabama

  1. The 2020s 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. The top names of 2020The first year of the decade, nationally.
  4. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  5. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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