Is Tab a boy or girl name?

Tab is a boy’s name. Of the 1,110 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Tab

Recorded 1953–2015 · United States

Tab was most popular in 1957, when 120 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,594 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,110 people named Tab.

Tab over time

Births per year. The dot marks Tab’s peak in 1957. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Tab a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Tab is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,110 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Tab

Where Tab is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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See Tab on the interactive charts

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org