Are license plates referred to as "tags" in some parts of the United States?

[John105]

I'm sure that must have been pretty famous plate/tag in Va. I actually saw that plate in two different years and areas in Va. Once in the Richmond area, I believe and again a year or two later on I-81. Both times were well after 2009. I think that someone had once posted that this plate was eventually withdrawn by the state.

Saw a DE tag “Grateful.” It’s on the latest gen Grand Cherokee. My hunch is it’s been sold? I heard in DE one can sell their pattern? Not 100%

 

[Number_35]

"Tabs" get their historical reference from metal renewal thingies that fit in one corner. Waaaay back in the day you'd get a whole new plate every year, which was deemed wasteful, so some states made little adapters that fit in a corner and were held in with one screw. Eventually these turned into renewal stickers, windshield decals, or nothing at all.

I remember those - they were used before I was driving.

The stickers that replaced them have been around since at least the mid-'70s.

 

[GrumpyCat]

Alabama government refers to them as tags:
https://www.madisoncountyal.gov/departments/license-department/tags-title