Tavares
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ta-VAR-es
- Origin
- Portuguese
- US rank, 2025
- #5,044 for boys
Tavares is a boys' name of Portuguese origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
Where does Tavares come from?
Portuguese: Portuguese surname, from a place name
Is Tavares a girl's or a boy's name?
Tavares is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tavares in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,044th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Tavares, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 1977, with 170 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had more boys named Tavares than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Tavares in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tavares in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 43 | #2,786 |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2008 | 47 | #2,631 |
| 2007 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,220 |
| 2005 | 47 | #2,429 |
| 2004 | 60 | #1,985 |
| 2003 | 41 | #2,503 |
| 2002 | 58 | #1,912 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,082 |
| 2000 | 53 | #1,940 |
| 1999 | 59 | #1,730 |
| 1998 | 50 | #1,928 |
| 1997 | 51 | #1,833 |
| 1996 | 65 | #1,530 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,097 |
| 1994 | 63 | #1,490 |
| 1993 | 37 | #2,118 |
| 1992 | 33 | #2,248 |
| 1991 | 44 | #1,792 |
| 1990 | 46 | #1,725 |
| 1989 | 43 | #1,761 |
| 1988 | 38 | #1,785 |
| 1987 | 46 | #1,532 |
| 1986 | 65 | #1,173 |
| 1985 | 60 | #1,227 |
| 1984 | 90 | #925 |
| 1983 | 106 | #848 |
| 1982 | 88 | #957 |
| 1981 | 115 | #818 |
| 1980 | 133 | #761 |
| 1979 | 143 | #724 |
| 1978 | 162 | #660 |
| 1977 | 170 | #650 |
| 1976 | 168 | #634 |
| 1975 | 162 | #635 |
| 1974 | 60 | #1,065 |
Names like Tavares
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Juancarlos, Luis, Osvaldo, Rodrigo, Diego, Marquez, Josue, Moises, Ulises, Andres, Marcus, Pablo
Names related to Tavares
More Portuguese names
Zaire, Lua, Vasco, Romario, Sereia, Luar, Diogo, Evora, Brazil, Aires, Mariaalice, Marques, Anajulia, Joia, Marialuiza, Chavez
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, “Tavares: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tavares, updated 20 October 2026.