Tavon
Last seen for girls in 2002 at #15,432 · #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
Given to boys 98.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1996 · 188 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,069since 1972
Tavon over time
Rank among boys' names. Tavon has never cracked the top 700 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,045 | 19 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,524 | 32 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,456 | 23 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,533 | 32 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,121 | 38 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,274 | 34 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,259 | 35 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,994 | 39 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,249 | 35 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,161 | 36 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,412 | 53 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,661 | 45 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,424 | 51 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,326 | 55 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,905 | 73 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,868 | 77 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,183 | 61 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,665 | 92 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,593 | 98 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,360 | 119 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,216 | 130 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,271 | 118 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,230 | 118 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #1,372 | 96 |
| 2001 | — | #1,221 | 109 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,096 | 128 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,019 | 136 | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #1,023 | 132 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #1,051 | 121 |
| 1996 | — | #775 | 188 | |
| 1995 | — | #785 | 186 | |
| 1994 | — | #927 | 140 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #942 | 130 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #923 | 132 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #877 | 144 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #980 | 115 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #1,145 | 86 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #1,296 | 63 |
| 1987 | — | #1,123 | 73 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,094 | 73 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,103 | 71 | |
| 1984 | — | #960 | 85 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,107 | 65 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,217 | 58 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,068 | 73 | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #1,214 | 57 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #1,270 | 52 |
| 1978 | — | #1,371 | 45 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,743 | 30 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,781 | 28 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #2,288 | 19 |
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Tavon! It came in at #4,441, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1974, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Tavon is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#132 · 1 in 555
- Maryland#177 · 1 in 1,105
- Virginia#364 · 1 in 2,787
- South Carolina#392 · 1 in 2,808
- North Carolina#430 · 1 in 3,529
Best ever in a state: #74 in Maryland, 1981.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| District of Columbia | #132 | 9 | 1 in 555 |
| Maryland | #177 | 26 | 1 in 1,105 |
| Virginia | #364 | 14 | 1 in 2,787 |
| South Carolina | #392 | 7 | 1 in 2,808 |
| North Carolina | #430 | 13 | 1 in 3,529 |
| Tennessee | #501 | 7 | 1 in 4,913 |
| Missouri | #539 | 6 | 1 in 5,749 |
| Michigan | #601 | 9 | 1 in 6,621 |
| Ohio | #614 | 9 | 1 in 7,813 |
| New York | #657 | 17 | 1 in 6,984 |
| New Jersey | #685 | 6 | 1 in 8,108 |
| Pennsylvania | #832 | 5 | 1 in 13,669 |
| Georgia | #884 | 5 | 1 in 9,691 |
| Texas | #1,051 | 10 | 1 in 15,585 |
| Illinois | #1,110 | 5 | 1 in 16,187 |
| Florida | #1,154 | 5 | 1 in 16,978 |
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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 Tavon
- 1,521 spots since 2024 (#3,524 → #5,045)
- 1,771 spots since 2020 (#3,274 → #5,045)
- 2,633 spots since 2015 (#2,412 → #5,045)
- Biggest jump: 165 spots in 1990 (#1,145 → #980)
- Biggest drop: 276 spots in 1997 (#775 → #1,051)
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1996 at #775 (188 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1990–1996
- Highest: 1 in 10,076 boys born in 1996 were named Tavon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 89,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 35.0% of all boys named Tavon (1,424) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 195 | #1,270 (1979) | #2,622 |
| 1980s | 704 | #960 (1984) | #1,133 |
| 1990s | 1,424 | #775 (1996) | #930 |
| 2000s | 1,069 | #1,096 (2000) | #1,421 |
| 2010s | 499 | #1,868 (2010) | #2,626 |
| 2020s | 178 | #3,121 (2021) | #3,826 |
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.
Tavon in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
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1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 10,076 of them was named Tavon, which outranked 92.6% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).