How Many People Are Named Tabita?
An estimated 232 people in the United States have the first name Tabita. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 37 years old, and Tabita peaked in popularity in 1977 with 14 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tabita as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Tabita paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
232
About 1 in 1,477,389 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
37
years old
Peak Year
1977
14 births
Total Registered
246
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tabita
Tabita is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 246 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Tabita as a female name
Ranked #17,855 in 2018
5 female births in 2018
Peak: 1977 (14 births)
Tabita: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tabita span from the 1960s to the 2010s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 74 babies were registered. Tabita has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Tabita by Decade
How has Tabita tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Tabita by State
Tabita + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tabita as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tabita
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Tabita: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tabita?
We estimate approximately 232 people named Tabita are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,477,389 Americans share this first name.
Is Tabita a common name?
Tabita is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 76.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 246 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tabita most popular?
Tabita reached peak popularity in 1977, when 14 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tabita is approximately 37 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tabita a female name?
Tabita is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tabita Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tabita Smith, Tabita Johnson, Tabita Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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