# Tabatha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tabatha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 19,409 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 19,409 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 388, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Tabitha.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 51 | 3,252 |
| 2011 | 35 | 4,233 |
| 2012 | 38 | 4,040 |
| 2013 | 34 | 4,326 |
| 2014 | 23 | 5,779 |
| 2015 | 27 | 5,111 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,562 |
| 2017 | 18 | 6,777 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,748 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10,402 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,901 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7,253 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,537 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,496 |
| 2025 | 11 | 9,394 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 20 | 1,337 |
| 2008 | 9 | 2,487 |
| 2009 | 16 | 1,668 |
| 2010 | 22 | 1,389 |
| 2011 | 17 | 1,665 |
| 2012 | 22 | 1,428 |
| 2013 | 23 | 1,400 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,702 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.