Tabitha
Tabitha was given to 171 girls in 2025, #1,308 among girls’ names; 59,346 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 56,900 Americans named Tabitha and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 39 years old and half are between 30 and 46.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tabitha by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Tabitha mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Tabitha is “a female given name from Aramaic of biblical origin.” Its etymology gives the sense “doe, roe, gazelle” (טביתא).
From Aramaic טביתא (Ṭabītā’, “doe, roe, gazelle”), translated as Dorcas in the Bible.
/ˈtæbɪθə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Tabitha?
#1,308 among girls’ names, 2025
Tabitha fell from #943 in 2015 to #1,308 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.16 to 0.11 per 1,000.
2,324 babies in 1978, the peak
Tabitha peaked in 1978, when 2,324 babies were given it (2,309 girls, #126 among girls’ names). The 171 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 171 | #1,308 | 0.11 |
| 2024 | 144 | #1,507 | 0.09 |
| 2023 | 145 | #1,499 | 0.09 |
| 2022 | 150 | #1,473 | 0.09 |
| 2021 | 165 | #1,346 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 165 | #1,342 | 0.10 |
| 2019 | 199 | #1,185 | 0.12 |
| 2018 | 232 | #1,088 | 0.14 |
| 2017 | 249 | #1,040 | 0.14 |
| 2016 | 295 | #932 | 0.17 |
Every recorded year (135)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 288 | #943 | 0.16 |
| 2014 | 297 | #914 | 0.17 |
| 2013 | 360 | #754 | 0.21 |
| 2012 | 358 | #771 | 0.20 |
| 2011 | 420 | #673 | 0.24 |
| 2010 | 465 | #632 | 0.26 |
| 2009 | 463 | #643 | 0.25 |
| 2008 | 531 | #583 | 0.28 |
| 2007 | 551 | #556 | 0.29 |
| 2006 | 574 | #528 | 0.30 |
| 2005 | 632 | #485 | 0.34 |
| 2004 | 689 | #443 | 0.38 |
| 2003 | 755 | #401 | 0.41 |
| 2002 | 754 | #391 | 0.42 |
| 2001 | 902 | #341 | 0.50 |
| 2000 | 992 | #319 | 0.55 |
| 1999 | 1,060 | #291 | 0.60 |
| 1998 | 1,110 | #281 | 0.63 |
| 1997 | 1,217 | #244 | 0.70 |
| 1996 | 1,228 | #231 | 0.70 |
| 1995 | 1,290 | #220 | 0.73 |
| 1994 | 1,391 | #212 | 0.78 |
| 1993 | 1,445 | #203 | 0.80 |
| 1992 | 1,606 | #189 | 0.87 |
| 1991 | 1,573 | #190 | 0.84 |
| 1990 | 1,765 | #164 | 0.93 |
| 1989 | 1,853 | #156 | 1.0 |
| 1988 | 1,849 | #154 | 1.0 |
| 1987 | 1,809 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1986 | 2,009 | #140 | 1.2 |
| 1985 | 2,153 | #135 | 1.3 |
| 1984 | 2,106 | #141 | 1.3 |
| 1983 | 2,156 | #137 | 1.3 |
| 1982 | 1,936 | #152 | 1.1 |
| 1981 | 1,919 | #147 | 1.2 |
| 1980 | 1,788 | #155 | 1.1 |
| 1979 | 1,818 | #155 | 1.1 |
| 1978 | 2,309 | #126 | 1.5 |
| 1977 | 1,376 | #195 | 0.90 |
| 1976 | 1,003 | #236 | 0.68 |
| 1975 | 912 | #264 | 0.63 |
| 1974 | 887 | #283 | 0.60 |
| 1973 | 815 | #291 | 0.56 |
| 1972 | 830 | #297 | 0.55 |
| 1971 | 948 | #295 | 0.57 |
| 1970 | 1,049 | #279 | 0.60 |
| 1969 | 944 | #297 | 0.56 |
| 1968 | 549 | #391 | 0.33 |
| 1967 | 444 | #450 | 0.27 |
| 1966 | 327 | #524 | 0.19 |
| 1965 | 34 | #2,027 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,738 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 20 | #2,850 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,759 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 28 | #2,294 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,237 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,389 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,215 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 15 | #3,136 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,806 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,207 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,471 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,659 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,769 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,380 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,214 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,713 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,848 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,309 | under 0.01 |
| 1945 | 5 | #5,167 | under 0.01 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,652 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,774 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,646 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,476 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,742 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,711 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 9 | #3,124 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,343 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,710 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,887 | under 0.01 |
| 1933 | 9 | #3,090 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 5 | #5,009 | under 0.01 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,894 | under 0.01 |
| 1929 | 7 | #4,006 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,519 | under 0.01 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,527 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,684 | under 0.01 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,354 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,715 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,755 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,916 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,562 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,373 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,999 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,671 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,354 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,511 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 5 | #4,126 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,311 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,332 | 0.01 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,939 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,747 | 0.01 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,590 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,429 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,520 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 5 | #2,055 | 0.02 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,574 | 0.03 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,916 | 0.02 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,810 | 0.02 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,489 | 0.03 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,155 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,402 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,784 | 0.02 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,338 | 0.03 |
| 1893 | 13 | #861 | 0.06 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,432 | 0.03 |
| 1891 | 9 | #997 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,510 | 0.03 |
| 1889 | 10 | #897 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,260 | 0.03 |
| 1887 | 9 | #850 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,093 | 0.04 |
| 1883 | 5 | #1,039 | 0.04 |
| 1882 | 6 | #890 | 0.06 |
| 1880 | 8 | #672 | 0.09 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Tabitha a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Tabitha has been given almost only to girls: 146 boys in 135 years of records.
Girls and boys named Tabitha: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tabitha, and how old are they?
56,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 59,346 Americans ever recorded as Tabitha. The median Tabitha alive today is 39 years old; half are between 30 and 46.
The 2020 Census counted 50,189 people named Tabitha (50,122 women and girls, 67 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 56,580 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 38 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 235 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 15,100 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 27,400 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 11,300 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,840 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Tabitha born?
The states with the most babies named Tabitha are Texas, California and Ohio, with 20% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 4,325 | #1,702 | 0.9× |
| California | 3,930 | #1,642 | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 3,152 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Florida | 2,922 | #1,234 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 2,607 | #1,131 | 1.6× |
| Tennessee | 2,548 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Georgia | 2,544 | #1,344 | 1.5× |
| New York | 2,381 | #2,047 | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 2,334 | #1,228 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,039 | #1,379 | 0.8× |
Where Tabitha is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Tabitha is most over-represented in Tennessee: since 1910 it was given 2.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Tabitha with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 85,007 babies since 1880, Tabitha is the most given (70% of them). In 2025 it was given to 171 of their 182 babies (94%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Tabitha
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Tabitha and names like it
- Compare Tabitha and TabathaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sTabitha peaked in 1978.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Tabitha since 1910.
- The top names of 1978The year the most babies were named Tabitha.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Tabitha alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with TMost given first.