Tabitha

#1,299 for girls in 2025, 171 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1978 · 2,309 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
59,200
since 1880

Tabitha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tabitha has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #126, 1978girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,299171
2024#1,505144
2023#1,493145
2022#1,468150
2021#1,343165
2020#1,334165
2019#1,180199
2018#1,085232
2017#1,036249
2016#930295
2015#941288
2014#911297
2013#752360
2012#770358
2011#672420
2010#631465
2009#643463
2008#580531
2007#556551
2006#527574
2005#485632
2004#443689
2003#401755
2002#390754
2001#341902
2000#319992
1999#2911,060
1998#2811,110
1997#2441,217
1996#2311,228
1995#2191,290
1994#2111,391
1993#2031,445#8,7005
1992#1891,606
1991#1901,573
1990#1641,765
1989#1561,853#6,9416
1988#1541,849#7,2705
1987#1511,809#4,5739
1986#1402,009#4,13010
1985#1352,153#3,59912
1984#1412,106#6,3155
1983#1372,156#2,91215
1982#1521,936#5,6196
1981#1471,919#6,2625
1980#1551,788#4,1349
1979#1551,818#3,56911
1978#1262,309#2,79915
1977#1951,376#3,8369
1976#2361,003
1975#264912#3,6599
1974#283887#5,2275
1973#291815
1972#296830
1971#295948
1970#2791,049#3,07110
1969#297944
1968#391549
1967#449444
1966#524327
1965#1,99334
1964#2,67522
1963#2,78020
1962#3,59213
1961#2,25028
1960#2,19628
1959#2,33924
1958#3,08515
1957#3,03315
1956#2,72518
1955#3,09514
1954#3,32512
1953#3,48011
1952#3,55210
1951#2,31419
1950#3,05212
1949#2,62015
1948#3,5939
1947#4,0078
1946
1945#4,5565
1944#3,3788
1943#3,4938
1942#2,53713
1941
1940#3,2088
1939#3,4297
1938#2,57911
1937#2,9409
1936#3,1038
1935#3,4317
1934#4,2865
1933#2,8689
1932#4,4115
1931#4,3315
1930
1929#3,6827
1928
1927#4,8055
1926#3,2699
1925#4,9735
1924#3,14410
1923#2,58713
1922#2,61213
1921#2,76212
1920#3,3409
1919#2,26415
1918#2,82211
1917#3,3448
1916#2,24614
1915#2,38412
1914#3,6185
1913#2,1649
1912#2,1448
1911#1,7928
1910#2,3985
1909#1,4719
1908#1,35710
1907
1906
1905#1,4208
1904
1903#1,7925
1902#1,4387
1901#1,6795
1900
1899#1,5965
1898#1,3797
1897#1,0949
1896#1,2927
1895#1,5925
1894#1,2377
1893#82613
1892#1,2786
1891#9439
1890#1,3385
1889#83910
1888#1,1366
1887#7889
1886#9936
1885
1884
1883#9205
1882#8136
1881
1880#6288
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Tabitha was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Tabitha
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 206 spots since 2024 (#1,505#1,299)
  • 35 spots since 2020 (#1,334#1,299)
  • 358 spots since 2015 (#941#1,299)
  • Biggest jump: 1,469 spots in 1966 (#1,993#524)
  • Biggest drop: 499 spots in 1890 (#839#1,338)
Rise & fade · girls
98 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1978 at #126 (2,309 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 59 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1966–2016
Share of babies · girls
1 in 663
  • Highest: 1 in 663 girls born in 1978 were named Tabitha (0.15%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,399 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 33.1% of all girls named Tabitha (19,578) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s50#628 (1880)#874
1890s73#826 (1893)#1,258
1900s44#1,357 (1908)#1,526
1910s95#1,792 (1911)#2,518
1920s83#2,587 (1923)#3,464
1930s66#2,579 (1938)#3,486
1940s74#2,537 (1942)#3,424
1950s150#2,314 (1951)#3,000
1960s2,409#297 (1969)#1,715
1970s11,947#126 (1978)#242
1980s19,578#135 (1985)#147
1990s13,685#164 (1990)#222
2000s6,843#319 (2000)#469
2010s3,163#631 (2010)#891
2020s940#1,299 (2025)#1,407

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.

Tabitha in 1996

girls
#231
1,228 births · 1 in 1,428 girls

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #231Tabitha1,228
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 1,428 of them was named Tabitha, which outranked 98.5% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tabitha
  1. #228Jazmine1,242
  2. #229Denise1,230
  3. #229Mckenna1,230
  4. #231Tabitha1,228
  5. #232Allyson1,222
  6. #233Carolyn1,210
  7. #234Gina1,190
Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. 2,167Odalys#2,845#678
  2. 1,531Tamia#2,028#497
  3. 1,524Jaycie#2,486#962
  4. 1,486Odalis#2,394#908
  5. 1,430Zaria#2,155#725
Fallers
  1. 1,558Unknown#865#2,423
  2. 723Iridian#886#1,609
  3. 435Selene#964#1,399
  4. 394Salina#838#1,232
  5. 339Chelsi#697#1,036

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

See the top 100 for 1996