Girls' name · peaked in 1983
Tabatha name popularity since 1925
19,409 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Tabatha. Half of them were born in 1982 or earlier, so the typical Tabatha is about 44 years old in 2026. Tabatha peaked in 1983 as the #282 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 19,409
- Named Tabatha, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #9,394 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 19,409 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- Kentucky
- 2.51× its national share
Peak year is the year Tabatha made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Tabatha births per year, 1925–2025
1983 was the biggest year for Tabatha both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1990 and 1995, Tabatha's share of baby girls fell by 54%, from 1 in 3,090 to 1 in 6,710.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Tabatha's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Tabatha.
Decade by decade
Babies named Tabatha in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 2,445 | #7,404 |
| 1970s | 5,273 | #411 |
| 1980s | 7,289 | #297 |
| 1990s | 3,199 | #771 |
| 2000s | 879 | #2,406 |
| 2010s | 263 | #5,111 |
| 2020–25 | 61 | #9,394 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
47.5% of babies named Tabatha from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Tabatha is most popular
The index compares Tabatha's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Tabatha.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 2.51× | 739 |
| Alabama | 2.08× | 647 |
| Georgia | 2.07× | 1,004 |
| Tennessee | 2.02× | 748 |
| West Virginia | 1.99× | 308 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Tabatha and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Tabatha (this page) | 19,409 | 1983 |
| Tabitha | 58,881 | 1978 |
| Tabetha | 3,917 | 1984 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Tabatha's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Tabatha.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Tabatha (1983).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data