Tabari
Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-Ṭabarī, commonly known as al-Ṭabarī, was a Sunni Muslim scholar, polymath, historian, exegete, jurist, and theologian from Amol, Tabaristan, present-day Iran.
Meaning & Origin of Tabari
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-Ṭabarī, commonly known as al-Ṭabarī, was a Sunni Muslim scholar, polymath, historian, exegete, jurist, and theologian from Amol, Tabaristan, present-day Iran.
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The Story of Tabari
The earliest SSA record of Tabari as a baby boy name dates back to 1973, when 8 babies received it. 2003 was its biggest year on record, with 18 newborns named Tabari — #4,426 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Tabari on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Tabari last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 455 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Tabari
Tabari is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 455 births in the dataset. Tabari's peak popularity came in 2003 when it ranked #4,426. Use the chart and map above to compare Tabari's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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