# Tabitha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tabitha/  
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 | Aramaic |
| Meaning | “doe”, “roe”, “gazelle” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtæbɪθə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Tabby |
| Variant spellings | Tabetha |
| US babies named this | 59,346 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 146 / 59,200 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,605, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Aramaic טביתא (Ṭabītā’, “doe, roe, gazelle”), translated as Dorcas in the Bible.

## What it means

Tabitha is grouped under deer.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 420 | 673 |
| 2012 | 358 | 771 |
| 2013 | 360 | 754 |
| 2014 | 297 | 914 |
| 2015 | 288 | 943 |
| 2016 | 295 | 932 |
| 2017 | 249 | 1,040 |
| 2018 | 232 | 1,088 |
| 2019 | 199 | 1,185 |
| 2020 | 165 | 1,342 |
| 2021 | 165 | 1,346 |
| 2022 | 150 | 1,473 |
| 2023 | 145 | 1,499 |
| 2024 | 144 | 1,507 |
| 2025 | 171 | 1,308 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 9 | 3,914 |
| 1977 | 9 | 4,124 |
| 1978 | 15 | 2,913 |
| 1979 | 11 | 3,787 |
| 1980 | 9 | 4,460 |
| 1981 | 5 | 7,156 |
| 1982 | 6 | 6,303 |
| 1983 | 15 | 3,054 |
| 1984 | 5 | 7,205 |
| 1985 | 12 | 3,773 |
| 1986 | 10 | 4,421 |
| 1987 | 9 | 4,912 |
| 1988 | 5 | 8,359 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,973 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 291 | 177 |
| 2012 | 283 | 181 |
| 2013 | 278 | 191 |
| 2014 | 278 | 191 |
| 2015 | 274 | 196 |
| 2016 | 249 | 211 |
| 2017 | 243 | 212 |
| 2018 | 255 | 204 |
| 2019 | 237 | 208 |
| 2020 | 188 | 248 |
| 2021 | 204 | 244 |
| 2022 | 154 | 293 |
| 2023 | 138 | 319 |
| 2024 | 163 | 279 |
| 2025 | 143 | 306 |

## In other languages

- Esperanto: Tabita
- French: Tabitha
- German: Tabea, Tabita
- Greek: Ταβιθά
- Hebrew: צְבִיָּה

## People named Tabitha

- Tabitha St. Germain, Canadian actress
- Tabitha King, American writer (born 1949)
- Tabitha Babbitt, American tool maker
- Tabitha Stoecker, British skeleton racer (born 2000)
- Tabitha Peterson, American female curler
- Tabitha Lupien, Canadian actress

## 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.