Alabama
A girls’ name of Choctaw origin, meaning herb gatherers, vegetation gatherers.
Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies
Alabama by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Alabama. In the US, 16 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 27 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alabama. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Alaaya5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a plant or herb
Like Alabama, each of these has a plant or herb in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Ivythe ivy plant; faithfulness1,698 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hadleyheather field2,726 in the US (2017)
- Juniperthe juniper plant; symbol of protection186 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosemarydew of the sea; the herb rosemary687 in the US (2017)
- Briarthorny shrub, bramble640 in the US (2017)
- Hollythe holly plant285 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Alabama
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