Given name & surname
Taber
“from the trenches”·“having bad luck”
Taber is a variant of Tabor. Interpretations include “from the trenches” and “having bad luck”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Taber is a variant of Tabor. Interpretations include “from the trenches” and “having bad luck”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Taber is a variant of Tabor. Tabor has been associated with Hungarian and Hebrew naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Taber through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 441
- 413 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 564 as a first name in 2020; 7,071 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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