Alabama
About Alabama
Alabama is a hot southern place-name, picking up from Georgia and Savannah. This is not a geographical name come lately, though--there have been girls named Alabama dating back well over a century.
Hip couple Drea de Matteo and Shooter Jennings named their daughter Alabama Gypsy Rose, and rocker Travis Barker has an Alabama Louella.
As of October 2026, Alabama ranked #10330 in US births in 2023 SSA, peaked at #5234 in 2007.
Editor's take: The name Alabama is a girl's name of Choctaw origin meaning "vegetation gatherers".
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Famous Alabamas
- Alabama Faulkner
daughter of novelist William Faulkner
- Alabama Luella Barker (b. 2005)
daughter of drummer Travis Barker and former Miss USA Shanna Moakler
- Alabama Gypsy Rose Jennings (b. 2007)
daughter of actress Drea de Matteo and Shooter Jennings
- Alabama Zoe Gaskill (b. 2005)
daughter of actor Brian Gaskill
- Alabama Rose Boatman
daughter of actor Ross Boatman
- Roxy Alabama Weston
daughter of TV/radio presenter Roz Weston
Alabama in pop culture
- Alabama Beggs
main character of Zelda Fitzgerald's semi,autobiographical novel "Save Me the Waltz" (1932)
- Alabama Worley
main character in movie "True Romance," played by Patricia Arquette
- Alabama Shakes
Grammy,winning blues rock band
- Alabama
state of the southern USA