Tabetha

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #14,331

Peak · girls
1984 · 204 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,917
since 1965

Tabetha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tabetha has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #784, 1984girls
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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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2016#14,3316
2015#16,4195
2014#16,5135
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2011#9,72311
2010#7,21717
2009#8,05815
2008#9,47612
2007#6,81219
2006#6,12521
2005#5,26624
2004#5,96920
2003#4,53628
2002#4,28029
2001#3,48638
2000#3,33440
1999#2,99144
1998#2,61452
1997#2,15864
1996#1,98071
1995#1,93971
1994#1,74484
1993#2,19560
1992#1,71387
1991#1,395115
1990#1,410112
1989#1,301121
1988#1,007162
1987#1,058145
1986#927172
1985#842193
1984#784204
1983#848180
1982#972152
1981#1,074131
1980#1,189112
1979#1,169113
1978#1,212103
1977#1,146110
1976#1,154100
1975#1,119104
1974#1,26086
1973#1,29379
1972#1,23685
1971#1,35079
1970#1,24789
1969#1,11798
1968#1,09994
1967#1,14785
1966#1,35165
1965#6,5395
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First appearance
1965

The first year at least five girls were named Tabetha! It came in at #6,539, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2012–2015, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Tabetha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
  • Biggest jump: 124 spots in 1983 (#972#848)
  • Biggest drop: 131 spots in 1987 (#927#1,058)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1965
  • Peaked 1984 at #784 (204 births)
  • Births halved by 1992, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1982–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,254
  • Highest: 1 in 8,254 girls born in 1984 were named Tabetha (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 295,337 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 40.1% of all girls named Tabetha (1,572) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s347#1,099 (1968)#2,251
1970s948#1,119 (1975)#1,219
1980s1,572#784 (1984)#1,000
1990s760#1,395 (1991)#2,014
2000s246#3,334 (2000)#5,734
2010s44#7,217 (2010)#12,841

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

Tabetha in 1985

girls
#842
193 births · 1 in 8,916 girls

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #842Tabetha193
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 8,916 of them was named Tabetha, which outranked 93.3% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tabetha
  1. #838Jesica194
  2. #838Louise194
  3. #838Marcy194
  4. #842Tabetha193
  5. #842Elsa193
  6. #842Rena193
  7. #842Shea193
  8. #846Cherish192
  9. #846Rene192
  10. #848Deirdre191

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 7,360Kayleigh#8,153#793
  2. 1,675Madison#2,299#624
  3. 1,167Cierra#1,633#466
  4. 1,002Ciera#1,703#701
  5. 787Krystina#1,332#545
Fallers
  1. 1,164Grisel#784#1,948
  2. 893Ciji#963#1,856
  3. 419Falon#914#1,333
  4. 364Alesia#969#1,333
  5. 362Echo#845#1,207

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

See the top 100 for 1985