Tabby — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tabby

The Social Security Administration has registered 162 babies named Tabby between 1955 and 1976, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tabby currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tabby performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tabby shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tabby in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tabby 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 162 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.