Alabama
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- al-a-BAM-a
- Origin
- Native American
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Alabama is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “clearers of the thicket”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Alabama mean?
Native American: from the name of the Alabama (Alibamu) people, via the US state
“clearers of the thicket”
Taken from the US state, itself named after the Alabama people, a Muskogean-speaking tribe of the region.
Is Alabama a girl's or a boy's name?
Alabama is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alabama in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Alabama, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Alabama in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Alabama in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Alabama in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alabama in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Nicknames for Alabama
- Bama
Names like Alabama
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Abeeha Aaliyah Hafsa Amira Hiba Ayah Rahma Ayra Zainab Khadija Halima
More Native American names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alabama: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alabama, updated 20 October 2026.