Tabitha
About Tabitha
Though never as popular as the name of her Bewitched mother, Samantha, Tabitha has its own quirky, magical charm. The name of a charitable woman who was restored to life by Saint Peter in the Bible, it was a popular Puritan choice. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick chose it for one of their twin daughters, which gave it a slight boost. Nonetheless, Tabitha remains in decline.
One of Beatrix Potter's storybook characters is a cat called Tabitha Twitchet, and indeed the nickname Tabby is decidedly feline; other old nicknames are Tibby and Tabea.
A contemporary bearer is author Tabitha King, AKA Mrs. Stephen, and Tabitha Soren was an MTV news reporter. In The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, one of the quartet of friends is Tabitha Rollins, whose nickname is Tibby. Tabitha Smith is a comic book super hero in the Marvel Universe.
As of October 2026, Tabitha ranked #1308 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #126 in 1978, Nameberry popularity #221.
Editor's take: The name Tabitha is a girl's name of Aramaic origin meaning "gazelle".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #914 | 297 | 166.3 |
| 2015 | #943 | 288 | 161.3 |
| 2016 | #932 | 295 | 166.5 |
| 2017 | #1,041 | 248 | 143.6 |
| 2018 | #1,089 | 231 | 135.8 |
| 2019 | #1,184 | 199 | 118.6 |
| 2020 | #1,341 | 165 | 102.1 |
| 2021 | #1,351 | 164 | 99.9 |
| 2022 | #1,472 | 150 | 91.5 |
| 2023 | #1,504 | 144 | 89.7 |
| 2024 | #1,519 | 142 | 87.6 |
| 2025 | #1,308 | 171 | 106.4 |
World rankings
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Famous Tabithas
- Tabitha Soren
American journalist
- Tabitha D'umo
American choreographer
- Tabitha Sommerset Webb
British designer & co,founder of Project D
- Tabitha King
American novelist
- Tabitha St. Germain
American,Canadian actress
- Tabitha Rinko
Gay, American ballerina
- Tabitha "Tabby" Aykroyd
the Bronte sisters' beloved maid
- Tabitha Hodge Broderick (2009)
daughter of actors Sarah Jessica Parker & Matthew Broderick
- Tabitha Xiao Xi Hong (b. 2011)
daughter of actor Hugh Grant
Tabitha in pop culture
- Tabitha Stephens
daughter on TV's "Bewitched" and spinoff "Tabitha"
- Tabitha Allen
character in Kristen Ashley's "Motorcycle Man" and "Own the Wind"
- Tabitha the Temptress
character in "The Unfortunate Traveler" by Thomas Nashe
- Tabitha Lark
character in Thomas Hardy's novel "Two on a Tower" (1882)
- Tabitha
character in Fallout video game series
- Tabitha Anastasia "Tibby" Tomko
Rollins, character in the book The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
- "No Baths for Tabitha
" picture book by Sharon K. Thomas
- Tabitha Twitchit
cat character in Beatrix Potter stories
- Tabitha Smith
superheroine in Marvel Comics
- Tabitha Lenox
character on TV soap "Passions"
- Sister Tabitha
a character in "The Forest of Hands and Teeth," by Carrie Ryan
- Tabitha Casper
wife of Dil Howlter in Dan Howell and Phil Lester's "Sims 4" series
- Tabitha Ruth "Turtle" Wexler
character in "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
- Tabitha Smith aka Boom Boom
character in Marvel Universe
- Tabitha "Tabby" Maxwell
Brown, character on British soap "Hollyoaks"
- Tabitha
character in the Pokemon franchise
- Tabitha "Tabby" Von Meow
character in the virtual world of Webkinz
Variations & nicknames
- TabeaGerman
More nicknames
- Tabby
- Tab