Masculine dossier · first seen 1953

Tab

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Tab
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1957

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

120

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Boomer

1953Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

1,110

Tab is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1957, when 120 boys were named Tab.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 1,110 Americans have been named Tab and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1953.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1957

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