Fun Facts About the Name Taber
- 441 babies named Taber: U.S. records list 441 babies given the name Taber from 1880 through 2025. Even 28 girls received the name Taber - about 1 girl for every 15 boys.
What Does the Name Taber Mean?
Taber is an English surname used as a given name. Its usual meaning is "drummer," from Middle English taber, a player of the tabor, a small drum; the word goes back to Old French tabour. The surname Tabor is a close variant, and Taber is generally treated as a spelling of the same occupational name.
A second, less certain explanation treats Tabor as a habitational name from a place called Tabor, including Mount Tabor in the Holy Land and places named after it. That place-name origin is often mentioned for Tabor, but it is not securely established for every family or for the spelling Taber.
Taber Name History & Origins
The name belongs to the Middle English period as a surname. Taber and tabour were the English words for a tabor, a small drum played with one hand, often accompanying a pipe. A taber was therefore a drummer, and the surname was occupational: it identified someone who played or perhaps made the instrument. The spelling Tabor is the more common older form; Taber reflects the same word with a different vowel spelling.
As a first name, Taber is a transferred surname rather than a traditional given name. It follows the English and American habit of using family surnames as given names, but it has not become common in that role. The place-name Tabor, associated with Mount Tabor and with the Czech town of Tábor, belongs to the wider history of the Tabor surname; it does not by itself explain the given name Taber.
How Popular is the Name Taber?
Taber 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 #3,124 in 1971.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #18,917 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #19,268 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #12,878 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #15,161 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #11,963 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | #11,905 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #13,812 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #6,964 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #12,087 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #10,636 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #5,698 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2009 | #8,901 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #6,710 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #7,522 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #5,747 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #8,213 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #5,457 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2003 | #4,783 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2002 | #7,554 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #5,629 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #5,009 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1999 | #6,451 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #5,791 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1997 | #4,921 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1996 | #7,868 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1995 | #6,342 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #6,901 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #5,310 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #4,826 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1991 | #5,051 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1990 | #6,337 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #5,541 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #5,164 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #5,857 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #6,130 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #5,550 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #5,422 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #4,886 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #4,363 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1978 | #4,515 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #5,058 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #3,973 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1975 | #5,378 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1974 | #4,153 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1972 | #5,656 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1971 | #3,124 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1969 | #4,356 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1968 | #3,634 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #3,921 | 6 | 0.0003% |
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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How the Name Taber Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You like to control everyone within your influence, to shape things to your own liking. If positive, you develop high spirituality, as you have a God's protection. You are sensitive, affectionate, imaginative and cooperative, spiritually aware and prone to self-sacrifice. You can keep secrets and are a good diplomat. You may have healing and psychic powers. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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