Tevis
Boy · TEV-iss · English
Tevis is a boys' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tevis mean?
English: English surname
An English surname, borne by the American novelist Walter Tevis, author of The Queen's Gambit.
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Is Tevis a girl's or a boy's name?
Tevis is a boys' name.
How popular is Tevis in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1977, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Tevis in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tevis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,131 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
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