Name Legacy

Baby names in Alabama, 2020s

2020–2025 · 243,684 recorded births

William was the most common name given in Alabama across the 2020s, with 1,987 births in the decade. The state recorded 243,684 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Alabama in the 2020s

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
Collier8013×
Dominga24
Ann126
Hampton73
Juana97
Gaines15
Judson119
Blakeleigh55

Top 25 in the 2020s

RankNameBirths
#1William1,987
#2John1,799
#3James1,724
#4Noah1,519
#5Liam1,431
#6Olivia1,417
#7Elijah1,345
#8Charlotte1,294
#9Amelia1,211
#10Ava1,174
#11Oliver1,160
#12Henry1,115
#13Emma1,063
#14Samuel1,027
#15Asher1,016
#16Elizabeth995
#17Harper970
#18Hudson933
#18Jackson933
#20Evelyn880
#21Carter879
#22Grayson874
#23Mary856
#24Levi854
#24Waylon854

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