Tabbitha
Girl · TAB-ith-a · Aramaic
Tabbitha is a girls' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “gazelle”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tabbitha mean?
Aramaic: spelling of Tabitha
“gazelle”
In the Acts of the Apostles, Peter raises Tabitha, also called by the Greek equivalent Dorcas, from the dead.
- Say it
- TAB-ith-a
Meaning borrowed from Tabitha. More on Wiktionary.
Is Tabbitha a girl's or a boy's name?
Tabbitha is a girls' name.
How popular is Tabbitha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the girls named Tabbitha in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tabbitha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,575 |
| 1991 | 42 | #2,784 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,292 |
| 1989 | 40 | #2,763 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,478 |
| 1987 | 31 | #3,028 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,358 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,083 |
| 1984 | 26 | #3,232 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
Nicknames for Tabbitha
- Tabby
- Tabs
Names like Tabbitha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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