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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201976peak #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 1976

  • 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: #561 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,168 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: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedMNIllinois: #404 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,590 girlsILWisconsin: #507 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,487 girlsWIMichigan: #448 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,627 girlsMINew York: #522 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 3,715 girlsNYMassachusetts: #496 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,762 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: #262 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,756 girlsIAIndiana: #249 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,469 girlsINOhio: #302 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 2,041 girlsOHPennsylvania: #371 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,684 girlsPANew Jersey: #678 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,870 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #851 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 7,572 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedNEMissouri: #259 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,552 girlsMOKentucky: #129 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 586 girlsKYWest Virginia: #202 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,053 girlsWVVirginia: #217 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,120 girlsVAMaryland: #466 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,490 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedDEArizona: #431 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,542 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedNMKansas: #334 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,169 girlsKSArkansas: #327 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,771 girlsARTennessee: #152 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 748 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #212 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,032 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #175 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 768 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #242 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,234 girlsOKLouisiana: #191 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 897 girlsLAMississippi: #166 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 690 girlsMSAlabama: #261 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,344 girlsALGeorgia: #200 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 936 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tabatha, so not publishedHITexas: #412 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 2,417 girlsTXFlorida: #321 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,862 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#129 · 1 in 586
  2. Tennessee#152 · 1 in 748
  3. Mississippi#166 · 1 in 690
  4. South Carolina#175 · 1 in 768
  5. Louisiana#191 · 1 in 897

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#129401 in 586
Tennessee#152351 in 748
Mississippi#166221 in 690
South Carolina#175221 in 768
Louisiana#191291 in 897
Georgia#200331 in 936
West Virginia#202111 in 1,053
North Carolina#212311 in 1,032
Virginia#217241 in 1,120
Oklahoma#242131 in 1,234
Indiana#249231 in 1,469
Missouri#259191 in 1,552
Alabama#261161 in 1,344
Iowa#262101 in 1,756
Ohio#302331 in 2,041
Florida#321221 in 1,862
Arkansas#32771 in 1,771
Kansas#33461 in 2,169
Pennsylvania#371241 in 2,684
Illinois#404271 in 2,590
Texas#412401 in 2,417
Arizona#43161 in 2,542
Michigan#448151 in 3,627
Maryland#46651 in 3,490
Massachusetts#49661 in 4,762
Wisconsin#50751 in 5,487
New York#522271 in 3,715
Washington#56151 in 4,168
New Jersey#67861 in 5,870
California#851191 in 7,572
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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 1976

girls
#346
618 births · 1 in 2,371 girls

Top girls' names in 1976

  1. #1Jennifer59,473
  2. #2Amy31,339
  3. #3Melissa25,094
  4. #4Heather24,192
  5. #5Angela22,038
  6. #6Michelle19,550
  7. #7Kimberly18,962
  8. #8Jessica18,368
  9. #9Lisa17,346
  10. #10Amanda15,588
  11. #346Tabatha618
More about 1976

girls

1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 2,371 of them was named Tabatha, which outranked 96.8% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tabatha
  1. #343Mandi634
  2. #344Johanna621
  3. #345Miriam619
  4. #346Tabatha618
  5. #347Roberta617
  6. #348Ruby616
  7. #349Judy614
Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,548Rhiannon#4,141 → #593
  2. ↑ 3,533Mackenzie#4,370 → #837
  3. ↑ 3,060Khalilah#3,774 → #714
  4. ↑ 1,663Kenisha#2,612 → #949
  5. ↑ 1,455Latoria#2,411 → #956
Fallers
  1. ↓ 821Nyree#926 → #1,747
  2. ↓ 668Syreeta#778 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 505Cher#994 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 398Kandice#957 → #1,355
  5. ↓ 370Racquel#973 → #1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1976 →