Girls' name · peaked in 1978
Tabitha name popularity since 1925
59,027 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Tabitha. Half of them were born in 1987 or earlier, so the typical Tabitha is about 39 years old in 2026. Tabitha peaked in 1978 as the #126 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 59,027
- Named Tabitha, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,308 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 58,881 girls · 146 boys
- Most popular in
- Tennessee
- 2.12× its national share
Peak year is the year Tabitha 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.
Tabitha births per year, 1925–2025
1978 was the biggest year for Tabitha both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1966 and 1971, Tabitha became 2.9× more common, from 1 in 5,170 baby girls to 1 in 1,760.
- Steepest fall: Between 1997 and 2002, its share of baby girls fell by 40%, from 1 in 1,430 to 1 in 2,380.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Tabitha's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Tabitha.
Decade by decade
Babies named Tabitha in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 26 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 66 | 0 | #3,712 |
| 1940s | 74 | 0 | #5,169 |
| 1950s | 150 | 0 | #3,208 |
| 1960s | 2,409 | 0 | #2,027 |
| 1970s | 11,947 | 59 | #264 |
| 1980s | 19,578 | 82 | #135 |
| 1990s | 13,685 | 5 | #220 |
| 2000s | 6,843 | 0 | #485 |
| 2010s | 3,163 | 0 | #943 |
| 2020–25 | 940 | 0 | #1,308 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
47.7% of babies named Tabitha from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Tabitha is most popular
The index compares Tabitha'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 Tabitha.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 2.12× | 2,548 |
| Kentucky | 2.05× | 1,958 |
| Georgia | 1.61× | 2,544 |
| North Carolina | 1.61× | 2,607 |
| South Carolina | 1.61× | 1,284 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Tabitha 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tabitha (this page) | 58,881 | 1978 |
| Tabatha | 19,409 | 1983 |
| 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 Tabitha's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Tabitha.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Tabitha (1978).
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