Is Tevis a boy or girl name?

Tevis is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 558 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 11.5% were girls and 88.5% were boys.

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Tevis

Recorded 1912–2017 · United States

Tevis was most popular in 1977, when 22 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,224 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 558 people named Tevis.

Tevis over time

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

Is Tevis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Tevis is mostly a boy’s name — 11.5% of the 558 Americans given it were girls and 88.5% 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.

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