Tavis
Boy · TAV-is · Aramaic
Tavis is a boys' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “twin”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Tavis mean?
Aramaic: Scottish form of Thomas (Gaelic Tamhas)
“twin”
A Scottish form of Thomas, known from the clan name MacTavish, 'son of Tavish'.
- Say it
- TAV-is
Is Tavis a girl's or a boy's name?
Tavis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tavis in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tavis in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Tavis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Tavis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Tavis, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 79 boys. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the boys named Tavis in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tavis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2006 | 50 | #2,448 |
| 2005 | 42 | #2,610 |
| 2004 | 49 | #2,312 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 39 | #2,500 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,113 |
| 2000 | 63 | #1,754 |
| 1999 | 79 | #1,454 |
| 1998 | 76 | #1,462 |
| 1997 | 58 | #1,690 |
| 1996 | 50 | #1,813 |
| 1995 | 43 | #1,950 |
| 1994 | 51 | #1,729 |
| 1993 | 60 | #1,519 |
| 1992 | 49 | #1,726 |
| 1991 | 50 | #1,646 |
| 1990 | 35 | #2,081 |
| 1989 | 28 | #2,353 |
| 1988 | 41 | #1,701 |
| 1987 | 34 | #1,861 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,960 |
| 1985 | 41 | #1,568 |
| 1984 | 37 | #1,605 |
| 1983 | 57 | #1,205 |
| 1982 | 46 | #1,394 |
| 1981 | 51 | #1,294 |
| 1980 | 54 | #1,258 |
| 1979 | 66 | #1,100 |
| 1978 | 62 | #1,109 |
| 1977 | 73 | #1,007 |
| 1976 | 65 | #1,030 |
| 1975 | 54 | #1,146 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,269 |
| 1973 | 47 | #1,201 |
| 1972 | 34 | #1,453 |
| 1971 | 36 | #1,415 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,938 |
| 1969 | 23 | #1,727 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
Names like Tavis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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