Tabitha

“Doe or gazelle” — Aramaic origin

Girl's name · #1308 in the US (2025) · 80s

Tabitha reached its best rank, #126, in 1978 and ranked #1308 in 2025. About 59,000 girls have carried it since 1880. Tabby is a short form of Tabitha.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,800 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 2,400 girls in N. Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 3,000 girls in Scotland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 18 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Tabithas

Tabitha St. Germain — Canadian actress
Tabitha King — American writer (born 1949)
Tabitha Babbitt — American tool maker
Tabitha Chawinga — Malawian association football player
Tabitha Stoecker — British skeleton racer (born 2000)

In stories & tradition

Tabitha Smith — Secret Wars II
Tabitha Lenox — Passions
Tabitha Twitchit — Peter Rabbit universe

What Tabithas become

Among 89 notable people named Tabitha:

No single standout — notable Tabithas spread across many fields.

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