Tab

Last seen for boys in 2015 at #12,086

Peak · boys
1957 · 120 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,110
since 1953

Tab over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Tab has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #694, 1957boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
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2015#12,0865
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2013#9,6557
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1996#7,1367
1995#6,9927
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1993#7,6386
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1991#4,23113
1990#5,8238
1989#5,1659
1988#4,16211
1987#3,95911
1986#4,4579
1985#5,7856
1984#4,5528
1983#5,4846
1982#4,2349
1981#6,2625
1980#3,43012
1979#3,56911
1978#4,1578
1977#3,8369
1976#4,9356
1975#3,6599
1974#3,5589
1973#3,6948
1972#2,15818
1971#2,20318
1970#1,54630
1969#1,81021
1968#1,73121
1967#1,21538
1966#1,13143
1965#1,08147
1964#1,18942
1963#1,08150
1962#1,14745
1961#1,09751
1960#92367
1959#80889
1958#84480
1957#694120
1956#89769
1955#1,13843
1954#2,20713
1953#3,4256
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First appearance
1953

The first year at least five boys were named Tab! It came in at #3,425, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1992, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Tab
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
  • Biggest jump: 241 spots in 1956 (#1,138#897)
  • Biggest drop: 174 spots in 1961 (#923#1,097)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1953
  • Peaked 1957 at #694 (120 births)
  • Births halved by 1961, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1956–1960
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,977
  • Highest: 1 in 17,977 boys born in 1957 were named Tab (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 383,349 boys born in 2015 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 38.3% of all boys named Tab (425) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s420#694 (1957)#1,430
1960s425#923 (1960)#1,241
1970s126#1,546 (1970)#3,332
1980s86#3,430 (1980)#4,749
1990s41#4,231 (1991)#6,364
2000s0
2010s12#9,655 (2013)#10,871

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Tab in 1958

boys
#844
80 births · 1 in 26,530 boys

Top boys' names in 1958

  1. #1Michael90,604
  2. #2David82,681
  3. #3James78,774
  4. #4Robert77,338
  5. #5John76,057
  6. #6William54,254
  7. #7Mark52,698
  8. #8Richard50,007
  9. #9Thomas42,088
  10. #10Steven32,968
  11. #844Tab80
More about 1958

boys

2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 26,530 of them was named Tab, which outranked 81.3% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tab
  1. #835Irwin81
  2. #835Lavern81
  3. #835Rhett81
  4. #844Tab80
  5. #844Dwane80
  6. #844Kenney80
  7. #844Vic80
  8. #850Agustin79
  9. #850Darius79
  10. #850Emerson79

Tied with 5 names at #844; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. 742Wayde#1,364#622
  2. 568Maverick#1,364#796
  3. 516Darren#897#381
  4. 435Tobin#1,250#815
  5. 406Dion#928#522
Fallers
  1. 388Claud#957#1,345
  2. 349Ritchie#823#1,172
  3. 333Levon#944#1,277
  4. 320Weston#957#1,277
  5. 297Parker#925#1,222

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1958