Recorded 2005–2023 Girls' name Peak 2006 28 births

Tabassum — girls' name

28 babies named Tabassum in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s112010s112020s6
2000s
Peak decade

39% of everyone ever named Tabassum was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

6 babies were named Tabassum in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tabassum

The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Tabassum between 2005 and 2023, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tabassum currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tabassum performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tabassum shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tabassum 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 28 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.

Tabassum at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

28

Since 2005

19 years of records

Peak year

2006

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2005

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2023

Tabassum popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2005

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2006)
6
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
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Tabassum by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
11 births that decade — 39% of Tabassum's all-time total
2000s112010s112020s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tabassum?
28 babies have been named Tabassum since 2005. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2006 with 6 births.
When was Tabassum most popular?
Tabassum was most popular in the 2000s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Tabassum been used?
Tabassum has been recorded in Social Security data since 2005, spanning 19 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Tabassum?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tabitha, Tabatha, Tabetha, Tabbatha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2005–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.