Is Tavares a boy or girl name?

Tavares is a boy’s name. Of the 3,008 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.8% were girls and 99.2% were boys.

Tavares

Recorded 1974–2025 · United States

Tavares was most popular in 1976, when 173 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,405 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,631, with 19 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,008 people named Tavares.

Tavares over time

Births per year. The dot marks Tavares’s peak in 1976. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Tavares a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Tavares is a boy’s name — 0.8% of the 3,008 Americans given it were girls and 99.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Tavares

Where Tavares is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org