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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Tab

Tab was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1957, when it ranked 698th with 120 babies. More babies were named Tab in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1957120 babies
Total since 1880
1,110babies recorded

Tab popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990#6,3368
1980#3,58912
1970#1,57530
1960#92567
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Tab, counting every spelling?

Tab has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Tab?

About 900 people born in the US named Tab are alive today, with a median age of 63; half are between 56 and 68. That makes Tab a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Tab by state

How common Tab was among boys born in each state in 1955–1959, around its peak. In 42 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMN0.04Illinois: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesIL0.04Michigan: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMI0.02New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesIN0.05Ohio: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesOH0.05Pennsylvania: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesPA0.03New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCA0.04Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Tab, boys, 1955–1959. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Tab: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tab, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Tab

How popular is the name Tab?

Tab was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1957, when it ranked 698th with 120 babies. More babies were named Tab in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Tab a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 0 girls and 1,110 boys.

Where was Tab most popular?

In 1955–1959, Tab was most common in Ohio (0.05 per 1,000 boys), followed by Indiana and California.