Tabetha
Girl · TAB-eh-thuh · Aramaic
Tabetha is a girls' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “gazelle”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tabetha mean?
Aramaic: variant of Tabitha, from Aramaic tavitha
“gazelle”
Variant of Tabitha, the Aramaic name of a Christian woman raised from the dead by Peter in Acts.
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- TAB-eh-thuh
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Is Tabetha a girl's or a boy's name?
Tabetha is a girls' name.
How popular is Tabetha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tabetha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Tabetha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Tabetha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1984, with 204 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
Half of all the girls named Tabetha in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tabetha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 38 | #3,482 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,329 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 52 | #2,611 |
| 1997 | 64 | #2,155 |
| 1996 | 71 | #1,978 |
| 1995 | 71 | #1,934 |
| 1994 | 84 | #1,739 |
| 1993 | 60 | #2,190 |
| 1992 | 87 | #1,709 |
| 1991 | 115 | #1,391 |
| 1990 | 112 | #1,406 |
| 1989 | 121 | #1,298 |
| 1988 | 162 | #1,007 |
| 1987 | 145 | #1,058 |
| 1986 | 172 | #927 |
| 1985 | 193 | #842 |
| 1984 | 204 | #784 |
| 1983 | 180 | #848 |
| 1982 | 152 | #972 |
| 1981 | 131 | #1,074 |
| 1980 | 112 | #1,189 |
| 1979 | 113 | #1,169 |
| 1978 | 103 | #1,212 |
| 1977 | 110 | #1,146 |
| 1976 | 100 | #1,154 |
| 1975 | 104 | #1,119 |
| 1974 | 86 | #1,260 |
| 1973 | 79 | #1,293 |
| 1972 | 85 | #1,236 |
| 1971 | 79 | #1,350 |
| 1970 | 89 | #1,247 |
| 1969 | 98 | #1,117 |
| 1968 | 94 | #1,099 |
| 1967 | 85 | #1,147 |
| 1966 | 65 | #1,351 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
Names like Tabetha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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