Recorded 1970–1981 Girls' name Peak 1971 23 births

Tabiatha — girls' name

23 babies named Tabiatha in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s171980s6
1970s
Peak decade

74% of everyone ever named Tabiatha was born in this single decade.

1971
Single peak year

7 babies were named Tabiatha in 1971 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tabiatha

The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Tabiatha between 1970 and 1981, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tabiatha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tabiatha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Tabiatha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tabiatha 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 23 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.

Tabiatha at a glance

Last recorded 1981

Total births

23

Since 1970

12 years of records

Peak year

1971

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1981

Active since

1970

Recorded for 12 years

Last year on file: 1981

Tabiatha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1970

Last recorded 1981
Peak year (1971)
7
Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 1981197319711970 5

Tabiatha by decade

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

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
17 births that decade — 74% of Tabiatha's all-time total
1970s171980s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tabiatha?
23 babies have been named Tabiatha since 1970. It was last recorded in 1981. The peak year was 1971 with 7 births.
When was Tabiatha most popular?
Tabiatha was most popular in the 1970s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 1971.
How long has the name Tabiatha been used?
Tabiatha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1970, spanning 12 years of data through 1981.
What names are similar to Tabiatha?
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, 1970–1981 (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.