Girls' name · since 1966
Tabbetha
Tabbetha has 214 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1983 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 214
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tabbetha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 214 recorded since 1966.
Social Security Administration records show Tabbetha recorded 214 times among girls since 1966, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1997.
- #19,129 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 214 born since 1966
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tabbetha ranks #19,129 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 214 born since 1966, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 214
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tabbetha's 214 recorded births place it above 73.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tabbetha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tabbetha splits its recorded history at 1984: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1966 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1983 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tabbetha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1997
- Peak year (1983)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Tabbetha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (115 births, 54% of the file).
1980s was Tabbetha's strongest decade.
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Tabbetha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 19
1960s
19 births
- 1970s 31
1970s
31 births
- 1980s
1980s
115 births
- 1990s
1990s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 115 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Tabbetha's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (115 total births) through the 1990s (49) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1966–1997 (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 Tabbetha 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.