Tarvis — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tarvis

The Social Security Administration has registered 401 babies named Tarvis between 1970 and 2014, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tarvis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tarvis performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 161 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tarvis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Tarvis in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tarvis in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 401 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.