Tab
Last seen for boys in 2015 at #12,086
- Peak · boys
- 1957 · 120 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,110since 1953
Tab over time
Rank among boys' names. Tab has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
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| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #2,158 | 18 |
| 1971 | #2,203 | 18 |
| 1970 | #1,546 | 30 |
| 1969 | #1,810 | 21 |
| 1968 | #1,731 | 21 |
| 1967 | #1,215 | 38 |
| 1966 | #1,131 | 43 |
| 1965 | #1,081 | 47 |
| 1964 | #1,189 | 42 |
| 1963 | #1,081 | 50 |
| 1962 | #1,147 | 45 |
| 1961 | #1,097 | 51 |
| 1960 | #923 | 67 |
| 1959 | #808 | 89 |
| 1958 | #844 | 80 |
| 1957 | #694 | 120 |
| 1956 | #897 | 69 |
| 1955 | #1,138 | 43 |
| 1954 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
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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.
Where Tab is popular in 1960
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Carolina#497 · 1 in 8,695
- Pennsylvania#626 · 1 in 23,969
- Ohio#660 · 1 in 22,443
- California#808 · 1 in 23,235
Best ever in a state: #282 in Minnesota, 1957.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #497 | 6 | 1 in 8,695 |
| Pennsylvania | #626 | 5 | 1 in 23,969 |
| Ohio | #660 | 5 | 1 in 22,443 |
| California | #808 | 8 | 1 in 23,235 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tab
- 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)
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 1957 at #694 (120 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1956–1960
- 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%)
- 38.3% of all boys named Tab (425) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 420 | #694 (1957) | #1,430 |
| 1960s | 425 | #923 (1960) | #1,241 |
| 1970s | 126 | #1,546 (1970) | #3,332 |
| 1980s | 86 | #3,430 (1980) | #4,749 |
| 1990s | 41 | #4,231 (1991) | #6,364 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 12 | #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 1960
Top boys' names in 1960
More about 1960
boys
2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 31,826 of them was named Tab, which outranked 79.9% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).