Tavian
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TAY-vee-un
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Tavian is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
Where does Tavian come from?
Latin: probably shortened from Octavian
Is Tavian a girl's or a boy's name?
Tavian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tavian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Tavian, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 169 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
2025 had more boys named Tavian than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Tavian in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 128 boys in the US were given Tavian or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,289, up from #3,948 for this spelling alone.
Tavian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,100 |
| 2018 | 42 | #2,847 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 46 | #2,592 |
| 2012 | 78 | #1,862 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,172 |
| 2010 | 92 | #1,677 |
| 2009 | 108 | #1,528 |
| 2008 | 96 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 114 | #1,423 |
| 2006 | 85 | #1,669 |
| 2005 | 92 | #1,533 |
| 2004 | 74 | #1,717 |
| 2003 | 83 | #1,535 |
| 2002 | 75 | #1,606 |
| 2001 | 101 | #1,294 |
| 2000 | 147 | #1,002 |
| 1999 | 133 | #1,037 |
| 1998 | 169 | #857 |
| 1997 | 63 | #1,596 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
Names like Tavian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Julian Killian Armani Elian Cristian Kian Arjun Aiden Adrian Brayden Maximilian Finnegan
Other spellings of Tavian
Names related to Tavian
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Clara
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, “Tavian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tavian, updated 20 October 2026.