Tabatha

#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births

Peak · girls
1983 · 837 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
19,409
since 1965

Tabatha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tabatha has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #282, 1983girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#8,86011
2024#8,94611
2023#8,98911
2022#6,98416
2021—
2020#8,40612
2019#9,73610
2018#9,15111
2017#6,53118
2016#7,23016
2015#4,98127
2014#5,62523
2013#4,24334
2012#3,98838
2011#4,15135
2010#3,20351
2009#3,36149
2008#3,22252
2007#3,24752
2006#2,43876
2005#2,37974
2004#2,03090
2003#1,89696
2002#1,780101
2001#1,660109
2000#1,134180
1999#1,071187
1998#1,123171
1997#970202
1996#879224
1995#770262
1994#658325
1993#658338
1992#600379
1991#486497
1990#416614
1989#427581
1988#357693
1987#363653
1986#338713
1985#297828
1984#290832
1983#282837
1982#305800
1981#365641
1980#340711
1979#381582
1978#403512
1977#386544
1976#346618
1975#410491
1974#443438
1973#418468
1972#403492
1971#398543
1970#401585
1969#355657
1968#328702
1967#376581
1966#418500
1965#6,5395
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First appearance
1965

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


Quietest stretch: 2021, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Tabatha is popular in 1969

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedAKMaine: #233 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,399 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedNHWashington: #458 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,473 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #491 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,752 girlsMNIllinois: #468 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,854 girlsILWisconsin: #474 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,423 girlsWIMichigan: #436 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,775 girlsMINew York: #447 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 3,389 girlsNYMassachusetts: #507 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,037 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedSDIowa: #390 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,395 girlsIAIndiana: #319 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,153 girlsINOhio: #309 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 2,107 girlsOHPennsylvania: #464 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 4,406 girlsPANew Jersey: #535 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,959 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #431 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 2,756 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedUTColorado: #407 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,720 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedNEMissouri: #336 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,449 girlsMOKentucky: #193 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 987 girlsKYWest Virginia: #196 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 989 girlsWVVirginia: #292 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,963 girlsVAMaryland: #301 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,928 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedDEArizona: #322 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,679 girlsAZNew Mexico: #305 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,342 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedKSArkansas: #294 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,690 girlsARTennessee: #206 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,048 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #211 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,138 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #274 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,553 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #320 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,700 girlsDCOklahoma: #317 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,851 girlsOKLouisiana: #263 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,232 girlsLAMississippi: #225 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,163 girlsMSAlabama: #181 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 872 girlsALGeorgia: #174 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 812 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedHITexas: #571 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 4,371 girlsTXFlorida: #304 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,707 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Georgia#174 · 1 in 812
  2. Alabama#181 · 1 in 872
  3. Kentucky#193 · 1 in 987
  4. West Virginia#196 · 1 in 989
  5. Tennessee#206 · 1 in 1,048

Best ever in a state: #100 in Kentucky, 1983.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Georgia#174471 in 812
Alabama#181301 in 872
Kentucky#193251 in 987
West Virginia#196121 in 989
Tennessee#206291 in 1,048
North Carolina#211351 in 1,138
Mississippi#225161 in 1,163
Maine#23351 in 1,399
Louisiana#263251 in 1,232
South Carolina#274131 in 1,553
Virginia#292171 in 1,963
Arkansas#29481 in 1,690
Maryland#301131 in 1,928
Florida#304261 in 1,707
New Mexico#30561 in 1,342
Ohio#309401 in 2,107
Oklahoma#31791 in 1,851
Indiana#319191 in 2,153
District of Columbia#32061 in 1,700
Arizona#32281 in 1,679
Missouri#336141 in 2,449
Iowa#39061 in 3,395
Colorado#40761 in 2,720
California#431581 in 2,756
Michigan#436191 in 3,775
New York#447411 in 3,389
Washington#45871 in 3,473
Pennsylvania#464191 in 4,406
Illinois#468221 in 3,854
Wisconsin#47461 in 5,423
Minnesota#49151 in 5,752
Massachusetts#50771 in 6,037
New Jersey#535101 in 4,959
Texas#571231 in 4,371
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See more about Tabatha
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 86 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #8,860)
  • 454 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #8,860)
  • 3,879 spots since 2015 (#4,981 → #8,860)
  • Biggest jump: 6,121 spots in 1966 (#6,539 → #418)
  • Biggest drop: 153 spots in 1998 (#970 → #1,123)
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1965
  • Peaked 1983 at #282 (837 births)
  • Births halved by 1992, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1966–1997
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,996
  • Highest: 1 in 1,996 girls born in 1983 were named Tabatha (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 37.6% of all girls named Tabatha (7,289) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s2,445#328 (1968)#1,603
1970s5,273#346 (1976)#399
1980s7,289#282 (1983)#336
1990s3,199#416 (1990)#763
2000s879#1,134 (2000)#2,315
2010s263#3,203 (2010)#5,884
2020s61#6,984 (2022)#8,437

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.

Tabatha in 1969

girls
#355
657 births · 1 in 2,568 girls

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #355Tabatha657
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 2,568 of them was named Tabatha, which outranked 95.9% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tabatha
  1. #352Marianne662
  2. #352Stefanie662
  3. #354Bobbi660
  4. #355Tabatha657
  5. #356Annmarie652
  6. #357Mindy648
  7. #358Elisa647
Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,462Shani#2,126 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,203Julissa#2,164 → #961
  3. ↑ 1,133Chelsea#1,834 → #701
  4. ↑ 667Latasha#1,519 → #852
  5. ↑ 549Britt#1,519 → #970
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Tamiko#552 → #1,007
  2. ↓ 345Alesia#697 → #1,042
  3. ↓ 324Vickey#966 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 308Bettina#746 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 293Cammie#846 → #1,139

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

See the top 100 for 1969 →