Given name
Tabatha
“doe”·“resembling a gazelle; known for beauty and grace”
In English use, Tabatha has a related form in Tabitha. Interpretations include “doe” and “resembling a gazelle; known for beauty and grace” (Greek). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Tabatha has a related form in Tabitha. Interpretations include “doe” and “resembling a gazelle; known for beauty and grace” (Greek). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Tabatha has a related form in Tabitha. An origin associated with Tabitha is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tabatha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 19,409
- 0 boys · 19,409 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 837 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,394 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −27%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,394 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 837 in 1983. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 15,280 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tabatha’s family of names
In English usage, Tabatha has a related form in Tabitha. In Portuguese usage, Tabatha has a related form in Tábata.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tabatha
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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