Tabor
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TAY-ber
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Tabor is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “drummer”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Tabor mean?
English: English surname from tabor 'small drum'; also Mount Tabor in Israel
“drummer”
Mount Tabor in Galilee is traditionally the site of Jesus's Transfiguration; a tabor is also a small medieval drum.
Is Tabor a girl's or a boy's name?
Tabor is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tabor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Tabor, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1998, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.
2025 had fewer boys named Tabor than any year since 1991.
Half of all the boys named Tabor in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tabor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 32 | #2,989 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,926 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 32 | #2,596 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,095 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
Names like Tabor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tabor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tabor, updated 20 October 2026.