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 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#129 · 1 in 498
- Maryland#214 · 1 in 1,405
- South Carolina#385 · 1 in 2,523
- Virginia#490 · 1 in 4,289
- North Carolina#524 · 1 in 4,701
Best ever in a state: #74 in Maryland, 1981.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #129 | 10 | 1 in 498 |
| Maryland | #214 | 20 | 1 in 1,405 |
| South Carolina | #385 | 8 | 1 in 2,523 |
| Virginia | #490 | 9 | 1 in 4,289 |
| North Carolina | #524 | 10 | 1 in 4,701 |
| Indiana | #648 | 5 | 1 in 7,461 |
| Ohio | #663 | 8 | 1 in 8,751 |
| New York | #834 | 12 | 1 in 9,575 |
| Georgia | #933 | 5 | 1 in 10,037 |
| Florida | #1,058 | 6 | 1 in 14,313 |
| Illinois | #1,138 | 5 | 1 in 15,929 |
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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 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 248,673 of them was named Tavon, which outranked 33.0% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,802Zierra8
- #9,802Zoha8
- #9,802Zoi8
- #10,836Tavon7
- #10,836Aaisha7
- #10,836Aaleah7
- #10,836Aaleigha7
- #12,070Aalexis6
- #12,070Aalexus6
- #12,070Aalia6
Tied with 1,233 names at #10,836; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 15,580 of them was named Tavon, which outranked 90.3% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,045Randolph122
- #1,045Ridge122
- #1,045Stetson122
- #1,051Tavon121
- #1,051Gideon121
- #1,051Hasan121
- #1,051Jelani121
- #1,058Jovany120
- #1,058Rey120
- #1,058Romello120
Tied with 6 names at #1,051; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.