Is Tavis a boy or girl name?

Tavis is a boy’s name. Of the 2,216 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.3% were girls and 99.7% were boys.

Tavis

Recorded 1963–2025 · United States

Tavis was most popular in 1977, when 79 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,283 that year. In 2025 it ranked #17,163, with 9 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,216 people named Tavis.

Tavis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Tavis’s peak in 1977. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Tavis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Tavis is a boy’s name — 0.3% of the 2,216 Americans given it were girls and 99.7% 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 Tavis

Where Tavis 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