Fun Facts About the Name Tabari
- 460 babies named Tabari: U.S. records list 460 babies given the name Tabari from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Tabari Mean?
Tabari is an Arabic nisba, a name form meaning "from Tabaristan" or "of Tabaristan." A nisba is an Arabic name element, usually ending in -ī, that indicates a person's origin, family, or affiliation. The place name Tabaristan refers to the historical region along the southern shore of the Caspian Sea, largely corresponding to present-day Mazandaran province in Iran. The Arabic form al-Ṭabarī adds the definite article and means "the Tabari." The name describes geographic association rather than a personal quality, and it is unrelated to the similar-looking English name Tabitha.
Tabari Name History & Origins
Tabaristan was the early Islamic name for the Caspian region south of the sea, and the Arabic nisba al-Ṭabarī identified a person from that area. The best-known bearer was Abu Jaʿfar Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (839 - 923), who was born in Amol. He wrote a major universal history, Tarikh al-rusul wa'l-muluk, and a Qur'an commentary, Jamiʿ al-bayan. His scholarly reputation made the nisba familiar in Arabic biographical and historical writing, and the form Tabari is also used as a surname by families associated with the region.
In Arabic the name appears as al-Ṭabarī; in Persian and English it commonly appears without the article as Tabari. As a masculine given name, Tabari repeats the nisba form and keeps its geographic reference rather than deriving from a separate vocabulary root.
How Popular is the Name Tabari?
Tabari has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2003. Its best rank was #2,654 in 1978.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,661 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #13,942 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #10,659 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #8,081 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #11,845 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #11,956 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #12,047 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #10,484 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #8,707 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #8,027 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #7,484 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #8,672 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #9,560 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #6,760 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #7,635 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 2007 | #6,219 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2006 | #5,271 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #5,539 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #5,757 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #4,596 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2002 | #5,363 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #9,114 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #7,327 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1999 | #7,781 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #9,500 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #6,547 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #7,867 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1995 | #6,899 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #7,655 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #6,740 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #8,318 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #4,194 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1990 | #7,082 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #8,355 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #6,629 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #7,201 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #4,106 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1982 | #7,246 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #2,769 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1980 | #3,816 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1979 | #3,539 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1978 | #2,654 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1977 | #2,770 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1976 | #4,375 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #2,740 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1974 | #2,782 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1973 | #4,020 | 8 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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