Girls' name · since 1995
Alabama
306 babies named Alabama in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,719 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 306
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
306 girls have been named Alabama since 1995, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Alabama has 306 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2023.
- #15,719 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 306 born since 1995
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alabama ranks #15,719 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 306 born since 1995, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,719 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 306
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alabama's 306 recorded births place it above 78.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Alabama's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alabama's full recorded timeline at 2010, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alabama popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2023
- Peak year (2007)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Alabama by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (138 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Alabama's strongest decade.
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Alabama births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
125 births
- 2010s
2010s
138 births
- 2020s 26
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 138 births (45% of all-time use).
Alabama by state
Where Alabama concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 24 | 7.8% |
24 of 306 births nationwide.
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What to do with Alabama's data
- Alabama's decade-level peak was the 2010s (138 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Alabamas (24 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alabama: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1995–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alabama draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.