Tavis
Tavis is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 199979 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1963
- 2,201people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,201 boys have been named Tavis in the United States since 1963, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1999, with 79 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1992, and the 1990s alone account for 25%.
By decade
In 1999, its biggest year
Tavis was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1999 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Nicholas. See all of 1999.
Names that rose and fell with Tavis
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Brannonpeak 1998
- Kedrickpeak 1978
- Decarlospeak 1975
- Jerardopeak 2000
- Sharifpeak 1980
- Dedrickpeak 1977
- Aricpeak 1977
- Tywanpeak 1978
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.