Meaning not yet researched.
Tabitha: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 171 in 2025. Its best rank was #126 in 1978.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #126 in 1978; #1,308 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Tabitha in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,308 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1978, at #126.
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Tabitha: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 171 girls in 2025. Peak: #126 in 1978 · most girls in one year: 2,309 (1978).
In 2025, 171 US girls were named Tabitha, making it the 1,308th most common girls’ name of the year, up 199 places from #1,507 in 2024. That is 27 more than the 144 girls named Tabitha in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #126, reached in 1978. That year also had the most girls given the name: 2,309. For comparison, it was #943 in 2015 and #3,215 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Tabitha in 135 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 8 babies. In all, 59,346 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 19,660 babies named Tabitha.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,915 US girls were named Tabitha; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 295. In 2025 that was about 1 in 9,399 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Tabitha ranked highest in Iowa in 2025, at #671 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Tabatha (19,409 babies since 1880) and Tabetha (3,917 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Tabbatha, Tabbitha and Tabytha are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Tabby.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Tabbatha (748), Tabbitha (699), Tabytha (491), Tabita (246), Tabbetha (214), Tabaitha (27), Tabiatha (23), Tabea (10), Tabata (6), Tabbytha (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Tabitha is listed as a nickname for Tabby.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 34 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 5 | #671 | — |
| Missouri | 8 | #722 | — |
| Utah | 5 | #825 | #421 |
| Colorado | 6 | #899 | #686 |
| South Carolina | 5 | #901 | — |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #916 | #836 |
| North Carolina | 8 | #1,131 | #1,218 |
| Virginia | 6 | #1,169 | #1,058 |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,188 | #933 |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,228 | #1,053 |
| Florida | 12 | #1,234 | #982 |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,344 | #685 |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,379 | #672 |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,399 | #1,477 |
| California | 14 | #1,642 | #996 |
| Texas | 14 | #1,702 | #894 |
| New York | 6 | #2,047 | #1,206 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 171 | #1,308 | — | — |
| 2024 | 144 | #1,507 | — | — |
| 2023 | 145 | #1,499 | — | — |
| 2022 | 150 | #1,473 | — | — |
| 2021 | 165 | #1,346 | — | — |
| 2020 | 165 | #1,342 | — | — |
| 2019 | 199 | #1,185 | — | — |
| 2018 | 232 | #1,088 | — | — |
| 2017 | 249 | #1,040 | — | — |
| 2016 | 295 | #932 | — | — |
| 2015 | 288 | #943 | — | — |
| 2014 | 297 | #914 | — | — |
| 2013 | 360 | #754 | — | — |
| 2012 | 358 | #771 | — | — |
| 2011 | 420 | #673 | — | — |
| 2010 | 465 | #632 | — | — |
| 2009 | 463 | #643 | — | — |
| 2008 | 531 | #583 | — | — |
| 2007 | 551 | #556 | — | — |
| 2006 | 574 | #528 | — | — |
| 2005 | 632 | #485 | — | — |
| 2004 | 689 | #443 | — | — |
| 2003 | 755 | #401 | — | — |
| 2002 | 754 | #391 | — | — |
| 2001 | 902 | #341 | — | — |
| 2000 | 992 | #319 | — | — |
| 1999 | 1,060 | #291 | — | — |
| 1998 | 1,110 | #281 | — | — |
| 1997 | 1,217 | #244 | — | — |
| 1996 | 1,228 | #231 | — | — |
| 1995 | 1,290 | #220 | — | — |
| 1994 | 1,391 | #212 | — | — |
| 1993 | 1,445 | #203 | 5 | #9,973 |
| 1992 | 1,606 | #189 | — | — |
| 1991 | 1,573 | #190 | — | — |
| 1990 | 1,765 | #164 | — | — |
| 1989 | 1,853 | #156 | 6 | #7,794 |
| 1988 | 1,849 | #154 | 5 | #8,359 |
| 1987 | 1,809 | #151 | 9 | #4,912 |
| 1986 | 2,009 | #140 | 10 | #4,421 |
| 1985 | 2,153 | #135 | 12 | #3,773 |
| 1984 | 2,106 | #141 | 5 | #7,205 |
| 1983 | 2,156 | #137 | 15 | #3,054 |
| 1982 | 1,936 | #152 | 6 | #6,303 |
| 1981 | 1,919 | #147 | 5 | #7,156 |
| 1980 | 1,788 | #155 | 9 | #4,460 |
| 1979 | 1,818 | #155 | 11 | #3,787 |
| 1978 | 2,309 | #126 | 15 | #2,913 |
| 1977 | 1,376 | #195 | 9 | #4,124 |
| 1976 | 1,003 | #236 | — | — |
| 1975 | 912 | #264 | 9 | #3,914 |
| 1974 | 887 | #283 | 5 | #5,911 |
| 1973 | 815 | #291 | — | — |
| 1972 | 830 | #297 | — | — |
| 1971 | 948 | #295 | — | — |
| 1970 | 1,049 | #279 | 10 | #3,256 |
| 1969 | 944 | #297 | — | — |
| 1968 | 549 | #391 | — | — |
| 1967 | 444 | #450 | — | — |
| 1966 | 327 | #524 | — | — |
| 1965 | 34 | #2,027 | — | — |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,739 | — | — |
| 1963 | 20 | #2,851 | — | — |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,760 | — | — |
| 1961 | 28 | #2,295 | — | — |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,238 | — | — |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,390 | — | — |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,216 | — | — |
| 1957 | 15 | #3,137 | — | — |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,807 | — | — |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,208 | — | — |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,472 | — | — |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,660 | — | — |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,770 | — | — |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,381 | — | — |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,215 | — | — |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,714 | — | — |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,850 | — | — |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,311 | — | — |
| 1945 | 5 | #5,169 | — | — |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,654 | — | — |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,775 | — | — |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,647 | — | — |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,478 | — | — |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,744 | — | — |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,712 | — | — |
| 1937 | 9 | #3,125 | — | — |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,345 | — | — |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,712 | — | — |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,889 | — | — |
| 1933 | 9 | #3,091 | — | — |
| 1932 | 5 | #5,011 | — | — |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,896 | — | — |
| 1929 | 7 | #4,008 | — | — |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,521 | — | — |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,528 | — | — |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,686 | — | — |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,355 | — | — |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,715 | — | — |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,757 | — | — |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,916 | — | — |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,563 | — | — |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,373 | — | — |
| 1918 | 11 | #3,000 | — | — |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,673 | — | — |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,354 | — | — |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,512 | — | — |
| 1914 | 5 | #4,128 | — | — |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,312 | — | — |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,333 | — | — |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,939 | — | — |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,747 | — | — |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,590 | — | — |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,429 | — | — |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,521 | — | — |
| 1903 | 5 | #2,056 | — | — |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,574 | — | — |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,917 | — | — |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,811 | — | — |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,489 | — | — |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,155 | — | — |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,402 | — | — |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,784 | — | — |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,339 | — | — |
| 1893 | 13 | #861 | — | — |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,432 | — | — |
| 1891 | 9 | #997 | — | — |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,511 | — | — |
| 1889 | 10 | #897 | — | — |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,260 | — | — |
| 1887 | 9 | #850 | — | — |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,093 | — | — |
| 1883 | 5 | #1,039 | — | — |
| 1882 | 6 | #890 | — | — |
| 1880 | 8 | #672 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).