Tevita
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- teh-VEE-tah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Tevita is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Tevita mean?
Hebrew: Tongan form of David
“beloved”
The Tongan form of David, the shepherd boy who became king of Israel.
Is Tevita a girl's or a boy's name?
Tevita is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tevita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Tevita, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Tevita in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tevita in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
Names like Tevita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avi Akiva Armani Atharva Aarav Avraham Rishi Arjun Krishna Dhruva Dhruv Ravi
Names related to Tevita
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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, “Tevita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tevita, updated 20 October 2026.