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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #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 1975

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #409 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,026 girlsMNIllinois: #473 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,318 girlsILWisconsin: #433 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,922 girlsWIMichigan: #373 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,786 girlsMINew York: #624 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 5,090 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedMARhode 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: #392 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,461 girlsIAIndiana: #278 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,719 girlsINOhio: #326 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 2,167 girlsOHPennsylvania: #438 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,826 girlsPANew Jersey: #772 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,197 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #880 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 7,692 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedUTColorado: #300 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,578 girlsCONebraska: #271 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,577 girlsNEMissouri: #364 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,648 girlsMOKentucky: #229 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,232 girlsKYWest Virginia: #245 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,400 girlsWVVirginia: #261 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,504 girlsVAMaryland: #460 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,536 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #262 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,095 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedKSArkansas: #237 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,149 girlsARTennessee: #267 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,468 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #232 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,198 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #302 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,658 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #465 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,189 girlsOKLouisiana: #475 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,841 girlsLAMississippi: #186 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 778 girlsMSAlabama: #194 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 874 girlsALGeorgia: #249 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,239 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedHITexas: #531 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 3,545 girlsTXFlorida: #347 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,968 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#186 · 1 in 778
  2. Alabama#194 · 1 in 874
  3. Kentucky#229 · 1 in 1,232
  4. North Carolina#232 · 1 in 1,198
  5. Arkansas#237 · 1 in 1,149

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#186201 in 778
Alabama#194251 in 874
Kentucky#229191 in 1,232
North Carolina#232271 in 1,198
Arkansas#237111 in 1,149
West Virginia#24581 in 1,400
Georgia#249251 in 1,239
Virginia#261181 in 1,504
New Mexico#26271 in 1,095
Tennessee#267181 in 1,468
Nebraska#27161 in 1,577
Indiana#278201 in 1,719
Colorado#300101 in 1,578
South Carolina#302101 in 1,658
Ohio#326321 in 2,167
Florida#347211 in 1,968
Missouri#364111 in 2,648
Michigan#373201 in 2,786
Iowa#39251 in 3,461
Minnesota#40961 in 4,026
Wisconsin#43371 in 3,922
Pennsylvania#438171 in 3,826
Maryland#46051 in 3,536
Oklahoma#46551 in 3,189
Illinois#473211 in 3,318
Louisiana#47591 in 2,841
Texas#531271 in 3,545
New York#624201 in 5,090
New Jersey#77251 in 7,197
California#880181 in 7,692
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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 1975

girls
#410
491 births · 1 in 2,969 girls

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #410Tabatha491
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 2,969 of them was named Tabatha, which outranked 96.1% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tabatha
  1. #407Elisa495
  2. #407Yesenia495
  3. #409Marlene493
  4. #410Tabatha491
  5. #410Janine491
  6. #410Terry491
  7. #413Annie487
  8. #413Margarita487
  9. #415Lorie486

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

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,732Pepper#2,683 → #951
  2. ↑ 1,666Mandie#2,396 → #730
  3. ↑ 1,140Tiana#1,772 → #632
  4. ↑ 779Lacy#1,486 → #707
  5. ↑ 719Lacey#1,284 → #565
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Nia#672 → #1,119
  2. ↓ 429Alethea#716 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 404Cicely#608 → #1,012
  4. ↓ 307Elaina#994 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 303Cristin#938 → #1,241

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

See the top 100 for 1975 →