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Tabitha

Girl

Origin of the name

Tabitha comes from the Aramaic, “gazelle.” In the Acts of the Apostles, Tabitha is a woman raised from the dead by Saint Peter.

Short-lived name

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The high point came in 1978, with 2,309 births and the No. 126 spot that year. The decline was steep: births are now 93% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 1299. 33% of all babies named Tabitha since 1880 were born in the 1980s.
59,200births since 1880
1970sgeneration
No. 126rank at its peak, in 1978

Where babies named Tabitha are born

1978

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The darker the blue, the more common Tabitha is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Tabitha is most common in Kentucky (2.4 times), West Virginia (2.2) and Tennessee (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Names from the same era

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