Tabitha — #1514 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Tabitha

The Social Security Administration has registered 59,024 babies named Tabitha between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tabitha currently holds the #1514 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 2,310 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tabitha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 19,578 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Tabitha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 4,310 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Tabitha in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tabitha 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 59,024 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.