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Popular baby names in Alabama

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Leading boy name James

159,737 recorded births

Leading girl name Mary

116,741 recorded births

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Boy names

Name Rank Recorded births
James 1 159,737
William 2 104,030
John 3 98,734
Robert 4 82,370
Charles 5 61,892
Michael 6 58,912
David 7 53,034
Willie 8 47,973
Thomas 9 40,662
Christopher 10 38,159
Joseph 11 36,243
George 12 30,321
Richard 13 28,766
Kenneth 14 24,318
Larry 15 22,839
Billy 16 22,764
Jerry 17 22,516
Joshua 18 22,180
Henry 19 21,634
Donald 20 21,251
Timothy 21 20,385
Daniel 22 20,111
Edward 23 19,773
Matthew 24 19,625
Samuel 25 19,462
Anthony 26 19,009
Bobby 27 18,452
Joe 28 18,217
Andrew 29 17,946
Jimmy 30 17,299
Johnny 31 17,113
Paul 32 16,083
Ronald 33 16,031
Walter 34 15,996
Jason 35 15,933
Jonathan 36 15,746
Steven 37 15,315
Brandon 38 14,638
Jacob 39 14,421
Justin 40 14,224
Frank 41 14,194
Mark 42 13,600
Terry 43 13,492
Eddie 44 12,891
Gary 45 12,844
Gregory 46 12,636
Benjamin 47 12,294
Jack 48 12,162
Stephen 49 11,980
Kevin 50 11,910

Girl names

Name Rank Recorded births
Mary 1 116,741
Annie 2 34,708
Betty 3 33,144
Linda 4 30,300
Elizabeth 5 29,961
Dorothy 6 28,507
Barbara 7 27,216
Patricia 8 26,540
Sarah 9 24,101
Margaret 10 23,477
Martha 11 21,366
Jennifer 12 20,796
Brenda 13 19,150
Carolyn 14 17,504
Shirley 15 17,415
Willie 16 17,216
Sandra 17 16,830
Emma 18 16,706
Ruby 19 16,647
Kimberly 20 16,014
Jessica 21 15,723
Ashley 22 15,701
Angela 23 15,043
Helen 24 14,993
Rebecca 25 14,796
Cynthia 26 14,600
Frances 27 14,593
Donna 28 14,257
Anna 29 14,227
Amanda 30 14,171
Doris 31 14,109
Deborah 32 13,769
Emily 33 13,611
Laura 34 13,506
Virginia 35 13,390
Mildred 36 13,004
Lisa 37 12,839
Evelyn 38 12,735
Sharon 39 12,569
Susan 40 12,556
Pamela 41 12,348
Ruth 42 12,142
Mattie 43 12,002
Nancy 44 11,909
Louise 45 11,575
Alice 46 11,309
Catherine 47 11,126
Janice 48 11,045
Stephanie 49 10,969
Amy 50 10,820