Popular Names in Alabama

Popular names in Alabama in 2022 are led by Olivia and William. Olivia also takes the lead for the most popular baby names 2022 nationally, while William sits at Number 6.

A number of names in the Alabama Top 10 are unique, ranking outside of the national Top 10. For girls, these include Harper, Elizabeth, Mary, and Nova, and for boys, John, Jackson, Grayson, and Samuel.

Classic girl name Mary ranks at Number 9 in Alabama. This may be due to a Southern tradition of Mary as the first of two names, such as Mary Louise or Mary Collins. Other names that are uniquely popular in Alabama include Margaret, Sutton, Dallas, and Rhett.

Alabama parents love girl names that end in -lyn, such as Oaklynn, Raelynn, and Adalynn, as well as Br- boy names like Bryson, Brooks, and Braxton. Saylor, Collins, and Journee are also more popular than average in Alabama, as are boy names Kaiden, Legend, and Walker.

To see popular names lists from the US and around the world, visit our main Popular Names page. The official list of US most popular baby names 2021 includes the country's top 1000 for both genders. You might also want to browse Nameberry's real-time lists of Popular Girl Names 2022 and Popular Boy Names 2022.

For more local data, search the full lists of Popular Names by State.