Fun Facts About the Name Tabias
- 529 babies named Tabias: U.S. records list 529 babies given the name Tabias from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Tabias Mean?
Tabias is a respelled variant of Tobias, a name that comes from the Hebrew Toviyah (טוֹבִיָּה), meaning "Yahweh is good" or "the Lord is good." The Hebrew name joins tov, "good," with Yah, a shortened form of the divine name. The Greek form Tobias (Τωβίας) carried the name into Latin and then into the languages of Europe, and the spelling Tabias simply changes the first vowel from o to a. Because Tabias is a respelling rather than a distinct name with its own root, its meaning is the same as Tobias's.
Tabias Name History & Origins
The Hebrew name Toviyah is found in the Hebrew Bible, where one bearer is Tobiah the Ammonite, an opponent of Nehemiah. The Greek form Tobias is best known from the Book of Tobit, a Jewish work that survives in Greek and Latin versions, in which Tobias is the son of Tobit. Through Greek and Latin the name entered Western European usage, appearing as Tobias in German and Scandinavian languages and in English, alongside English short forms such as Tobie. The spelling Tabias reflects a change in the unstressed first vowel, a common effect when names are respelled in English, and it is used mainly in English-speaking countries. It has no separate etymology of its own; its development belongs to the history of Tobias.
How Popular is the Name Tabias?
Tabias 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 2018. Its best rank was #3,161 in 2018.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #12,130 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #5,631 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2022 | #6,114 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #4,909 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2020 | #5,009 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2019 | #3,786 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2018 | #3,161 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2017 | #5,751 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2016 | #4,448 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2015 | #4,866 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2014 | #8,050 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #5,364 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2012 | #12,088 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #12,081 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #7,032 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #6,386 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #7,127 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #6,560 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 2006 | #6,411 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #8,985 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #5,758 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #6,664 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2002 | #9,264 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #4,650 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2000 | #6,766 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1999 | #4,134 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1998 | #4,387 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1997 | #6,548 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #7,040 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1995 | #6,343 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #6,294 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #5,311 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #9,644 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #3,615 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1990 | #5,755 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #5,120 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #6,339 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #5,399 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #7,202 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #5,551 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #4,459 | 9 | 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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How the Name Tabias 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 very intuitive. You have a reservoir of inspired wisdom combined with inherited analytical ability, which could reward you through expressions of spiritual leadership, business analysis, marketing, artistic visions, and scientific research. Operating on spiritual side of your individuality can bring you to the great heights, and drop you off if you neglect your spiritual identity. You are always looking for an opportunity to investigate the unknown, to use and show your mental abilities, to find the purpose and meaning of life. You want to grow wise and to understand people and things. You need privacy to replenish your energy. You have a unique way of thinking, intuitive, reflective, absorbing.
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