Tabitha

#1,299 for girls in 2025, 171 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1978 · 2,309 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
59,200
since 1880

Tabitha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tabitha has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201880peak #126, 1978girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,299171—
2024#1,505144—
2023#1,493145—
2022#1,468150—
2021#1,343165—
2020#1,334165—
2019#1,180199—
2018#1,085232—
2017#1,036249—
2016#930295—
2015#941288—
2014#911297—
2013#752360—
2012#770358—
2011#672420—
2010#631465—
2009#643463—
2008#580531—
2007#556551—
2006#527574—
2005#485632—
2004#443689—
2003#401755—
2002#390754—
2001#341902—
2000#319992—
1999#2911,060—
1998#2811,110—
1997#2441,217—
1996#2311,228—
1995#2191,290—
1994#2111,391—
1993#2031,445#8,7005
1992#1891,606—
1991#1901,573—
1990#1641,765—
1989#1561,853#6,9416
1988#1541,849#7,2705
1987#1511,809#4,5739
1986#1402,009#4,13010
1985#1352,153#3,59912
1984#1412,106#6,3155
1983#1372,156#2,91215
1982#1521,936#5,6196
1981#1471,919#6,2625
1980#1551,788#4,1349
1979#1551,818#3,56911
1978#1262,309#2,79915
1977#1951,376#3,8369
1976#2361,003—
1975#264912#3,6599
1974#283887#5,2275
1973#291815—
1972#296830—
1971#295948—
1970#2791,049#3,07110
1969#297944—
1968#391549—
1967#449444—
1966#524327—
1965#1,99334—
1964#2,67522—
1963#2,78020—
1962#3,59213—
1961#2,25028—
1960#2,19628—
1959#2,33924—
1958#3,08515—
1957#3,03315—
1956#2,72518—
1955#3,09514—
1954#3,32512—
1953#3,48011—
1952#3,55210—
1951#2,31419—
1950#3,05212—
1949#2,62015—
1948#3,5939—
1947#4,0078—
1946——
1945#4,5565—
1944#3,3788—
1943#3,4938—
1942#2,53713—
1941——
1940#3,2088—
1939#3,4297—
1938#2,57911—
1937#2,9409—
1936#3,1038—
1935#3,4317—
1934#4,2865—
1933#2,8689—
1932#4,4115—
1931#4,3315—
1930——
1929#3,6827—
1928——
1927#4,8055—
1926#3,2699—
1925#4,9735—
1924#3,14410—
1923#2,58713—
1922#2,61213—
1921#2,76212—
1920#3,3409—
1919#2,26415—
1918#2,82211—
1917#3,3448—
1916#2,24614—
1915#2,38412—
1914#3,6185—
1913#2,1649—
1912#2,1448—
1911#1,7928—
1910#2,3985—
1909#1,4719—
1908#1,35710—
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1905#1,4208—
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1903#1,7925—
1902#1,4387—
1901#1,6795—
1900——
1899#1,5965—
1898#1,3797—
1897#1,0949—
1896#1,2927—
1895#1,5925—
1894#1,2377—
1893#82613—
1892#1,2786—
1891#9439—
1890#1,3385—
1889#83910—
1888#1,1366—
1887#7889—
1886#9936—
1885——
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1883#9205—
1882#8136—
1881——
1880#6288—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Tabitha was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Tabitha is popular in 1880

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Tabitha
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 206 spots since 2024 (#1,505 → #1,299)
  • 35 spots since 2020 (#1,334 → #1,299)
  • 358 spots since 2015 (#941 → #1,299)
  • Biggest jump: 1,469 spots in 1966 (#1,993 → #524)
  • Biggest drop: 499 spots in 1890 (#839 → #1,338)
Rise & fade · girls
98 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1978 at #126 (2,309 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 59 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1966–2016
Share of babies · girls
1 in 663
  • Highest: 1 in 663 girls born in 1978 were named Tabitha (0.15%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,399 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 33.1% of all girls named Tabitha (19,578) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s50#628 (1880)#874
1890s73#826 (1893)#1,258
1900s44#1,357 (1908)#1,526
1910s95#1,792 (1911)#2,518
1920s83#2,587 (1923)#3,464
1930s66#2,579 (1938)#3,486
1940s74#2,537 (1942)#3,424
1950s150#2,314 (1951)#3,000
1960s2,409#297 (1969)#1,715
1970s11,947#126 (1978)#242
1980s19,578#135 (1985)#147
1990s13,685#164 (1990)#222
2000s6,843#319 (2000)#469
2010s3,163#631 (2010)#891
2020s940#1,299 (2025)#1,407

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.

Tabitha in 1880

girls
#628
8 births · 1 in 11,374 girls

Top girls' names in 1880

  1. #1Mary7,065
  2. #2Anna2,604
  3. #3Emma2,003
  4. #4Elizabeth1,939
  5. #5Minnie1,746
  6. #6Margaret1,578
  7. #7Ida1,472
  8. #8Alice1,414
  9. #9Bertha1,320
  10. #10Sarah1,288
  11. #628Tabitha8
More about 1880

girls

90,994 girls got a published name in 1880; 1 in 11,374 of them was named Tabitha, which outranked 33.3% of the 942 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of girls (7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tabitha
  1. #580Sula9
  2. #580Vada9
  3. #580Winnifred9
  4. #628Tabitha8
  5. #628Adline8
  6. #628Almira8
  7. #628Alvena8
  8. #679Albertina7
  9. #679Albina7
  10. #679Alyce7

Tied with 50 names at #628; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

See the top 100 for 1880 →