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Johntavious

Gender
Boy
Say it
jahn-TAY-vee-us
Origin
Modern

Johntavious is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Johntavious come from?

Modern: John plus Tavious, a form of Octavius

Is Johntavious a girl's or a boy's name?

Johntavious is a boys' name.

How popular is Johntavious in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.

Half of all the boys named Johntavious in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

1987Busiest: 13 in 20062022
Johntavious in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20226#10,855
20216#10,794
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20135#12,129
20128#8,858
20119#8,072
20107#9,686
20099#8,305
200811#7,182
200712#6,618
200613#6,090
20058#8,292
200410#6,970
200310#6,708
20028#7,636
20015#10,548
20006#9,104
19998#7,132
19987#7,553
199710#5,636
19960–
19957#6,985
199412#4,797
19939#5,764
19927#6,662
19910–
19906#7,171
19895#7,898
19880–
19876#6,083

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Johntavious: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/johntavious, updated 20 October 2026.