Tabitha
Girl · TAB-ith-a · Aramaic
Tabitha is a girls' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “gazelle”. In 2025 it ranked 319th for girls in the UK (152 babies) and 1,299th for girls in the US (171 babies).
What does Tabitha mean?
Aramaic
“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
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Is Tabitha a girl's or a boy's name?
Tabitha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 152 girls in the UK and 171 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tabitha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #319among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 152about 1 in 1,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 152 girls in the UK were named Tabitha, making it the 319th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 252nd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 303 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tabitha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 306th in England and Wales, 474th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Tabitha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 152 | #319 |
| 2024 | 170 | #291 |
| 2023 | 145 | #335 |
| 2022 | 161 | #306 |
| 2021 | 212 | #251 |
| 2020 | 205 | #252 |
| 2019 | 247 | #218 |
| 2018 | 265 | #212 |
| 2017 | 256 | #221 |
| 2016 | 264 | #217 |
| 2015 | 289 | #202 |
| 2014 | 295 | #202 |
| 2013 | 291 | #198 |
| 2012 | 288 | #202 |
| 2011 | 303 | #189 |
| 2010 | 294 | #196 |
| 2009 | 254 | #216 |
| 2008 | 280 | #209 |
| 2007 | 251 | #227 |
| 2006 | 267 | #209 |
| 2005 | 262 | #204 |
| 2004 | 258 | #205 |
| 2003 | 245 | #209 |
| 2002 | 210 | #233 |
| 2001 | 209 | #217 |
| 2000 | 195 | #242 |
| 1999 | 183 | #254 |
| 1998 | 161 | #272 |
| 1997 | 173 | #254 |
| 1996 | 138 | #291 |
How popular is Tabitha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,299among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 171about 1 in 9,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 171 girls in the US were named Tabitha, making it the 1,299th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,334th. Its busiest year was 1978, with 2,309 girls.
2025 had more girls named Tabitha than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Tabitha in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tabitha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 171 | #1,299 |
| 2024 | 144 | #1,505 |
| 2023 | 145 | #1,493 |
| 2022 | 150 | #1,468 |
| 2021 | 165 | #1,343 |
| 2020 | 165 | #1,334 |
| 2019 | 199 | #1,180 |
| 2018 | 232 | #1,085 |
| 2017 | 249 | #1,036 |
| 2016 | 295 | #930 |
| 2015 | 288 | #941 |
| 2014 | 297 | #911 |
| 2013 | 360 | #752 |
| 2012 | 358 | #770 |
| 2011 | 420 | #672 |
| 2010 | 465 | #631 |
| 2009 | 463 | #643 |
| 2008 | 531 | #580 |
| 2007 | 551 | #556 |
| 2006 | 574 | #527 |
| 2005 | 632 | #485 |
| 2004 | 689 | #443 |
| 2003 | 755 | #401 |
| 2002 | 754 | #390 |
| 2001 | 902 | #341 |
| 2000 | 992 | #319 |
| 1999 | 1,060 | #291 |
| 1998 | 1,110 | #281 |
| 1997 | 1,217 | #244 |
| 1996 | 1,228 | #231 |
| 1995 | 1,290 | #219 |
| 1994 | 1,391 | #211 |
| 1993 | 1,445 | #203 |
| 1992 | 1,606 | #189 |
| 1991 | 1,573 | #190 |
| 1990 | 1,765 | #164 |
| 1989 | 1,853 | #156 |
| 1988 | 1,849 | #154 |
| 1987 | 1,809 | #151 |
| 1986 | 2,009 | #140 |
| 1985 | 2,153 | #135 |
| 1984 | 2,106 | #141 |
| 1983 | 2,156 | #137 |
| 1982 | 1,936 | #152 |
| 1981 | 1,919 | #147 |
| 1980 | 1,788 | #155 |
| 1979 | 1,818 | #155 |
| 1978 | 2,309 | #126 |
| 1977 | 1,376 | #195 |
| 1976 | 1,003 | #236 |
| 1975 | 912 | #264 |
| 1974 | 887 | #283 |
| 1973 | 815 | #291 |
| 1972 | 830 | #296 |
| 1971 | 948 | #295 |
| 1970 | 1,049 | #279 |
| 1969 | 944 | #297 |
| 1968 | 549 | #391 |
| 1967 | 444 | #449 |
| 1966 | 327 | #524 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,993 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,674 |
| 1963 | 20 | #2,779 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,591 |
| 1961 | 28 | #2,249 |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,195 |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,338 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,084 |
| 1957 | 15 | #3,032 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,724 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,094 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,479 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,313 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,619 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,536 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,578 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,143 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,587 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,611 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,762 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,339 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,246 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,383 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,163 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,792 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,357 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,419 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,438 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,379 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,094 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,292 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | 13 | #826 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 9 | #943 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,337 |
| 1889 | 10 | #839 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
| 1887 | 9 | #788 |
| 1886 | 6 | #993 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
| 1882 | 6 | #813 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 8 | #628 |
Nicknames for Tabitha
- Tabby
- Tabs
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