Boys' name · since 1973

Tabari

460 babies named Tabari in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#8,291 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,348 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
460
born since 1973
2000s
peak decade

Yes -- Tabari is the #12348 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 460 recorded since 1973.

Tabari has 460 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12348 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.

  • #8,291 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #12,348 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 460 born since 1973
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tabari ranks #8,291 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,348 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 460 born since 1973, peaking in the 2000s.

#8,291 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,348 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
460
born since 1973
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%11.3%
Tabari vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Tabari's 460 recorded births place it above 81.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Tabari compares

460 Top 46% higher than 54% of 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Tabari's all-time total is 25% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Tabari Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 460 369 358,536
Peak-year births 18 34 22,252

Tabari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Tabari's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Tabari popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2003)
18
Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
05101520 197319791986199420002006201220202025 5

Tabari by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (132 births, 29% of the file).

2000s was Tabari's strongest decade.

132 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.

Tabari births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 132 births (29% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tabari?
Tabari has been given to 460 babies in the U.S. since 1973, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #8,291 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #12,348 of 13,930. 18 babies were born in 2003, its single highest year.
Where does Tabari sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tabari ranks #8,291 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,348 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Tabari most popular?
Tabari was most popular in the 2000s decade with 132 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
How long has the name Tabari been used?
The SSA has tracked Tabari since 1973 -- 53 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Tabari?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tab, Tabor, Tabias, Taber, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Tabari's data

  • Tabari's decade-level peak was the 2000s (132 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Tabari: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tabari draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.