Taber
- Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513
- Last seen for boys in 2015 at #10,644
- Given to boys 93.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1971 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 413since 1967
Taber over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
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| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | #6,603 | 12 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | — | #5,478 | 16 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,310 | 9 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,393 | 13 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,525 | 15 | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | — | #5,246 | 15 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,616 | 17 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,390 | 13 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,785 | 15 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,668 | 13 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,928 | 9 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,564 | 12 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,786 | 9 | |
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| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
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| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
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| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
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| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1967
The first year at least five boys were named Taber! It came in at #3,559, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1970, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Taber is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Taber in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Taber
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 1971 at #2,973 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 116,197
- Highest: 1 in 116,197 boys born in 2003 were named Taber (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 319,457 boys born in 2015 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,973 in 1971, was only 1 in 160,768 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 30.5% of all boys named Taber (126) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2015
- Mostly girls until 2014, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19 | #3,365 (1968) | #3,620 |
| 1970s | 63 | #2,973 (1971) | #4,141 |
| 1980s | 53 | #4,495 (1980) | #5,032 |
| 1990s | 100 | #4,564 (1992) | #5,576 |
| 2000s | 126 | #4,616 (2003) | #6,205 |
| 2010s | 52 | #5,478 (2010) | #9,201 |
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.
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