Girl name#485 of girl names
Tabitha
Pronounced T AE1 B IH0 TH AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1978
- 145 years in use
- Biblical
How popular is Tabitha?
Tabitha is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 59,170 children — the 485th most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 56% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1978, when 2,310 children were given it.
Characteristics
- Biblical (Person)
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- T AE1 B IH0 TH AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 100
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Tabitha
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Tabitha
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Tabitha?
- Tabitha ranks 485th among girls' names in US records, with 59,170 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,026.
- Is Tabitha a unisex name?
- No. Tabitha is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Tabitha most popular?
- 1978, when 2,310 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.