Tab — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tab

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,110 babies named Tab between 1953 and 2015, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tab currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 120 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tab performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 425 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tab shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 60 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Tab in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tab in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,110 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.