Tavis
Last seen for girls in 1977 at #8,444 · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 73 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,210since 1963
Tavis over time
Rank among boys' names. Tavis has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,255 | 9 | |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,166 | 9 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,034 | 11 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,643 | 10 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,770 | 15 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,546 | 10 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,816 | 8 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,999 | 14 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,048 | 11 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,064 | 24 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,371 | 32 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,659 | 20 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,241 | 23 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,721 | 28 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,646 | 29 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,564 | 48 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,449 | 50 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,614 | 42 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,316 | 49 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,674 | 37 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,504 | 39 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,117 | 49 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,758 | 63 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,457 | 79 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,465 | 76 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,693 | 58 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,817 | 50 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,955 | 43 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,734 | 51 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,524 | 60 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,731 | 49 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,652 | 50 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,086 | 35 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,359 | 28 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,706 | 41 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,864 | 34 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,962 | 30 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,569 | 41 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,606 | 37 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,205 | 57 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,395 | 46 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,294 | 51 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,258 | 54 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,100 | 66 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,109 | 62 | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #1,007 | 73 |
| 1976 | — | #1,030 | 65 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,146 | 54 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,269 | 44 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,201 | 47 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,453 | 34 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,415 | 36 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,939 | 21 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,728 | 23 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,030 | 16 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,030 | 15 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,476 | 11 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Tavis! It came in at #3,044, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2022, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Tavis is popular in 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#487 · 1 in 5,408
- Florida#700 · 1 in 10,004
- California#1,010 · 1 in 20,679
Best ever in a state: #388 in Wisconsin, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #487 | 7 | 1 in 5,408 |
| Florida | #700 | 5 | 1 in 10,004 |
| California | #1,010 | 8 | 1 in 20,679 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tavis
- 2,695 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #8,243)
- 1,209 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #8,243)
- 2,244 spots since 2015 (#5,999 → #8,243)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1977 at #1,007 (73 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 22,510 boys born in 1977 were named Tavis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 24.9% of all boys named Tavis (551) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 88 | #1,728 (1969) | #2,528 |
| 1970s | 502 | #1,007 (1977) | #1,267 |
| 1980s | 419 | #1,205 (1983) | #1,622 |
| 1990s | 551 | #1,457 (1999) | #1,711 |
| 2000s | 434 | #1,758 (2000) | #2,636 |
| 2010s | 167 | #3,371 (2012) | #5,916 |
| 2020s | 49 | #7,034 (2020) | #9,161 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Tavis in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 255,524 of them was named Tavis, which outranked 25.5% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,567Zita7
- #7,567Zola7
- #7,567Zondra7
- #8,444Tavis6
- #8,444Abagail6
- #8,444Abeer6
- #8,444Abigayle6
- #9,652Abelina5
- #9,652Adalia5
- #9,652Adamma5
Tied with 1,207 names at #8,444; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 22,510 of them was named Tavis, which outranked 85.3% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #998Omari74
- #998Tito74
- #998Tremaine74
- #1,007Tavis73
- #1,007Lemuel73
- #1,007Nestor73
- #1,007Norberto73
- #1,012Andreas72
- #1,012Brenden72
- #1,012Christoper72
Tied with 4 names at #1,007; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.