ESC Name Rank Total Searching... No names found Try searching for: Emma, Liam, Olivia, Noah... 1977 First Year 1977 Last Year 1977 Peak Year #8443 Peak Rank 6 Total Count 1 Years Active 🌍 ## Meaning & Origin of Tavis What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures. Tavis is a given name. Notable people with this name include:Tavis Bailey, American discus thrower Tavis Hansen, Canadian ice hockey player Tavis Knoyle, Wales rugby union football player Tavis MacMillan Tavis Ormandy, English computer security expert Tavis Smiley, American talk show host and author Tavis Stanley, from Art of Dying (band) Tavis Werts, from Reel Big Fish Tavis Whiskers, my… Source: [Wikipedia ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavis) (CC BY-SA 3.0). [Read more → ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavis) 📖 ## The Story of Tavis American parents first put Tavis on the record books as a baby boy name in 1963, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1999, when 79 Taviss were born — ranking #1,457 that year. About 25% of every Tavis on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Tavis last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s. ## Popularity Over Time ## Popularity by State ME WA MT ND MN WI MI NY VT NH MA OR ID SD IA IL IN OH PA NJ CT RI CA NV WY NE MO KY WV VA MD DE DC UT CO KS AR TN NC SC AK AZ NM OK LA MS AL GA HI TX FL Top 10 11-50 51-100 101-500 500+ No data 🎶 ## Names that sound like Tavis Phonetically similar names — useful when Tavis is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name. * [Tevis](/tevis) * Tvis * [Davis](/davis) * Divis * Davos * Devis * Davys * [Tevez](/tevez) * [Tava](/tava) * Tophus * [Travis](/travis) * Tvs Source: [Datamuse ](https://www.datamuse.com/api/). Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated. ❓ ## Frequently Asked Questions about Tavis What does the name Tavis mean? Tavis is a given name. Notable people with this name include:Tavis Bailey, American discus thrower Tavis Hansen, Canadian ice hockey player Tavis Knoyle, Wales rugby union football player Tavis MacMillan Tavis Ormandy, English computer security expert Tavis Smiley, American talk show host and author Tavis Stanley, from Art of Dying (band) Tavis Werts, from Reel Big Fish Tavis Whiskers, my… How popular is Tavis in 2026? In 2026, Tavis ranks #10,889 among boys' names in the U.S., with 6 babies given the name that year. When was Tavis most popular? Tavis reached its peak popularity in 1999, ranking #1,457 that year with 79 babies given the name. In which U.S. states is Tavis most popular? Tavis has historically been most popular in Wisconsin, Mississippi, South Carolina. Rankings vary year to year, but these states show the strongest concentration of births named Tavis. Is Tavis a unisex name? In U.S. Social Security records, Tavis is primarily a boy's name. We don't have meaningful data for it as a girl's name. What names go well with Tavis? Names that share a similar style or popularity range with Tavis include Edith, Starling, Deforest. These pairings are based on rank proximity and naming era in U.S. data. ## Similar Names [👧LitsaPeak #8443](/litsa)[👧MarykePeak #8443](/maryke)[👧KindyPeak #8443](/kindy)[👧DutchessPeak #8443](/dutchess)[👧RubyannPeak #8443](/rubyann)[👧SunjaPeak #8443](/sunja)[👧KarensaPeak #8443](/karensa)[👧AkebaPeak #8443](/akeba) ## About the name Tavis Tavis is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1963 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Tavis's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #1,457\. Use the chart and map above to compare Tavis's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices. ### Continue exploring * [ Top names of 1999 → ](/year/1999) * [ Names of the 1990s → ](/decade/1990s) * [ Names starting with "T" → ](/letter/t) * [ Browse all boy names → ](/names/boys) * [ Top names of 2026 → ](/year/2026) Data sources * Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. [Social Security Administration ](https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/). Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships. * Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — [Behind the Name ](https://www.behindthename.com/) (used under their public API terms). * Meaning prose and editorial summary — [Wikipedia ](https://en.wikipedia.org/) article extracts, licensed under [CC BY-SA 3.0 ](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). * Predicted nationality distribution — [Nationalize.io ](https://nationalize.io/). * Phonetically similar names — [Datamuse ](https://www.datamuse.com/api/). Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.