Tabitha

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Tabitha: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Tabitha: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #177 in 2011, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
67times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#177highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#282
1997	#245
1998	#256
1999	#225
2000	#223
2001	#199
2002	#219
2003	#206
2004	#190
2005	#196
2006	#199
2007	#216
2008	#195
2009	#207
2010	#183
2011	#177
2012	#181
2013	#191
2014	#191
2015	#196
2016	#211
2017	#212
2018	#204
2019	#208
2020	#248
2021	#244
2022	#293
2023	#319
2024	#279

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #279 among girls in England and Wales, #407 among girls in Northern Ireland, #638 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #282 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #177 among girls in England and Wales, in 2011 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Tabitha appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 6,462 births with the name.

Tabitha across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Tabitha's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#282 (1996)	#177 (2011)	#279 (2024)	29 of 29	6,462 (1996–2024)	291 (2011)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#351 (1998)	#281 (2020)	#407 (2024)	19 of 27	72 (1998–2024)	6 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#606 (2001)	#606 (2001)	#885 (2025)	18 of 25	64 (2001–2025)	5 (2011)

Tabitha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Tabitha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	628	4 of 10	157
2000s	2,318	10 of 10	232
2010sbusiest	2,669	10 of 10	267
2020s	847	5 of 10	169

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 267 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2021 and 2022, when recorded births fell by 50, from 204 to 154.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Tabitha appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #177 in England and Wales in 2011.

Tabitha's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#279	163	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#319	138	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#293	154	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#244	204	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#248	188	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#208	237	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#204	255	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#212	243	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#211	249	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#196	274	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#191	278	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#191	278	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#181	283	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#177	291	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#183	281	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#207	245	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#195	269	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#216	238	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#199	249	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#196	251	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#190	251	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#206	229	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#219	196	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#199	200	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#223	190	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#225	181	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#256	154	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#245	161	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#282	132	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#281	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#361	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#355	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#314	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#283	6	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#332	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#318	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#316	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#286	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#727	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #177, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 291 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aliza · #177, 30y
Darci · #178, 30y
Halle · #176, 30y
Kyran · #176, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aliza · #177, 30y
Darci · #178, 30y
Halle · #176, 30y
Jamie-Lee · #176, 27y

Tabitha was ranked #177 in England and Wales · Girls in 2011. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Tabitha and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Tabitha without appearing here.

Tabitha moved ahead of

Bethany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #319 and #304 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #279 and #539.
Lorraine Compare
In 2008 they stood at #862 and #597 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #742 and #893.
Karen Compare
In 2009 they stood at #439 and #439 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #283 and #430.
Carmel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #907 and #612 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #751 and #896.

Moved ahead of Tabitha

Maisie Compare
In 2006 they stood at #332 and #384 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #413 and #203.
Maeve Compare
In 2019 they stood at #208 and #218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #248 and #94.
Maya Compare
In 2003 they stood at #286 and #339 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #316 and #183.
Isabella Compare
In 2003 they stood at #286 and #339 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #316 and #200.

Moved the opposite way to Tabitha

Ada Compare
Between 2001 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tabitha went from #606 to #885 while Ada went from #606 to #45.
Alice Compare
Between 2001 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tabitha went from #606 to #885 while Alice went from #87 to #41.
Annie Compare
Between 2001 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tabitha went from #606 to #885 while Annie went from #136 to #33.
Bonnie Compare
Between 2001 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tabitha went from #606 to #885 while Bonnie went from #400 to #64.

Moved the same way as Tabitha

Abigail Compare
Between 2001 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tabitha went from #606 to #885 and Abigail from #66 to #115.
Aimee Compare
Between 2001 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tabitha went from #606 to #885 and Aimee from #74 to #885.
Aisling Compare
Between 2001 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tabitha went from #606 to #885 and Aisling from #23 to #180.
Alex Compare
Between 2001 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tabitha went from #606 to #885 and Alex from #118 to #304.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #177 in England and Wales in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tabitha

Tabitha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tabitha across 3 official records

Tabitha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Tabitha appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Tabitha moved ahead of

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Tabitha at a glance

Tabitha across 3 official records

Tabitha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Tabitha appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Tabitha

Tabitha and the names beside it

Tabitha moved ahead of

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