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Tavia

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Tavia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “eighth”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).

What does Tavia mean?

Latin: short form of Octavia

“eighth”

A short form of Octavia, from the Roman family name Octavius, from octavus 'eighth'.

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

Tavia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Tavia in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 7 girls.

Half of all the girls named Tavia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

1997Busiest: 7 in 20062022
Tavia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20223#5,885
20214#4,864
20200–
20195#4,214
20183#5,896
20170–
20163#6,009
20154#4,951
20146#3,702
20133#6,003
20125#4,390
20114#4,980
20105#4,220
20093#5,801
20084#4,742
20075#3,858
20067#2,940
20050–
20044#3,916
20036#2,877
20024#3,556
20013#4,156
20000–
19993#4,041
19980–
19974#3,345

How popular is Tavia in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,883among girls
Babies in 2025
13about 1 in 120,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 30% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Tavia, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 104 girls. It first appears in the records in 1944.

Half of all the girls named Tavia in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.

1944Busiest: 104 in 19932025
Tavia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202513#7,883
20248#11,117
202314#7,635
20229#10,377
202116#6,962
202014#7,554
201918#6,410
201818#6,517
201712#8,772
201632#4,422
201517#6,974
201424#5,454
201316#7,368
201219#6,573
201134#4,243
201035#4,179
200939#3,943
200842#3,778
200747#3,481
200655#3,053
200560#2,752
200460#2,707
200348#3,082
200261#2,551
200159#2,567
200064#2,399
199967#2,219
199858#2,395
199767#2,099
199660#2,226
199545#2,682
199452#2,427
1993104#1,505
199249#2,543
199148#2,544
199041#2,794
198950#2,333
198847#2,325
198751#2,127
198656#1,951
198547#2,202
198459#1,812
198336#2,515
198236#2,581
198147#2,158
198042#2,308
197949#2,050
197845#2,092
197748#2,002
197646#1,936
197540#2,136
197437#2,172
197346#1,832
197239#2,022
197128#2,599
197031#2,395
196922#2,843
196819#2,969
196722#2,632
196636#1,916
196514#3,401
196416#3,243
196310#4,271
19625#6,577
19610–
19608#4,772
19596#5,565
19589#4,192
19570–
19565#5,951
19558#4,375
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19445#4,572

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