How Many People Are Named Tabitha?
people named Tabitha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,995 people in the US has this name
Based on 59,346 babies named Tabitha in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
2,324 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "gazelle" in Aramaic. Tabitha in the New Testament was a woman restored to life by Saint Peter. Her name is translated into Greek as Dorcas (see Acts 9:36). As an English name, Tabitha became common after the Protestant Reformation. It was popularized in the 1960s by the television show 'Bewitched', in which Tabitha (sometimes spelled Tabatha) is the daughter of the main character.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Tabitha (99.8%) were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Tabitha alive today is about 36 years old, and 72% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 29 and 45 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Tabitha first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1978, to 2,324 babies. In 2025, 171 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Tabitha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #126, in 1978. In 2025 it ranked #1,308.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,308 |
| Best rank | #126 (1978) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #151 in the 1980s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Tabitha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tabitha were born in Texas than in any other state: about 4,199 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tabitha was given 2.4 times as often in Kentucky, 2.3 times in Tennessee and 2.1 times in West Virginia.
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