Name Legacy

Baby names in Alabama, 2010s

2010–2019 · 418,269 recorded births

William was the most common name given in Alabama across the 2010s, with 4,246 births in the decade. The state recorded 418,269 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Alabama in the 2010s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Krimson5421×
Crimson23121×
Kendarius3713×
Tameria12
Jamichael48
Ansleigh88
Jamarcus115
Krymson10

Top 25 in the 2010s

RankNameBirths
#1William4,246
#2James3,202
#3John2,993
#4Ava2,872
#5Emma2,746
#6Elijah2,729
#7Mason2,642
#8Noah2,552
#9Olivia2,438
#10Jackson2,253
#11Jacob2,068
#12Michael1,975
#13Samuel1,959
#14Aiden1,936
#15Jayden1,901
#16Elizabeth1,857
#17Isabella1,816
#18Carter1,784
#19Christopher1,781
#20Madison1,763
#21Joshua1,755
#22Harper1,731
#23Ethan1,683
#24Liam1,680
#25David1,610

Other decades in Alabama

All Alabama names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org